Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-07-18

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mines which will pay to work will be in
luck.
There is a small force of miners at
work at Pyramid but the work being
done in other campsin this County south
Of the Southern Pacific railroad is incon-
siderable. With SILVER even at a dollar
an ounce the number of miners employ
ed in that part Of the County would be
many times as more than are now at
work.
There is no immediate prospect that
operations will be resumed on a large
scale in Cooks Peak district. There has
been considerable development work
done there within the past few months
and large bodies Of ore are exposed ready
to be taken out. The mines are in such
a shape that an outputof over a hundred
tons a day could be kept up for some
time. The mines in the camp we're never
in better condition than they are now.
The Standard mill at Gold Hill is run
ming on ore from William Werney's
mine. He has out considerable ore which
will run from s75 to 500 a ton. He
thought Of putting up a mill a short
time ago but has abandoned the plan for
the present. His ore is free milling and
is rich enough to pay well for working.
There is II little silver in the ore but not
enough to make any considerable differ
ence in handling it. The ore could be
worked proitably without taking the
silver into account.
There is a prospect that work will
soon be commenced at Ivanhoe. The
Ivanhoe mine was leased some time ago
to the Kingston Ore Reduction Compa-
ny and the members Of the company are
satisfied that the mine can be worked
proftably. The property has been idle
for a number Of years but the ore can be
treated now much cheaper than it was
being treated at the time work was sus-
pended. The ore which the mine pro-
duces is richer than that found in most
copper mines in this section and the
copper is of a superior quality.
1t vas expected that there would be
considerable work done at Black Hawk
this summer in the mines in the way Of
development and extracting ore but
the situation has suddenly changed. All
the mines there are silver producers and
the Developments Of the past three weeks
have caused the mining operators there
to call a halt. This camp is among the
most noted in New Mexico but nothing
can be done in the mines there with sill
yer at its present price. Ore which ran
over 70 per cent. silver has been taken
out Of the mines there and it is quite
probable that there are other deposits
equally as rich in the camp.
The scarcity Of water at PInos Altos
this summer has been a very serious
drawback to mining operations there.
There is a large amount of ore out on
the dumps and in the mills which can
not be treated until there is a supply Of
water to keep the mills going. With
plenty Of water at Pinos Altos there
would be no trouble about keeping the
mines there in continuous operation.
Various plans have been proposed TO
supply the camp with water but zone of
them have been deemed feasible enough
TO put into operation. II artesian water
could be obtained there the problem
would be solved. An a~rtesian well could
be put down for a small fraction Of what
it would cost to pipe water into the
camp. The experiment is worth trying.
II a%rtesian water could be found at Pinos
Altos the camp would be restored to it's
place at the head Of the mining camps OF
the Territory.
The stamps which have been put in
the Maud S. mill at Silver Creek have
increased the capacity Of the mill con
siderably and the property is in excel
lent condition. New hosting machinery
has been put IN and il II had MOI, been
for the sudden and unexpected drop in
the price Of silver there would be- no
doubt but that the company would con
tinue operations. AS it Is, there will be
little, If any, profit in the operation OF
the property and it will be decided this
week whether work is to continue or
not. Felix Leavick was here last week
and said that yer il the company could
continue operations without loss it would
not DO policy to do 30 because the 7
would DO taken out OF the mine without
sufficient returns to the owners il the
price Of silver continues as low as it is
now. He thinks that the mine can be
operated without loss with silver at 20
cents an unc but there will be nothing
to be gained by taking out the ore and
milling it.