Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-04-04
MINES AND MINING.
Mining Items of Interest from All
Over the TerritOry-A Tunnel
for the Hope Mine at
Bland.

DR.. D. G. Kelley, of Bland, who is in
the city as witness in the Roberto Friday
case, was caller at the New MEXICAN
sanctum yesterday. DR.. Kelley is the
owner of the Hope mining claim, on the
southern side of the Medio-Dia canon,
north Of Bland. The claim lies along e
mesa dividing Pine canon from Medic
Dia, and as the mesa is high with precip-
itous sides, the veins can be cut at great
depth by means of tunnel. A we'll
known and thoroughly competent e1-
pert, who has made careful examina-
tion of the ground, says that several val
liable veins form junction in the Hope
ground, among them being the Denver
Girl, Wanderer and several others.
A tunnel to develop and open up these
veins would be of great value and could
be driven at a comparatively small cost,
taking into consideration the enormous
returns that must eventually come from
such an enterprise. Besides developing
the veins in the cheapest and most thor
ough manner the tunnel can be used as a
means of piping water from Medic Dia
canon, in which fine stream runs
throughout the year, to the town of
Bland. The cheapest and best means by
which ore can be handled, or mine de-
.veloped, is by means of tunnel, as it
obviates the cost aud labor of hoisting,
if the nature of the ground guarantees
sufficient depth when tunneled. DR.. Kel-
ley is engaged in organizing company
to drive tunnel for the development of
the Hope and that he will be successful,
when the great value of his property is
known, goes without saying.
THE TRES PIEDRAs MINES.
Col. j. Frank Chaves, Judge L. B.
Prince and Mr.. John Garrison left over
the narrow gauge this morning for Tres
Piedras, where they 60 to inspect the
mines and close deal for some outstand-
ing interests for their new company.
three carloads of ore to the Durango
smelter. Mr.. Garrison states that the
snow between the mines and Tres Piedras
will not delay this shipment day. 1t is
said that ex-Gov. j. r. Routt and Mr.. E.
e. Burlingame, the Denver assayer, have
bonded the Good Hope mine, which is
located some five miles above the prop
erty of the Tres Piedras Mining COM
pany.
MINE NOTES.
Grading is now being done at the Maud
s. mill at Mogollon to put in vanners at
the mill.
The mining outlook is more encourag
ing TO: this part of New Mexico than it
has been in a long time. There are few
idle miners in this county now and there
will be employment for more within the
next few weeks.-Silver City Eagle.
The Confidence mill at Mogollon has
been doing very good work since it
started and now it is said that there Is q
probability that it will soon be eLlars; ~,
to 50-stamp mill and that vanners W
be put in. The outlook for Mogollon :;
better now than ever before.
party of thirty-fve miners from
Maxwell City lately went to La Belle
mining camp and drove Grant Agent Van
Diest out of town.-Chama Northwest.
The New MEXICAN does not credit the
above for many reasons, one OF which is
that there are no miners at Maxwell City
and another that Grant Agent E. g. Van
Diest has not been driven out of the
camp.