Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-04-15
NEW MEXICO MINES.
What the Knights OF the Pick, Shovel
and Drill Are Doing i'll this
Territory.
SOUTH SANTA FE COUNTY.

SOUTH SANTA FE COUNTY.
The tramway at the old mill at Dolores
blew down in the wind storm last Friday.
Mr.. Bender is still sinking on the
Cuchlllo and Goldsmith claims at San
Pedro.
Con. Sullivan and his partner are sink
ing on the Missouri Belle near San
Pedro, intending to 60 down at least
fifty feet.
E. w. Judkins continues the work of
taking shipping ore out of the Lincoln
Lucky-Lee mines.
AN. Harp has commenced grinding
ore with Mexican arrastra adjoining the
San Lazarus near San Pedro.
Mr.. E. L. Snow, New York mining
broker, is making quite stay in Golden,
carefully inspecting that camp.
Mr.. H. G. Yontz has very fine assort-
ment of turquoise suitable for settings,
which he has cut, dressed and polished
himself.
The Cerrillos Rustler: "James M.
Lucas, who has been running stamp
mill on the Tuerto for some months with
very satisfactory results, made good
cleanup last week. The proceeds of a
fifteen days run were an even $1,500
This is pretty good-$1O0 per day-with
small cheap five-stamp mill"
The machinery for the purpose of in
creasing the capacity of the Fitzgerald
test works at Golden is all on the ground
and is being rapidly put in place by
skilled mechanics under the personal
supervision of the experienced and ener-
getic owner. These works will be in
operation within ten days and then every
thing will hum in that vicinity.
Chris Weigand, of Las Vegas, will per-
sonally superintend the development
work on the Gypsy Queen claim, which is
one of the best so far shown up on the
Ortiz grant. Mr.. Weigand has six men
at work aud will put on more whenever
there is room for them to move without
getting in each others way. He has ar
ranged for satisfactory lease from the
grant company and has good grounds
for his strong faith and he has the con-
troll of big paying property.
BALDY DISTRICT.
The Puzzler is putting on more men.
Rebel Chief ore mill runs $50 per ton.
Some of the ore now being milled at
the Van Guyler works runs very high.
The ore now being taken out of the
lower level of the Mountain Queen aver
ages IA ounces in gold.
More people are at work in Baldy and
Elizabethtown than there have been for
two years and everything goes to indicate
season of unprecedented prosperity.
From present Indications the coming
summer will witness lively times in the
gold mining camps of Badly and Eliza
bethtown, in this county. Capitalists and
practical miners are arranging for ex-
tensive developement work in that Sec
tion.-R Ration Range.
SIERRA COUNTY.
The lease on the Bobtail is paying
we'll.
Scott g. Sanders are reported to have
struck $500 ore in the Garfield.
The Eighty-fve ships carload of
concentrates from Hillsboro this week.
M Mofit, of Hillsboro, will soon
ship a carload of first class ore from the
Opportunity.
The Bull of the Woods is putting out
ore in quantity that runs from one to
three ounces in gold per ton.
Schwartz d Co., leasers on the Snake
$50 level south, have on the dump about
ten tons of fine ore. They have put on
night shift.
The Wicks mine shows good ore in the
first level and it is believed that still
richer mineral will be found in the level
below.
Selen & Hirsch, of Hillsboro, have
about fifty tons of rich ore ready for the
mill and ten tons of first class ore which
they will ship to the smelter.
The Advocate reports that the trial run
of the California steam arrastra at Hills
boro proved its efficiency and that it can
accom- plish all that has been claimed for
it.
Gales & Townsend expect to ship
three carloads of ore and concentrates at
the end of this month. They will ship to
Ell Pase unless they can get better rates
from Denver, where it is said the smelters
are Offering unusual inducements to ore
shippers.-Advocate.
GRANT COUNTY.
A big strike of rich copper ore was
made upon the Chino mine last week.
The mine is owned by j. P. Whitney, of
Boston.
Galloway and Alexander have made an
other big gold strike in the White Signal
district said to equal their first big mine
discovered in the camp.
julius wellgehausen made shipment
of gold ore Monday from the Lost mine
at Central. 1t was sold to the Deming
sam pling works. It sssayed seven and
three-tenth ounces in gold per ton.
Alfred Job is working his placer claims
on Whisky creek in quiet, though
profitable way. The gold is of the light
scaly variety, but it appears to exist in
considerable quantity. The diggings are
shallow and easily worked.
Oh. Curtis has returned from Colorado
and has full control of the American Lead
& Zinc company's smelter at Hanover.
The smelter will be started up at once
and continuous and successful run is
locked for.
The new Janeisch mill, White Signal
district, being erected by John Brockman,
will be finished and In operation within
two weeks. They have large supply of
rich gold ore on hand ready to run, and
there IL no doubt that IL will be big
paying proposition when started.