Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-05-09
THREE MINUTE TALKS.
Fruits. Mines and Mills i'll Gfant'
Sierra and DOna Ana
Counties.
Leading Citizens Pumped for Read
able Facts by q New Mex
lean Scribe.

lean Scribe.
"Tbe Rio Grande in our section is run |
ming bank full and the biggest fruit
grain and garden truck crop in the his
tory of the Mesilla valley Is assured Tor
this year." said Hon. John r. McFie this
morning. "Many novelties in fruit pro-
duction in New Mexico will be shown
this year in our valley, as the orchards at
the agricultural experiment station will
come into bearing for the first time.
Some of the earlier varieties of fruit came
into bloom January 90, and the fruit on
all trees has set to perfection. All the
leading orchardists have men now en-
gagged in plucking green fruit from the
trees in order to tighten the burden and
insure better quality. At least one-half
the green fruit is pulled off. Frosts have
done no damage to speak of, not even to
the earlier grape crops. Strawberries
are now about ready for the market. The
.
etc., is larger than ever before. q
sin the Organ mountain mining dis
tricts there is much activity. Several
good gold strikes are reported Of late;
assays run as high as $4,000, while many
will average from $50 to 800 to the ton.
The Mormon mine is showing up we'll
| under development. Col. Fountain and
party have uncovered a twenty foot
gold ledge that assays as per these last
| figures. The Bennett concentration will
be started in ten days, and Judge Woods
concentrator at Las Cruces, which by the
| way will do custom work as well at treat
his own ores, will be ready for business
! this week"
SILVER CITY VISITOR.
Hon. Robt. Black, q leading citizen of
Grant county, was in the capital this
morning. This is his first visit in thirteen
years, though he says, II have always
liked Santa Fe." He said Silver City is
making elaborate preparations to enter
| tain O. great crowd at the silver conven.
ton, July 4. "About our minesP Yes
the gold camps are all doing we'll. Al
Pinos Altos, Gold Hill and other points
the mines and mills are running steadily
though scarcity of water interferes some
what IN operating the mills. At Pinot
Altos the deepest workings are about 5Ot
feet; the ore is of a very regular grade
Gold Hill district contains some of The
richest of undeveloped properties.
| sour silver production goes on despite
the abuse of this interest by congress
At Lone mountain John Brockman jus
uuarries out the ore in blocks and hi
mill is making him money. Dimmicl
Bros, near Lone mountain, have made
rich strike of horn silver, samples o
which, almost pure silver, have been sen
to the Worlds fair. In the Alhambra a
Black Hawk the miners have gone dowl
through sixteen feet of we'll nigh SOLE
silver; sleeve buttons and other jewelr
are carved out of the ore, so you cal
guess how rich it runs
Speaking of Grant county's fruit bel
along the Mimbres valley, Mr.. Black sal
no harm had been done by late frosts an
q great crop is assured.
HILLsBoRO's MINES.
Hon. W. s. Hopewell, Supt. R.
Troeger, of the Good Hope Bonanz
company, and H. G. Lang, Cincinnati
capitalist connected with the Standar
Mining i Milling company, all of Hills
boro, were also pleasant callers at tn
NEW MEXICAN Office last evening.
Excellent reports from the gold mine
in the Hillsboro district are given b
these gentlemen. At the Good Hope b
: nanza mines forty men are employed
r Four years ago $4,000 was put into thes
properties and Supt. Troeger has paid fe
IL development, purchased a Huntingto
mill and never missed pay day nor
monthly dividend. This shows what il
- telligent management will do. FIT
specimens of gold quartz from this min
- having a value of $4,000, have just bee
sent to the Worlds fair.
- The Standard company under the mai
a agement of Hon. Mic GALES employ
=. eighty-two men and the ore is treated
the company's mill and smelter The
mines carry per cent copper ore whit
materially aids in the smelling procea
q and there is at hand plenty of lime rot
n and iron for fu1ing purposes.
ri The Mamie Richmond company
3 working in fine mineral; this mine sho,
D the deepest workings in the district, 4
p feet The Eighty-Five and Republic mine
p owned by Milwaukee capitalists, are nc
p being worked under bond and lease ar
p show good returns. T. J.McLaughlin,
a San Pedro, has recently purchased pro
4 perties at Hillsboro and he is welcom
as valuable acquisition in the cam
~ The Trip mines, owned by W. S. HOP
we'll, are soon to be worked by q new
m organized Chicago company. The oril
nal locator of these claims took out S.
Ne 600 in gold and built with it the Piers
a. hotel at Ell Paso.
The Flora Temple claim also reports
recent rich strike. Among some of t
best mines in the district are those own
by Secretary Silas Alexander, and |
ny Ben Butler and Garfield claims a
reputable gold producers. The mines
N. the Hillsboro district are of the true
nd sure sort, sure profit producers, and the
are excellent opportunities there for
investment of capital.