Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-05-02

on the building. A large number Of
men arc at work on the road from the
mine 70 tho mill site and the founda-
ton for the mill will be commenced
soon. The manager expects 10 be able
to treat orc In this mill considerably
cheaper than orc has ever been treated
In New MEXICO. The mill will DO large
enough to treat ore economically and
the power TO run it will cost very little
after the first cost Of putting 10 the pipe
and water wheel has been counted. Tho
water pressure at the wheel will Ie over
COOLEST 10 the inch and thewheel will furu-
ish ample power to u all the machinery
needed for tho treatment Of ore.
Jake Long, a miner who has spent
many years in Pinos Altos camp aud
who has never lost faith in the camp,
has nude a good strike in a fractional
claim between the Osceola and the Deep
Down mines. Jake has worked in the
Osceola for several years and has made q
good living out OF the proceeds of the
ore which he has takon out, but finding
that the fractional claim had been aban-
doned he relocated it and commenced
work. He struck q vein Of gold ore 1G
inches wide which runs from $50 to $40
a ton. II the ore holds out for any con-
| siderable d~ist0nce Jake will make a for
tune out Of bis strike.
The entire property OF tho Carlisle
Gold Company is advertised for sale to
the highest bidder. This property is
situated 10 the Carlisle district in this
County and has produced about $1,000.
600 in gold. Il was formerly owned by
N. K. FuirOank, the Chicago millionaire,
but was sold in December, 1856, to an
English syndicate for about a million
dollars. Dividends amounting to $685.
600 a month we're declared for about
two years and hen the production Of
the mine began to fall of until it was
finally abandoned in 1890. The mill at
the mine was a sixty stamp mill, being
the largest III the Territory, but it has
been partially dlsmantled since it was
closed down. The mill successfully
treated ore which ran a little less than
tive dollars per ton which is believed Ia
be the lowest grade ore ever handled
successfully 10 New Mexico by u mil
driven by steam power. The vein in
/, the mine is 3s feet wide aud the ore was
mined at a very small cost so hat the
expense OF milling was really the only
3 item Of importance 10 handling the ore
There we're over 80 concentrators in the
mill, tho total daily capacity Of which
was considerably over a 100 tons Of ore
a day. 1t is believed by many that .
better grade Of ore would be found were
the mine to be develowed to a depth o.
say 1000 feet. Tie ore in the upper
levels OF the mine paid a handsome profit
and it is thought by many that tho com
pany encountered what miners call
"lean streak" in the mine and suspended
operations because the ore taken ouI
OF that part of the NINE did not pay t
work. The mine is one Of the bes
known gold properties in New Mexic'
but it is doubtful whether there will b,
many bids for the property.
Some OF the handsomest silver speci
mems ever seen in this place were exhib
tied last week by D. c. Hobart who il
getting a mineral exhibit together To-
this County for the Worlds fair. Mos
Of the exhibit has been sent 10 Chicago
by freight but two fine silver specimen
we're sent last week by express, They
came from the Dimmick Bros SilveI
Cell mine near Pinos Altos. The two
specimens weighed about 40 pounds anC
/ showed a streak Of native silver about
two inches wide which was purer thar
United States silver coin. An ASSAY
showed the silver in this streak to bl
920 fine. One OF the specimens sent wal
about sixteen inches 10 length ant
showed the vein matter on each side o
the native silver. 1t will be difficult Z
find specimens OF richer native silveI
than these and thousands Of visitors vii
open their eyes iu wonder at the richness
of these specimens from Grant County
The Silver Cell mine shows this rich
streak clear across the SHIFT at the depth
OF 70 feet and about a ton Of the ore hat
been taken out.
Preparations are being made to worl
the mines in the Cooks Peak district
this summer 90 a more extensive seal,
than they have yet been worked. II tbs
present price OF lead is maintained, anC
there seems to be a scarcity OF lead IN
the country at the present time, the out
put OF the mines there will be largeI
IL 81 ever before. Large bodies OF or,
are in sight now and there Is consider
able development work being done OF
both sides Of the rifnge.
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