Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-04-18

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-Four men are now employed in the
turquoise mines in the Burro noun
tains and stones Of an excellent quality
are being taken out. Turquoise Ia mined
in several localities In this country but
none Of the mines produce stones Of as
good quality as those found ia the Bur-
ros. Stones Of fair quality are found in
Arizona and Colorado and IN Santa Fe
county in this Territory but the product
Of all these mines is not 80 valuable as
that of the mines in this County.
Bennett & Potter, owners of the Grand
Central mine at Central, have shipped
FIVE Ions Of ore which will net about
500 per ton. The Grand Central is one
OF the best paying mines in the Central
district and some very rich ore has been
taken out Of it.
1t has been found that the dump at the
Inez mine at Cooks Peak contains con-
siderable good ore. It is being sorted
over and ore is being obtained which
runs over 80 per cent. lead and about
six ounces in silver to the ton.
An assay Of a 100 pound sample Of ore
from the Flora Temple, the new gold
discovery near Marlborough gave nearly
seven ounces of gold to the ton and about
an ounce Of silver. The value Of the
ore is $40 per ton.
The Montana tunnel which is being
driven by the Manhattan Gold Mining
and Milling Company at Pinos Altos, is
now in about 100 feet and IL is expected
that the vein will be struck within fifty
feet. Considerable trouble has been
caused by the boiler at the tunnel. It
leaks badly and the fan cannot be kept
working all the time to supply air TO the
miners. The boiler will be replaced and
then it is expected that the work will go
on without interruption.
Col. Rulings, with his wife and broth
or, returned from their trip to Phoenix
last Saturday. The colonel found on his
return that his miners had cut through
the body of ore described in the Liberal
a few weeks ago and had continued the
crosscut and struck the second body
into which they have cut some eighteen
inches. The first body is six feet through.
The indications show that il is but a few
feet deeper where the two ore bodies
join. The results of his mill test at Pyr-
amid we're very successful, some seventy
five per cent. of the value being saved.
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ever been made before and encourages
the colonel to put in a concentrating and
amalgamation plant.-Liberal.
The eastern parties who have had a
lease and bond on the Jim Crow in the
Steeple Rock district, have discontinued
operations. The time provided in the
contract for making the payment has o.
pired and as the owners OF the mine
were unwilling to grant an extension Of
time, development work was stopped.
The Pacific Gold company has had SO
much trouble about getting water to
supply the mill here that it is probable
that the company will try to develop
water at or near the mine. If water can
be found there in sufficient quantity to
supply a mill the company can not only
keep a mill in constant operation but
would save the amount paid for hauling
the ore from the mine to the mill here
If the mill had been built below town
as was contemplated at n time, there
would have been no trouble about get
ting water, and the freight on ore would
have been about the same as was paid
to the mill above town. Had the mil
been built at the mine the company
could have saved at least $4,000 in
freight since the mill was started in the
summer Of 1889.