Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-01-15
SANTA FE'S MINES.
Contracts Let For the Columbia Smelt-
er at Oerrillo8-A Bit of Bull
lion and Its Record,


James l. Gates and FIayel Simonson,
Of Milwaukee; r. y. Anderson, OF San
Pedro; Lewis B. Frear, of Ithica, n. y,
and G. f. Easley, of Cerrillos, directors OF
the Columbia Smelter company, held a
meeting at Cerrilos Wednesday last
and concluded arrangements for bNiIdng
| the smelter at Cerrilos. 1t was reported
to the meeting that some 5000 900 oil the
5000 900 capital stock of the company
had been placed, and a contract was Tor
mally drawn authorizing President Simon
son to 90 ahead at once and erect the
plant He is 10 put up two water-lacket
furnaces Of 100 tons daily capacity each
with sufficient motive power to run two
additional furnaces of similar capacity
when the business Of the company re-
quires enlargement OF its works. The u.
l.. Miller property, consisting OF twenty
five acres, Il quarter Of mile south oil
Cerrilos, was ordered surveyed for the
smelter site, and President Slm0nson
started for Chicago, where he will pur'
chase the most improved machinery and
rush il forward to Cerrilos, Neither
money nor pains is to be spared IN pushing
the work on this important enterprise
! Mr. SmOnson is not only mining man
Of experience and an able iinanCier, but a
Practical muChlnist.
RECORD ON BULLION.
Apropos of Mr.. Slmonson's eastern trip
1t may be said that he carries with him 8
piece of gold bullion which has a recorC
of note for Santa Fe county. Two month";
ago he made contract with Messrs. San
Wright and j. Lucas, Of San Pedro, tt
erect Huntington mill on the IaZletoI
and other gold properties near san PEDRO
On Dec =, the mil was shipped iron
Chicago. 1t reached CerrlllUs 10y rail II
good time, was hauled over to San Pedro
placed in position and set gong. On
week ago to day the first grlst OF ore Wa
. turned INTO its hoppers, aud to-day MT
. SmonsOn is i'll Chicago with SloO wort
No OF god bullion, the product OF this mi
1t is believed that this is the speeches
e piece OF work of the kind on record, Iii
: mill IS running steadily ana doing goo
work.
DOLORES Is IN IT.
While SO much is going on to enliy
Cerrillos and San Pedro, it must not b
| overlooked that Dolores camp also Is quit
in the swim. f. IL. Strong, superntel
dent Of the st. Louis, Santa Fe Mimi
& Milling company, was in the city ye
. tefday and made filings Oh the coal clam
on government land, not lar from Dulore
He has last started up the Wlswell mil
It's builder, Milton tlsk, being superb
tendent. Mr.. Stfong's company, after
I. years eiiorl, is now in shape Tor DON
excellent work. 1t Las taken a iii
years lease on the Cunningham al
Ortiz mines, and has also secure
several years control of the Niswe
mil, on which Improvements have bee
recently made that viii bring about Il
most economic treatment Ot ores. /
. present the mil is treating twenty tons
ore daily from the Cunuingham-a vel
table mountain Of ore. Contracts are o
for the delivery OF forty tons daily at ii
NH $Q9 tQ U.s. II ore ore aye nov S9E on 59 paR
u regular mIIl run. 1t ls estimated that til
|, ore can be treated at about $3.50 p
Ii ton, and yields a net return OF from ST.
to sou per ton.
ABOUT SAN PEDRO.
In this famous gold-copper-g alena can
there is marked activity now and Il
certainty OF early railroad connection vi
the outside world has set every body
looking for boom this spring.
The copper properties are WorklI
steadily. The San Lazarus and the Ha
Teton mines and mills are yielding 6
perbly, and the public road to CerrIlos
lined with teams. The institution tn
affords the greatest employment at pre-
ent is the Llncon.Lucky. It's estlnat
that this property is shipping 81 900 "or
OF ore daily, and could readily ship frc
five to eight cars OF ore per day ii tral
- portatlon facilities could be had. u.
. Middleton, Of Denver, one Of the oWn'
A. of the Lincoln Lucky, is now on
X ground and is elated at the prospect
Is this nine IN particular and the San Pee
,::4iSY region in general.
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