Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-09-05

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There are quite a number d prospect
ors out in the Burro mountains looking
for gold. Thore is gold in nearly all tho
gulches in that part Of the County and
some Of the lucky ~prospectors may end
a ledge which win make the Burros a
big gold camp.
The Pacific Gold Company is doing
nothing at Pinos Altoa but keeping the
water pumped out Of the mine. This
looks as though the company did not in
tend to abandon the mine, but aside
from this there is nothing to indicate
whether the company intends to resume
work or not.
If lead continues to advance in price
as it has during the past two weeks It
will not be long before the mines at
Cooks Peak will be in operation again.
There are thousands Of tons Of lead ore
exposed in the mines there and enough
development work has been done in the
camp TO make it possible to work several
hundred miners there to advantage. A
fair price for lead means lively times at
Cooks Peak.
Some time ago it was reported that
the Manhattan Gold Mining and Milling
Company and the Pacific Gold Company
had agreed to pipe water to Pinoa Altos
and move the mills from this place to
the mines there. No confirmation Of the
report eau be obtained and it is more
than probable that no such arrange
ment has been made. The cost Of the
undertaking would be great but the
companies would save the entire amount
in freight on ore within a year. 1t would
be the best Investment ever made by
mining companies IN the Pinos Altos
district.
There will not DO much work done in
the silver mines in Grant County during
the rest of this year. There is no pros
pect Of a materially higher price for sill
yer and the mines cannot be worked
with silver at the present figures. Some
silver will be produced from mines which
produce gold principally and some Of the
richest silvey mines will be worked on a
small scale. Mine owners generally do
not consider it good policy to work out
their mines and make little or no profit
on the ore mined. They prefer to let
the mines remain idle and trust to fu-
ture legislation for better prices for the
product of the silver mines. Hundreds
Of men would now be employed in the
silver mines OF this County il a dollar an
ounce could be obtained for silver, but
as it is many of the men who have been
employed in the silver mines will leave
the country.
The Montana tunnel is COW ID over
100 feet and there are indications that
the ground will get easier TO work in a
few feet more. It is thought that the
vein will be reached before the expira-
ton Of the present contract which is to
complete 800 feet of the tunnel. The
tunnel is now considerably longer thar
the estimated distance to the vein when
the work was commenced. The tunne.
, is perfectly dry, the water which wal
struck some months ago in it having
completely dried up aud water to sup
ply the boiler has to be obtained from
} the Pacific mine. When water was first
struck In the Montana tunnel it wal
thought that the flow might become
sufficient to supply a mill il the wateI
B should be allowed to settle after it haC
3 been once used and then pumped bacl
[ and used over again, but the prospect Of
a water supply from the tunnel is no.
, very good now.