The old Abe eagle. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 189?-189?, 1894-09-06
,HTiDes sp WiDiD8.
IN DRY GULCH.
A Correspondent of the Eagle Tells what
He saw In that Flourishing
Camp
EDITOR OF THE EAGLE:

EDITOR OF THE EAGLE:
Perhaps sketch of visit to the min
ing section about Nogal may have inter
est for some Of your readers. We shall
confine our notes more particularly to
Dry Gulch, which is the most promising
locality in this section and is rapidly
coming to the front in the production of
gold.
On the American mine here we found
lot of carpenters at work putting up a
substantial mill building. Other I'M
provements were being made which will
add very materially to the value of
this property.
The progress of deve lopment was
stopped on the 18th of August by cloud
burst which filled the the gulch with a
rushing and seething torrent that car
ried away ore worth about $3.50, and also
| wood and mine tlmbers and building
material, and breaking over the embank-
meut at the mouth OF the tunnel, when
it was the work of about thirty minutes
to fill tunnel 210 feet long with water,
mud and debris, catching winze in its
course and filling it full, and drowning G
the pumps in the mine but they will be
at work probably in few days again.
We have seen ore that was taken from
the American group that will run 500
or more t. the ton, and We are informed
that there is more in sight, This mine
is now developed to below water level,
and we we're told that it is Of the quail
ity at 125 feet as it will show at 1000.
While Sc per cent. of the value is now
saved in the mill, it is proposed to con.
centrate and make still further saving
The concentrates consist mostly of sui
phurets and will run in the neighbor-
hood Of $50.
The development of this property will
be watched with interest, and we ex
pect to see valuable results to the min.
ing interests of the Nogal district.
Our next stop was at the Rae group
which joins the American mine, and
which has produced heavily from sur
face work. And from samples OF ore
seen on the dumps and in the workings
is now producing grade OF ores that i!
better than an ounce OF gold to The
ton. With concentrating proposition
it will in our estimation be shown tha
the real value of the ores Of this property
have heretofore been underestimated
And when concentrators are put to wori
at the Americn, where the ore from thi
group is milled, the saving will NOR
than pay the expenses OF development
There has been from May 18th to dat
about 20Ofeet OF development work don
on this mine, and the development ha
been paid for from the proceeds Of tn
ore taken ont as it progressed, which
certainly good showing, and when tn
development now planned is complete
i il will take rank as one Of the best pre-
duccrs in the county.
While the parties owning aud operat
. ing these properties are very conservs
tive in their estimates of their vauel
We should place the figures at SO pc
, cent. advance on theirs, believing theI
to be that much under actual value.
, Further investigation in the distric
, brought out the fuct that there are seve
, al other valuable properties, to which
, with your permission, we will devot
an article later; as also 10 the Whit
mountains district, OF which little is no
heard, hut which has bright futur
o somewhat dependent on the advent
a railroad and the free aud unlimitc
!. coinage OF silver, MoRE ANON.