Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-22

strike ever made in the district.
There are but few unemployed miners
in this County now. Most Of the men
who were thrown out Of employment by
the closing down Of the silver mines are
either at work in the placers or are out
in the mountains prospecting for gold
mines.
There are several mines in the Tres
Hermanas district which will be worked
as soon as a little better price can be OBJ
tanned for silver. Some very fiue bed
les OK silver bearing lead ore have been
exposed in that district and good many
men would have been at work there had
it not been for the low priee which has
been paid for silver recently
Placer miners are having better sue
cess IN the placer mines OF this Comfy
THE year than they have had before
since the discovery Of gold in the Pinos
Altos district. There is little reason to
doubt that the water supply will hold
out for several weeks yet.
The Gladys mine is still producing
good ore and regular shipments will DO
made. Tho indications are that a large
body Of ore will be developed. The mine
is being worked under a lease by Joe
Martin, one Of the old timers Of Deming.
The new mill which is being erected at
Pinos Altos to treat ore from the Noun
tain Key mine will DO completed soon
and then the force at the mine will be
increased. There are now about twenty
men employed there. The ore can I'M
doubtedly be treated at Pinos Altos at a
profit but It cannot be hnuled here and
treated as was shown by the mill run &c
the Bremen null here recently.
There has been but little work done at
Cooks Peak lately but preparations are
now being make to work the Flower
Queen. Repeated attempts have been
made to work this mine but the ore con-
tains so much zinc that no very satisfac-
tory results have been obtained. The
ore runs high in lead and there is con-
siderable silver IN it. The only difficulty,
SO far, has been in getting the zinc out Of
the ore.
After a period Of exceptional d ILLNESS
Pinos Altos is now one Of the busiest
camps in the Territory. The mills are
running on full time and there is plenty
Of water TO keep them going for the re-
mainder Of the year. More men are en-
ployed in tho mines than have been en-
ployed there at any time since the clos
ing down of the Pacific Gold Compauy'e
mine and mill and there are no idle men
in the district.
Considerable prospecting is going or
out in the Burro mountains. There is
an excellent prospect that there will be
some very good gold mines opened there
this year. Placer gold is found IN many
of the gulehes in these mountains and
placer mining there would yield big re
turns II water could be had in sufficient
quantities to make it possible to work
the mines on a big scale.
Turquoise mining in the Burro noun
tains is attracting considerable atten
tion at presents Several new locations
have been made recently and others ar,
being developed. The stones found are
generally OF very fair quality, though
many of them are a little off color
There are but few men employed in tn,
mines now but il the mines which ar
being developed should prove { o be val
liable, there will be a larger number o
men employed and a much larger guam
tity Of turquoise will be taken out.
It is believed that work will be resum
ed on the Confidence mill at Mogollon a
n soon as the financial furry is ever. /
1 has been demonstrated that other mine
n in the district can be worked with silve
I at 20 cents an ounce, and there is n
q doubt but that the ore from the Condd
ence group can be worked to as goo
) advantage as the most of the ore in th
n camp. Ore can be reduced in the net
[ mill considerably cheaper than any of tn
s other mills in the Mogollons can reduc
q ore for the reason that the power {
drive the machinery Will cost PRACTICAL
. nothing.
The Rio Grande Smelling works ar
Q again in the market for the purchase {
ores and miners are beginning to feel
= little better over the silver situation
There has been practically no markt
for silver ore or concentrates for tn
past six or seven weeks on account
3 the uncertainty as to the future of silve
but now the owners Of a number Of th
l smelters in the southwest are conf
u dent that congress will not repeal th
j. Sherman law without passing so me la
which will satisfy the silver men. Th
silver mines in this County which al
q now idle will not be started up until
a better price can be obtained for silvC
n but miners who have ore on hand ca
dispose Of it now and concentrates ca
be sold. The outlook for a revival {
the silver mining industry is brightC
now than it has been since the sudde
fall in the price Of silver the latter pal
Of June.
It Is quite probable that the slv'
City Musical Union will act as an incen
@ i've TO revive the Silver City band, whio