Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-09
THE MINES.
Copper and Gold Oh the Chama The
Taos Placers--Organ Min
ing News.

Good reports that have been coming in
from the upper Chama, Abiquiu and
Copper canon region for some months,
relative to the mines thereabouts, have
been supplemented during the past few
days by several moves that seem to in
dictate business, car load of the cop.
per ore from the canon was shipped
from Espanola Yesterday to the Durango
smelter, and miners who saw it say it is
first-class looking stuff. Henry Grant, of
Abiquiu, made the shipment and it is
understood that Colorado parties are
back of the scheme to develop the mines
and put up smelter. In
TIE eHAMA PLACER FIELDS
a Kentucky company is at work and is
now hauling over machinery from Espa-
nola, known as the Bucyrus amalgamator,
which is expected to save the gold. ). 7.
Hagan, H. G. Adams and the irrepressible
Joe Mulhatton are Oh the ground and at
work for the company. They say that
their hackers have $4,000 to put into
experiments on saving the fine gold
known to exist in great quantities along
tho Chama river bed. The machinery
they are now getting on the ground cost
$22, 500 at the manufacturers in Chicago,
and many we'll informed people expect it
to do the business and save the gold. IF
it does, millions of dollars can surely be
extracted from those gravel beds.
OFF FOR RIO HoNDo.
"Rcswell f.. Briggs left for the Rio Hon
do mining district in New Mexico last
evening to look after the interests of the
Rio Hondo Gold Mining company. Mr..
Briggs states that his company is now
working its placers with sluice boxes and
will have its hydraulics working by the
LIST of July"
The above from the Denver Times in
dicates an important business move for
Taos county. This company also pro-
poses TO put up gravel sitting machine in
connection with its sluicing plant and will
give employment to large number OF
men all summer.
Good reports continue to come from
the mountains about Amizett and the
Colorado miner and prospector is still
going in there.
LOOK OUT FOE II.
The following reaches this office:
To tho Editor of the New Mexican.
FoHr MEADE, s. D., June 3, OBJ have
a great favor to ask you, and hope you
may give mo an answer as soon as pos
sible. 1t is in regard to party or cor
poration called the Rocky Mountain
Prospecting company. Is there any such
company and are they responsible2 You
will confer a great favor on me if you let
me know. Awaiting your answer, re-
main, your obedient servant,
JOHN p. WALSH,
Fort Meade, s. %.
Such concern claims to have head
quarters at Espanola, but 1t is probably
a stock selling scheme organized by "lost
mine" prospectors and their sympathizers.
ORGAN MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.
The shaft on the Mormon is los feet
down. Water has been encountered and
the pay streak, of very rich ore, has
widened to twenty inches.
The fact has been demonstrated that
with depth the mineral in the Organ range
improves in value and volume.
The Bennett-Stevenson osncentrator
will start up in two weeks. Without tax
ing an other ton of ore out OF the
mine there Is over 5000 tons of ore upon
the dump awaiting the manipulation Of
this plant.
The Modoc, owned by Col. Rynerson
and his brother, and leased to Colorado
parties and to Judge Woods Of Las
Cruces, has developed into great pro-
Queer. Judge Woods and son and their
Colorado associates, have erected con-
contractor near the depot at Las Cruces,
to work the product of the Modoc. Six
hundred tons of ore have been hauled to
Las Cruces; the new concentration is now
treating same.