Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-06-05

over 400 feet of work on it, the
deepest shaft being about 140 IT,
All the workings are in ore, the
incline having opened up an Is #.
body Of $40 ore. In the east shaft
is a good vein of high grade ore.
This claim could probably reduce
80 tons day from the stamp, and
with a working shaft and proper
machinery could be made to out
put a hundred tons. If rumors
are correct, however, this property
is soon to have a ten stamp mill
and coplen concentrates, which
means in the Orc Fina and Wall
Street, the treatment of about 40
tons a day. A mill run on the ore
from the incline returned $50 per
ton, but it is called 500 ore by the
owner.-Socorro Advertiser.
The Black Range Smelling and
Mining Company are pushing
their 40-ton copper matte smeltel
to completion. The machinery is
all set and steam was generated in
the boiler yesterday afternoon.
Teams are busy hauling ore, hux-
ing material, coke and wood, and
it was the. intention of the man.
agement to light the furnace fire
next Monday but this program
may be postponed few days
pending the arrival of Mr.. Harts-
feld,,a member Of the Hartsfeld
firm that built the stack, who will
superintend the starting up of the
plant. Black Range.
1t has been suggested that a hos
pital be established in this city
and various plans have been pro
posed for the same, but as yet nc
conclusion has been arrived at.
Either the city should establish a
hospital or some physician should
establish a private hospital, max
ing yearly contracts with the city
and large corporations for the care
Of the same. Socorro Advertiser.
The petition to the county com
missioners to build bridge over
the Gahsteo river in Cerrillos has
been generally signed by the vot-
ers of southern Santa Fe county
and viii be presented to the board
at their next regular meeting, and
it is hoped that favorable action
will be taken. The bridge is 4
necessity and this portion of the
county is entitled to consideration
We look to the honorable boarC
to use every endeavor to supply
the funds to build it. -Cerrilloi
Rustler.
Interest in the cement placer
proposition continues to be intense
The field is now pretty thorough
staked. and it is supposed that The
Inter Republic company intendi
to build a large mill on the Per
cha, as they have men at worl
grading out the hillside near th,
big springs just below the DO.
canon. Hillsboro Advocate.
The Hillsboro smelter is beat
ing all previous records this mont
in the amount of ore smelted pc
day. Less fuel and Aux, also, ar
used than ever before, consequent
ly the cost per ton has been muc
reduced.
Station Agent John McIntyr
was in town last Sunday on impor
tant business with company SUI
geon Cruickshank. Mr.. McIntyf
was out on his pony taking littl
spin across the beautiful prairie
that surround his rather lonesom
habitation, and came to a ditch te
or fifteen feet wide which he sur
posed the pony could clear at
bound. So he backed off to get
good running start, and when b
got to the ditch he was going ut
! 2.0l gait, but the pony failed
carry out his part of the contrac
and Mr.. Mcintyre flew over th
ditch as though shot out Of can
non. DR.. Cruickshank mende
three broken ribs and a dislocate
shoulder, and Mr. Mcintyre wi
soon be a well and wiser man.
San Marciel Bee.
Some one ought to look up
copy of tfe old Connecticut "blu
laws" and present 1t to our cit
) dads. AS long as we are goin
backwards let us do It in a styl