Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-03
NEW MEXICO MINES.

| MoIe flCu ore mas been uHtpHtlEN III
the Cooks Peak district.
The Silver Bell property near Kingston
has been bonded by A. W. Harrington,
Dr. Standsh and others.
The Organ mountain districts cor tnues
to yield tine lot of ores, though very
little gets into the newspapers about it
Gold, silver, copper, coal, iron, marble
and mica are some Of the things that
will bring railroads to the White Oaks
country.
The Springer StocLman says large guam
titles OF machinery are going into the
Bald mountain mining region, Colfax
county.
Frank Raburg, OF Kingston, shipped a
lot OF over 5000 pounds Of his ore from
the Horn Silver mine that runs rs ounces
in silver and rs ounces in gold.
The recent cavern at the Sau Pedro
copper mines will be Immediately re-
paired, and the present working force Of
about 100 men will be materially in
creased.
1t is rumored about town that the eele-
brated Cumberland mine, the property Of
Joseph Fraker and Edward Coffey, was
sold few days ago, Mr. Richard Ed
wards, of New York, heing the purchaser.
Kingston Shaft. %
Lake valley note: Judge Kei! and
Gsh have at last struck ore upon the
Virginia claim, specimens of which will
run $4,000 per ton. At this writing it is
not known how large body they have. 1t
is that the indications for a large quantity
are very favorable.
The concenuator, the canal, the sani-
tary institution ard the sme'ter The
first three are positive facts and they will
bring the smelter, which means to say
that Las Cruces will have veriahle and
a permanent boom Las Cruces Repuh-
lican.
The mining outlook for Kingston seems
to be brighter than in the past, notwith
standing the low price Of silver bullion
New strikes are being made in places that
were supposed to be worthless. Besides
there are now from sixty to 100 miners
at work for good companies in several
parts OF the district.
"Kim Nj" Rogers is in town today and
confirms the report Of the shipment of
$62 900 smelter to the placers at his
mines near La MADEIRA on the north end
OF the Sandia mountains. Tony Nels,
who is also in town, says the plant Is ex-
pected at Cerriios every day.-A buqner-
que Citizen.
Immense soda de posits have lately been
located in Lincoln county. The claim
holders have in hand a project for devel-
oplng water laying pipe line and |
pumping this soda down to ri Paso, there |
to be evaporated and turned out into |
blocks. Ey-Mayor Thorton, Of Santa Fe, |
is at the head of the project.
The Maud S. mill is being pushed to
as fact as possible. G II. |
Wilkle, an experienced millwrigbt, is in |
charge Of the work and is employing
forty men. A pipe line two and one-half
miles long will be laid from the head of
Silver creek to the mill, which will fur
nish an abundant supply of water for all
Silver City Enterprise.
The Cumberland, on Copper Flat, con-
tinues to hold its own. The vein still
retains its original width. eleven feet, and
the ore grows better as depth is reached
Native and black oxide of copper predom-
nate. The property is under bond to
NJ. W. Neff, of this city, and can not be
purchased for to times the amount of
he bond, which was 1000. 1h1ee thou
sand tons of iron ore have been extracted |
rom the property. Enterprise.
A shipment OF six tons OF ore from jim
Crow property, Grant county. was ma le
ast week-first-class netted 1915, second,
1886, and the third, $50. The ore was
shipped to Socorro. Another shipment
will be made on or about the 5th OF May
md will be car load lot. The returns
ire expected to reach $3.50 or $500 per ton
the ores being first and seconG-cass
mixed. The mine never looked better,
body of rich ore being in sight.
"The Magdalena mining district is turn
ng out three fifths OF all the ore mined in
New Mexico. LAS Vegas Optic. This
8 a pointer as to the quantity of ore
lauled over the Magdaena branch of the
A., T. & S. f. With the extension into
he Black Range mineral country the
present tonnage of ore transported over
he Magdalena branch to the main line
would be more than doubled in short
Black Range.
Grant county item: Eleven large
cams started hauling the Telegraph mill,
which will be rebuilt at the Bremen ranch,
Ione Mountain mining district. The
Mill, which is owned by John Brockman,
viii be put in operation upon his Lone
mines, which are located about
mile distant from the mill site. Hun
lreds Of tons of the ore has been hauled
o Silver and milled here-assuring the
,wner of success in the milling of the
res in future. This will add largely to
he bullion product OF the county during
he next year, and return the owner hand
ome dividends.
The Apex suit OF the Illinois vs the
calamity Mining company has attracted
| large share of the courts attention this
week. A cloud of witnesses have been
ummoned and expert testimony has
,een introduced. The air of the court
oom has been filled with double jointed
scientific mining terms sufficient to be-
wilder the average juror, and if the gentle
nen in the box understand one-qnarter OF
what is being told them, as to the why's
md wherefores, they will know enough
when discharged to write book. Min
ng litigation is costly and uncertain and
,reatly retards development, and it is to
,e hoped that decision will be reached
n this case at an early day. 1t will be
he first case of the kind tried in the ter
itory and will furnish precedent to be
ollowed in the future,-S,lyer CITY En-