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

~ IL ploudDle tnhI WOIh VIII De COM
menced on the big mill below town this
month and Il will continue uninterrupt-
edly until the mill il completed. Most Of
the heavy work is already done and it
will not take many works to have the
mill in running order. When com pleted
it win have a larger capacity than any mill
in this county and will be adapted to the
treatment Of low grade ores. 1.-THE mill
can be made a success it will be a big
thing for Silver City.
The Bremen mill here which was
leased by the owners Of the Langston
mine has been closed down. II appears
that ore could not be minedin the Laugs-
ton mine, hauled here and milled at a
profit and 80 the leseees decided to close
the mill down.
Work has been commenced again on
the Montana tunnel at Pinos Altos. It
is expected that It will take about two
months to get to the vein but the DIS
lance may not be go great as has been
estimated and the work may may be fin
ished in less time.
The property Of Flood, the man who
owes wages to a number Of miners at
Gold Hill, has been attached by creditors
It is now reported that the amalgam
which he took to Ell Paso did not run as
high as expected, and that creditors at
Ell Paso got the proceeds. The miners al
Gold Hill will be on the lookout for the
next stranger who TO the camp
hires men and promises to pay them
with the proceeds of his bullion.
The Inter- Republics Placer Mining
Company will soon commence place.
mining near Hillsborough on a larg'
scale. 1t Is proposed TO put in a pip'
line from the Animas to the placers Il
bring water there. 1t is believed that
sufficient supply Of water can be obtain
ed under pressure to carry on place
mining on a more extensive scale thar
has hitherto been attempted in southern
New Mexico. Gold has been found il
small quantities in many different place
in southern New Mexico IN gulches anC
in the beds of different streams but il
most cases there is not gold enough Il
pay for working the dirt by the methods
which have been employed. Some o
the districts are rich but water canno0
be obtained in them in sufficient guam
titles to work them on a large scale
Dry washers have been tried at differ
emit times and' under different circum
stances but satisfactory results havI
never been obtained with them. Tn,
Int r-Republcs company will have Il
expend a very large sun Of money t.
put in the contemplated pipeline but TIN
placers which this company owns ar,
among the richest in the southwest ant
will probably justify the Investment
There are a number Of localities IN Gran
County where placer gold has beel
found but in nearly all Of these district
there cannot be sufficient water lad l.
work them except for a small part o
the year. Some Of these placer field
offer rare inducements for the invest
ment of capital to bring water to them.
Five bars Of, bullion we're brought il
from Lone Mountain yesterday for shiI
ment.
John Carson and j. M. Fritter ar
working agold mine north Of Pinos Alto
which is producing some good or
, They have had 21S tons milled at tn
Mammoth mill, which yielded at tn
/ rate Of $50 per ton in gold. M. Carso
has some fine specimens from the min
which show free gold all through tn
rock.
, Some improvements have been mad
, recently in the Maud s. mill at Silve
Creek and a larger percentage Of tn
metal in the ore handled Is being save
The mill is now saving over so per cen
of the gold and silver, which is very goo
even with free gold ore like that prodl
ced by the Maud s. mine.
The machinery for the Confidence mi
will soon be here and the work Of putin
up the mill viii be pushed vigorously I
completion.