Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-07-25

Mills which hnvo been lido for the
want Of water with which to treat orc.
will be able to commence operations.
There lie a large amount Of ore out in this
county awaiting treatment and il will
keep a number OF mills employed for
some time.
Several miners ame up from Cooks
Peak last week where the mines have
been closed down. AT first il was thought
that the mines there would resume p
atoms in a few weeks but now there does
not appear to be On immediate prospect
that anything will be done in the Cooks
Peak mines.
Tho Carpenter district, in the eastern
part OF this County, has been entirely
abandoned. Considerable development
work has been done on the minos thore
within the past two years and there are
immense bodies Of ore in sight but the
ore is SO low grade that the mines could
not be worked unless there should be a
very material improvement in the metal
market. The Carpenter district is diff
cult Of access but il there was any en-
courgement for the owners Of the mines
there to work them, a good road would
be built to the mines.
Wages Of the miners and mill mon in
the Hillsborough district have been re-
duced and reductions will probably fol
low in other camps. The miners are
given the choice between a reduction Of
wages and no work and there will not be
many camps where the miners will refuse
to accept a reduction in wages. IL is
possible that gold mines, which do
not produce so large per centage of sill
yer they ought to be called silver mines,
can be kept IN operation il the miners
will accept a reasonable reduction in
wages.
There is but little doing in the Mog-
ollons now and there is not much pros
pect that any new work OF Importance
will be commenced as long as silver re-
mains in its present unsettled condition.
The Confidence company which has ex-
pended nearly 100000 iRthe develop
ment OF its mines and in other improve
ments may not complete the improve
ments already commenced for the pro-
sent. The now mill is we'll along toward
completion and would have been ready
for operation this fall but the fall in the
price OF silver and the striugency Of mon
ey has caused the suspension Of opera
tions and they may not be resumed for
months. The company had only recent
ly obtained a perfect title to the mines
which 1t had been developing for more
than three years and the mill was being
hurried to completion in order to get to
work on the large bodies Of ore which
have been exposed in the mines. The
company has been working with a view
TO the economical mining and milling o.
the ore and it is believed that gold ore
can be treated in the mill when It is com
pleted at less cost than in any other mil
IN New Mexico. twill be run by waite.
power, thus saving one of the larges
items Of expense in running a mill.
The output of gold in this Count,
took a sudden jump last week and 70
the next few weeks the output promise
to be much larger than it has been 70
some time. The recent heavy rains havu
filed the gulches with water and tn
people who have had any experience il
placer mining lost no time in getting [,
work. Quite a number went out from
this place to try their luck in the gulch
es this side Of Pinos Altos. Some o
those who had had no experience re
turned in disgust while others obtained
considerable gold. Some nuggets o
very fair eize we're picked up and it il
quito probable that if the rainy season
continues for any considerable length o
time, there will be a great deal of golC
washed out this summer and fall in tn,
gulohes in different parts of the County
Placer mining can only be carried on II
the vicinity of Pinos Altos during {
small portion Of the year on account O
the limited supply of water, but during
the rainy season there is usually enough
to keep a good many men at work. This
year there will he more placer mining
done than usual for the reason that there
are more men out Of employment thar
in former years who will embrace the
opportunity to earn a living by washing
out gold. The average made by placer
miners per day is hardly as much as the
wages paid for work in the mines but
some placer miners make considerably
more, If water could DO had to work
the placers in this County the year round
they would produce more gold annually
than is now produced in the entire Ter.
ritory.
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