Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-03-30
MINES AND MINING.
Rich Strikes at Carlisle-A Railroad
to Be Built at Once-Tw0 Quartz
Mills for La Belle-The Dude
Mining Expert.

LuC I1CuCSU anu uOot luipOItuub oUIlhC
in years was made last week on the Dav.
enport mine at Carlisle, by the Daven-
port brothers and George Mcdonald.
The property was located short time
ago by the gentlemen named. Out of the
assays made last week the lowest showed
value of 35 ounces gold and 1000
ounces silver. Three men are at work
on the ore and are taking out 1000 per
day, says the Silver City Sentinel.
On the new mine discovered by James
Tong few months ago, the same quality
of rich ore is being extracted. In prose-
cutting development the ore taken out
pays $50 more than expenses for every
foot of work. The new company, the
Gold Leaf Qimited), of which Messrs.
Childs and Loberg are the promoters, is
meeting with great success in prospect
ing the several mines recently purchased.
The camp is wild with excitement over
the rich strikes being made daily. Twen-
ty-five mines have changed hands in the
past fifteen days. A company has been
organized to build a railroad from Dun
can, in the Gila valley, on the line of the
Lordsburg q Clifton road to the Carlisle
mines.
AS TO EXPERTS.
We heartily concur in the following
very true item clipped from an exchange:
Mining experts and mining theorists
without experience are freak of nature.
They are an interesting sight when turned
loose in mining camp that has two
parallel veins-one of gold and the other
galena. They can go into copper mine
and tell you all about it; they can tell You
all about the amount of asbestos you
have in sight, and all these things; but
we never run across collegiate 1pert,
or one raised on suspicion, who could tell
you where ore is before it was found, any
more than diyining rod. This promises !
to be good II told you so" season, and
the rankest predictions of rich strikes will
be made--after the old prospector finds
and opens the mines up"
RIO aRANDE pLAcERs.
A great deal of work is going on in a
quiet way up the Rio Grande. Hon.
Alex. Gusdorf, of Taos, tells the NEW
MEXICAN that seven different companies
are now actively at work there. On the
upper Hondo Kentucky company is
putting in machinery; on the lower Hondo
the Jeffrey-Mears company, of Denver, is
developing a good property, while down
the river within a distance of eight miles
there are now at work the Lucas COM
pany, of St. Louis; the Clark company, of
Denver; Durango, Colo, company and
two Kansas City corporations, one repre-
sented by Mr.. Asgood and another by
Mr.. J. P. Connors.
SOUTH SANTA FE COUNTY.
Gov. Thornton and MIR. Mr.. J. w. Akers
returned last night from three days.
trip to the mines about Cerrillos, Dolores
and San Pedro. They examined the new
gold leads lately opened on Cunningham
hill and pronounced them very promis-
ing. A number of good strikes have
been made thereabouts. There is con-
siderable activity on the south slope of
Ortiz mountains and in the San Pedro
and Golden district, while the placer
mines in Dolores region also continue to
yield we'll. The LincolnLucky is making
regular shipments to Pueblo smelters.
MINE NOTES.
Many good mine has been spoiled by
q poor miner.
Mining, like farming, is most produc-
tive when the ground is thoroughly and
constantly worked.
Evidences of prehistoric mining, prob
ably by the cliff dwellers, have recently
been found in northwestern New Mexico.
Notwithstanding the fact there is yet
some snow in the new camp of La Belle,
more than 500 people are already there
and two stamp mills will be in operation
by the middle of April.
Grubstakes are not SO easily procured
now a. in the days of yore. They are
now at a premium if they are to be had
at all. Cause: "Over- production" of
course rse-over-productio of applicants.
An exchange thinks if the Japs compel
the Chinese to open their ports to the
world, it will create such large demand
for silver as to bring it up with jump,
much to the satisfaction of the silver
miner and benefit of the country.
The Chicago Inter Ocean is standing up
we'll for silver. In late issue it SAYS:
F." The brooding east is beginning to
hatch silver eggs and the people to real
ize that tho stoppage of silver coinage,
except for subsidiary purposes, in Eu-
rope, the United States and India was tho
most gigantic robbery of all times"