Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-27
NEW MEXICO MINES.
SIERRA COUNTY.

Brandon Bros. freight tennis have
hauled to the railroad car of twenty
tons of high grade ore for the Brush Heap
mining company last week.
The Sooner lode, owned by W. s. Smith
and Jas. Frazier, is a good looking pros
pect, situated Immediately south of the
Star of the East, and supposed to be on
the celebrated Gypsy contact.
Geo. z. Robins has issued very elabo-
rate and we'll written pamphlet on the
mines of Kingston, Hermosa, Lake
Valley, TERRA Blanca and Rio Trujillo
for distribution at the Worlds fair.
James Rood is doing development
work on the Great Eastern and Great
Western mining claims, east of the Grey
Eagle. Il. J. Mowers owns half interest
in these properties. Both claims show
good ore.
Il. j. Hill Ia shipping ore from the
Black Colt mine to the Hillsboro smelter.
This is az it should be. 1t places another
property, which has been lying idle for
years, on the producing list, and assists
in making Hillsboro what some of her
enterprising citizens desire to make her,
smelling and ore reduction center.
The Star of the East mine, near the
head of Pickett springs gulch, has been
leased by Baxter, Bright q Co., who are
working it with a good showing. shaft
Is sunk on the main deposit of mineral to
the depth of forty-fye feet, showing a
large body of low grade ore, principally
galena and silver. Some fine lead ore has
been encountered in, sinking tho shaft.
Col. j. S. Crawford has succeeded in
obtaining lease on the Lady franklin
group Of mines, on Bonanza hill, for two
and half years. He proposes to sub
lease, and with the capital he will have 1T
his command busy times may soon be ex-
pected on that former mineral producing
be congratulated upon his personal sue
cess in this matter, but commended for
his efforts which certainly will be of great
benefit to the camp.
WHITE OAKS NUGGETS.
The Vera Cruz company some time
since dug we'll about thirty feet deep
and secured fair body of water, but after
test the supply proved insufficient for
their needs. A few days ago, however,
they began prospecting from tho bottom
of this same we'll with Wm. Lanes we'll
drilling outfit, and to date have reached a
depth of 1870 feet, with excellent results.
The drill hole is cased with six inch pipe,
the pipe extending upward through the
''dug" portion of the we'll to within eight
feet of the surface. Yesterday it was
learned here that the flow of water had
increased so much that it was flowing
over the top of the casing. The company
Is drilling on down and all the indications
are now favorable to the development Of
real flowing artesian we'll. The COM
pany's little 15 stamp mill will probably
| be stated up again about Saturday or
Monday and will be kept busy until their
new mill is ready for business. Their
last cleanup was more successful than
was anticipated.
L. E. Aubury, of Los Angeles, who was
at White Oaks short time ago investi-
eating the North Homestake tailings, has
closed the deal whereby he secures control
of these tailings and writes that he will
have his enterprise in operation now in a
very short time. Mr.. Aubury's brother is
now on his way to this place and will, i'm
mediately on his arrival, take charge of
the construction of the necessary build
ings and tanks requisite for working over
the tailings by their chemical process.
Mr.. L. E. Aubury ia expected here about
the LIST of July.
Tom Osby, who is known from Ell Paso
to White Oaks and from White Oaks to
Las Vegas and back again, arrived frsm
FL Paso. He reports great excitement on
the Ruidoso. A nugget of gold weighing
nearly an ounce was found in trout by a
party who had been fishing above the
mill. A company will be organized and
prospecting for the lead will be COM
menced at once.