Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-09-19

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There is but rttlo work going on in
the mines south Of Lordsburg but thcy
are being slowly developed. A substau
tial rise in tho price Of silver would
cause the mine owners there to largely
inoroase the force Of men employed.
1t IS expected that the Deming Ore
Sampling Works will be started up again
in a few days. The demand for lead
ores has increased considerably since
the first Of the month and the outlook
is more encouraging now than 1t has
been for some time.
al Card has made a shipment Of ore
from Malone and has quite a large body
Of ore in sight. It assays we'll and il the
returns from the ore shipped are as sat
isfaotory as the assays which have been
made, his strike will DO a valuable one.
He is Of the opinion that he has struck
the Malone ledge which produced con
siderable good ore some years ago.
All the mills at Pinos Altos arc at
work aud the results which are being
obtained are satisfactory. The output
Of the camp is as large now as it ever
has been and the probabilities are that
IL will be increased considerably by the
end Of the year. There will be plenty OF
water to keep the mills running tor some
months to ONE.
There are quite a number Of men at
work in the placers in the Burro noun
tains. The DIRT is rich enough TO pay
well and it is quite probable that a CON-
pany win be formed TO carry on opera
tons there on a larger scale. Water will
have to be brought some distance and
at considerable expense but the placers
are thought to be Of sufficient extent
and richness to warrant the expenditure
Of a large sum Of money to get water on
!, the ground.
Some very fine bodies Of silver ore
have been opened in the Tres Hermanaa
/, south Of Deming. Mines in these noun
tains have not produced very largely Of
late years but there has been considera-
BILE development work done there which
has shown that the district had not been
worked out when the Cincinnati mine
was closed down there several years ago
, The veins in the district are not very
wide which makes the cost Of mining
, the ore more than it costs to mine silver
ore in many Of the other silver camps oil
the Territory. Besides this the camp il
: about 80 miles from the railroad which
is another drawback to the camp.
S Work on the new mill at Pinos Alto
t which Is beng built to treat ore from
S the Mountain Key mine is not progress
g sing very rapidly now and it will b.
some time before the mill will DO read,
n for operation. Several of the miner
a who have been employed in the Noun
tam Key mine have gone to Gold Hill t.
work in the Western Belle mine Their
Q which is now being operated under leas,
d and bond by William Walker of thi
city, who is also one Of the owners Of tn
Mountain Key mine at Pinos Altos. !
y shipment Of concentrates was made las
a week from the Western Belle and the re
II suits obtained so far are entirely salts
Ie factory. The Western Belle is regards
as one Of the best mines in the Gold Hi,
70 district and it will very likely becom
g a large producer in the near future.
It Mine owners at Cooks Peak are pre-
It pairing to resume work. The advance i
the price of lead has made it possible t
operate the mines there at a fair prof
I and If there be no serious break in tn
lead market the mines at Cooks Pea
D. can be operated steadily. There al
thousands of tons Of ore in sight who
can be taken out at small expense as tn
z ore is found in immense pockets and i
such shape that a man can take out SO,
le al tons a day. The resumption of wor
ia at the mines at Cooks Peak will civ
"a employment to a large number of me
IA and teams as the ore mas TO be huule
le either to Florida OF Crawford station
10 The ore taken out on the other side
the range is hauled TO Florida while tn,
taken out on this side is hauled TO GRAY
70 ford.
There is a prospect that a large SINE
ter will be erected at Deming in the ne,
- future. II the price Of lead should r.
= main at as high a figure as it is nov
: there would be no difficulty in gettiu
ore enough to keep a large smelter
- operation there. The mines at Cook
= Peak would furnish lead ore in album,
ance and it would be much cheaper f
l. the MN owners at Cooks Peak to shi
- their ores to Deming for treatment tina
u it 10 10 ship them TO El Paso, Socorro {
any Colorado point. In addition to th
bad ores which could be obtained frol
ID Cooks Peak, large quantities Of dr.
s- ores might be obtained from the mimi
Ts districts in southwestern New Ne
he leo and southeastern Arizona. The onl
at difficulty in the way Of operating a lare
ey smelling plant at Deming is the big
ut price of fuel there, but this matter hi
he probably been looked into carefully b
On the projectors OF the new enterprise.
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