Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-05-10
MINING MATTERS.
Reports from various Campt4r-Ttems Of
Gereral.Interest to Miners.

66f; Copper, 0.75; Lead, 2.95.
The Detroit Copper company has
shut down its mines and smelters at
Morencl, claiming that the price Of
copper does not justify paying the
present transportation charges. A
large number of the miners have gone
to Carlisle, where they readily Sc
cured work.
w. +. Baldwin, one OF the owners of
the Robert e. Lee mine at Pyramid,
has been out at the mine for the past
week or so and has made preparations
for several shipments. The ore is now
carefully sorted when taken down and
plenty Of assays will be made before
the ore is shipped; the consequences
are that only good ore, OF which there
is plenty in the mine, is being sent to
the smelter. Several more men have
been put TO work in the mine.
Some weeks ago the LIBERAL had
an item telling about r. P. Hart and
j. D. Smith doing some prospecting
for 6pals. They had discovered indl-
cations Of opal formation out at the
Horseshoe canyon and decided to do
some development. In most Of the
known opal mines no gems are found
near the surface, but begin to appear
at a depth Of some thirty feet. They
have reached this depth and last week
Mr.. Smith discovered the first gen
opals. Re sent in several specimens
which were a dark olive green in color
and had all the Gre of the Austrian
stones, Messrs, Hart s. Smith feel
much encouraged at the discovery and
anticipate making some valuable finds
In the neal future.
The Pyramid mill and mines, the
starting up Of which was noted in the
last LIBERAL, will not be worked di-
rectly by the company but by George
Pilz, on a lease. Mr.. Pilz came to
Pyramid some months ago from Ell
Paso, where be had been loaded in
the smelter. He took a lease on a
royalty for a portion Of the Viola mine,
aud as a part. consideration of the
lease agreed to do certain develop
ment work. This work was some that
Superintendent Hoffman had wanted
the company to do for a long time, as
it would show the extent of a certain
ore body, but the company had refused
to have it done. When the work was
flushed 1t showed that the ore body
was continuous as far as developed,
but the development work did not
show the extent Of the body, but it
showed that it extended from the sur
face to a depth of 2S5 feet aud was 10
feet long on the ledge with an average
thickness of two and one-half feet,
and that a great proportion of it was
a shipping ore with silver at a decent
price. How much deeper the ore goes
and how much further on the ledge. at
the lower level, is not known, but il is
shown to be unlike most other ore
!, bodies in this section Of the country,
richer at the bottom of the shaft than
!; at the top. Mr.. Pilz has a five years
lease on two places In the mine, each
, fifty feet long on the ledge. He has
, agreed to do certain further develop
ment work, and If in this work he dis.
covers any new ore bodies he is to have
a lease On them at a royalty which viii
depend on the richness of the ore. Mr.
Pilz is a Freiburg graduate and haI
, had a long experience in both Mining
, and milling, and is confident that b,
, has a good thing. He intends to puI
a number of miners at work imme
diately, and will start up the mill a,
soon as he has enough ore ahead Il
justify him, probably in about a month
2 Last week Messrs. r. P. Hart anC
Harry .Classep got mixed up with thei
horses and both'got wet. They werI
D out to the round up and found tina
the cook had run short of water, S,
they took a couple Of barrels and wen,
to the river after some. They got into
the river, Mr.. Hart was holding tn
horses and Mr.. Classen was filling tn
barrels when one of the horses con
> cluded he would lie down. Mr.. Har
spoke to him and he thought he wa
; asked to ''pull for the shore" and s.
! he jumped into his collar. The brak,
= was set and something had to give ant
! it proved to be the s~lngletree. Thi
started the other horse and he prompt
ly broke his singletree. The only con
a nection between the horses and tn
! wagon were the reins, which broke be
] fore Mr.. Hart was pulled out Of tn
wagon, and the horses started 70
| home. Luckily they tried TO go o.
r both sides of a tree and were stopped
t 1t took nearly an hour to wade ashore
Z catch the team, patch up the WACO.
and start for camp with two-thirds 0
S a barrel of water.
! Last Monday a train Of stock cattle
1 loaded at Benson, was travelling east