Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-09-27

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development work done in the camp 10
show that ore Of good grade exists there
in paying quantities. The camp has
been producing gold In small quantities
for a number Of years but few shipments
OF importance were made until the stand
ard company commenced operations IN
its mines there. This company has OK
pended considerable money IN the ereo-
ton Of a mill and in improvements on
the property but the development which
has been done in the mines has been
paid for out OF the ore taken out In de-
%veloping the property. The company
now has a fine body Of ore in sight in
Che Standard mine which samples 600
per ton and thei Reservation mine has
been producing pretty steadily since the
strike was made in It over a a ago
Most Of tho development work done by
the Standard company has been done in
these two mines and the company's
mines are now producing more gold than
all the other mines in the camp. With
a larger mill the production could be
increased considerably.
The run on ore belonging to the Pats
terson estate was finished at the custom
mill at Gold Hill last week. The result
Of the run was very satisfactory.
1t is expected that all question as 10
the title Of the Confidence group Of
mines in the Silver Creek district will
be settled in ? few days. As soon rs the
question Of the title is disposed Of the
company viii commence the construction
OF the largest mill in Now Mexico. There
is over a million dollars worth Of orc in
sight IN the mines now and deep devel-
opment has not yet been commenced.
The location Of the mill has not yet been
determined but the plans have been
drawn and adopted. II the mill is To-
Gated at the mine the power to run it
will be transmitted from a big water
wheel on the creek by electricity aud it
is probable that this plan will be adopted.
II the mill is located on the creek the
ore will have TO be transported about two
miles and a half from the mine TO the
mill. The manager says that he has
been assured by a competent electrician
that the power to run the mill can be
transmitted by electricity without
trouble. The power necessary to crush
the ore will cost practically nothing and
as there ia plenty Of timber in the vicin-
lty for use in and about the mines the
cost Of mining and treating the ore will
be much less than it is where steam
power is required and where timber lie
scarce. The ore in the mines is low
grade but it is expected that the cost Of
mining and treatment will be less than
bali the milling value OF the ore.
Thomas b. Pheby, of the Mimbres
Consolidated Company, was in the city
yesterday. He has just made a shipment
OF LOIS pounds of silver bullion to New
York. This is the last shipment.which
will be made by the company until the
price Of silver improves materially. The
mill on the Mimbres river has been
closed down and will not be started up
again until the conditions are such that
it can be operated at a profit. Before
this shipment Of bullion was made the
expenses Of the company were about
$4,000 more than the receipts for the
past two years. This shipmentl will re-
duce the amount to about $4,000 which
is the net loss 10 the company in opera
ting the property in the last two years
The company hes reduced the force o.
miners employed at the mines to II mer
and further reductions will probably bi
made although a few men will be KEEP.
at work developing the property. Besidei
the miners employed by the compan!
there are about 40 at work on leases anC
7 Bragaw & Potter who have a lease on
l portion Of the Satisfaction mine havl
about 80 men at work, so that there ar
about a hundred men at work in the com
pany's mines now. The ore which i
being mined now will be shipped t
a smelters for treatment.
r Tho Bremen mill here is running stead
0 lily and the results 50 far obtained hav
Q been entirely satisfactory.
Work on the Montana tunnel, whio'
is being driven by the Manhattan CON
/ pany, at Pinos Altos, is progressing
little more rapidly than IL was durin
the ummer. The tunnel Is now bein
g driven a little over a foot a day. 1t wi
( take several months yet to complete
to the main vein.
The Pennsylvania syndicate whic
purchased 81 iron mines In the Hanove
o district last March is now shipping 81
car loads Of iron ore a day. -Four cl
loads go TO El Paso and two to 5ooorr
d II has only been about two weeks sine
d the differences between the railroad
we're adjusted and shipments we're r
Il sumed. The camp is now producer
more ore daily than any other camp
N New Mexico, the output being conside
ably over 100 tons a day.
10 Work on the Colchis mill below TOW
SO has been temporarily suspended b
Us will DO resumed as soon as funds arri
IN from the east. W.. H. Newcomb, who
Is largely interested in the company, h
d demonstrated that ores running ID
than $40 per ton can be successful.
~ treated here, having operated the b
O. men mill for several weeks at a profit
ores running lsss than $40 per ton. I