Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-09-19
AMONG THE MINES.
Good Reports from Many Districts
Activity in the Territory's
Gold Camps.

The best of reports continue to come
from the Taos mountains, and the worl
of prospectors has again been rewarded
by the discovery of promising gold leads
On the Colfax side of tho range severa
strong Colorado companies are at work
and at Amizett there is much life ant
every promise that other important golt
finds will be located before the snow flies
UPPER RIO aRANDE pLAoERs.
Messrs. Alex. Gusderf and A. W. Ten
nant, superintendent of the st. Louis
Placer Mining company of the Arroyo
Hondo, on Thursday last, made visit tc
the Rio Grande to a point below Cione
guilla, to examine the working of new
machine in placer washing and its ability
to save the flake gold that here exists fol
many miles. The effort to save the fine gold
seemed entirely successful, as the washing
in their presence did not leave a particle
of gold in the tailings, much of which
consisted of black sand.
Mr.. Gusdorf said the parties had had
but small ditch, not carrying sutfici
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placers varied in richness and NJ cubic
yard had gone less than 75c. Tle chiel
attachment is a perforated iron plate
with more or less holes at points where
tables can be placed, thus increasing
capacity, under which is cotton cloth
There are a series of sluice boxes and a
receptacle for the gathered treasure. The
spot used is not far from Embudo station
Taos Herald.
IN THE ORGANS.
Judge Falls mine, the Dumnie "B," is
showing up splendidly now. lie has re-
Gently developed vein of valuable metal
and has begun the work of running tun-
mel on the ore for easy handling.
SILVER CITY.
Notwithstanding the hue and cry made
against silver and tho efforts of Mr
Cleveland and his masters to domonetze
the noble metal, the stream of silver bars
continues uninterruptedly. The receipt
at Wells, Fargo l. company's Office al
this place since Sunday last has been
seven bars.
Gold bullion to the amount of $11 ,G6S
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shipped through Wells, Fargo Il Co.'S
express in this city last month. The ac-
count for September to date is $12,37G.1S
A goodly part of this was gold, but it was
all shipped as silver bullion, that metal
predominating in gold City En-.
terprise.
HILLsBORO GOLD CAMP.
When the mining companies at the time
of the last great drop in silver scaled
down the rate Of wages, it was generally
considered severe blow to the chief in.
dustry of Hillsboro. The effect has been
to stimulate the miners into working
some of their own properties, others into
leasing and many moro into contract
work. As a matter of fact average earn
ings are larger than ever before, and but
few men are working for wages.
Output of Hillsboro gold mines for the
week ending Thursday, 81 pt. II, 1898, as
reported for the Advocate: ..
Tons
From the Standard Gold Mining & Mill
ing company:
Snake Nine. ............ ................
Opportunity Mine OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1S(
From tiN Good Hope Bonanza Mining 4
Milling Co.:
From the Eighty five and all other .
mihesa ...,......... ,...................'. VI
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 60;
Total output since January 1. 1.........17,5 ,56<