Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-06-27

A shipment Of lead ore was made from
the Central district yesterday

A shipment Of lead ore was made from
the Central district yesterday.
Pinos Altos is pretty quiet just now
but as soon rs the rainy season com
menoes and water enough TO run the
mills can be obtained IL will be one Of
the livelest camps IN the Territory. The
mills will all be busy and the output Of
gold will be something like the produc-
ton Of the camp two or three years ago.
just now Bell and Stephens are doing
more than any body else in the camp.
The Huntington mills are being taken
out Of the Colonial company's mill and
stamps will be put in to replace them.
The Huntington mills have done very
fair work but it Is expected TINT stamps
win be very much more satisfactory
The capacity OF the mill will be about
the same whom the stamps are in as il
was before. Il will take about thirty days
to put in the stamps and while this is
being done there will be but a small
force Of miners at work in the Maud S,
mine.
The lumber for the new Confidence
mill at Whitewater is not being received
80 rapidly as il is wanted and the mill
win not be completed as soon as was ex-
pected when the work was commenced,
The timber which is now on the ground
is framed and more is needed to keep
the men at work. It will, IN all proba.
bility, be late in the fall before the mill
is completed aud ready to run. The
pipe line which is to conduct the water
to the mill to supply the Pelton wheel
is yet to be constructed and it is expect.
ed that there will be some delay in this
work on account Of the slow delivery Of
lumber.
Some fine bodies Of ore have been un.
covered in Cooks Peak district this year
but with lead at the price which Is now
quoted there is no profit in mining and
shipping ore from Cooks. A railroad
would be Of some advantage in reducing
the cost Of transportation but even with
a railroad there would be but a small
margin Of profit in shipping ore from
there now II a good price could be OBJ.
tanned for silver and lead, mines in this
district would be producing more ore
than those Of another district in the
Territory.
The Corralitos Company which is one
Of the largest producers Of ore in the
state Of Chihuahua has been making reg.
ular shipments OF ore to this country
through Deming, for a number of years
The output of the company is worth
about $4,000 a month and would go 8
long way toward keeping a smelter in
operation at Deming. The ore is o.
such a character that it cannot be treat
ed at Corralitos. II the railroad should
ever be built from Deming south, large
quantities Of ore could be brought FROM
Mexico to be treated on this side of the
line.
Dimrlick Brothers, owners Of the Sill
yer Cali mine, neal Pinos Altos, have {
smelter in operation in which they smell
the very rich ore produced in the mine
The big smeiters refuse to receive or,
from this mine on account of the fac
that the ore is of such a nature that it il
almost impossible to get a fair sample
The ore which has been run through
the smelter at the mine varied from
$1,000 to over $4,000 per ton. About
800 pounds of very ricn ore are now or
hand awaiting treatment. No richer
silver ore has ever been mined in New
Mexico than has been taken out Of the
Silver Cell this year. Much Of the ore
is so rich in native silver that it cannot
be broken out of the vein by the 6rdina-
ry methods. The ore is holding out well
and the mine promises TO become one oil
the richest in the Territory in production.
II has been worked in a small way since
its discovery but has produced a large
amount of SILVER bullion in proportion
to the ore taken out.