Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-11-20
MINES IN GRANT COUNTY
Operations of the Colonial Mining
Company at Silver Clty-Exten-
sive Development Work
Bright Prospects at
Carlisle.

There is much more cheerful feeling
pervading all mines In the camp since the
visit of Messrs. Sortwell and Cooper,
who represent the eastern stockholders
of the Colonial Mining company at Silver
City. Far from being discouraged at the
outlook for the production of ore from
the Maud s. mine, these gentlemen i'm
mediately saw at glance that the mine
has bright future, that the ore bodies
are there already discovered and have
only to be properly developed to bring
the mine back to its proper standard as
a great ore producer. The force of men
employed on development work was in
creased, thirty men being now employed
sinking the shaft and in other work Of
exploiting ore chutes. Besides infusing
new life about the workings of the Maud
s., these gentlemen started work upon
the old Grey Hawk mine, which they have
taken hold of under lense and bond from
Trailer & Shannon, the owners. While
the ore bodies of the Maud s. are being
developed, this mine will ship ore to run
the company mill. It is expected that
the Grey Hawk will furnish fifteen to
twenty-five tons of ore per day and this
quantity will be increased as the develop
ment work proceeds.
The Confidence mine is employing q
force of sixty men and shipping seventy
to seventy.fve tons of ore to the COM
pany's mill at Graham, four miles distant
from the mine. Development work is
being prosecuted vigorously at the mine.
The main adit level is being pushed ahead
and has now reached distance of 100
feet beyond the main working shaft,
making total length along the vein of
over 1,4OO feet thus far exploited by this
level. The main working shaft intersects
1900 feet from the mouth of the level.
This shaft has now attained a depth of
eighty feel. below the level and work has
been suspended upon it while the new
hosting engine is being put in place.
The engine will probably be started to-
day and sinking will be resumed. The
winze, 800 feet from mouth of adit
level and 400 feet west from main shaft,
has also attained a depth of eighty feet
below the level. A new hosting engine
has just been put in place on this winze
and will be started to-day and work of
sinking in the winze resumed.
At every point where development
work is being prosecuted good ore is en-
countered. At the point where the main
working shaft intersects the main tunnel
level che ore was lean and poor in char
acter but at the breast of the drift 100
fao 70 WI or in tho 10 80
good size and quality. 1t is the inten-
ton of the company to push the main
level through to the limit of the COM
pany's property about 100 feet farther
making total length of about $500
feet. At the mill everything is working
smoothly, the electric light which was
crippled for few days is now GONZALES
cent under the care of Electric Doctor
Palmerlee. A new and much more
powerful dynamo has been ordered and
is expected at the mill next week to take
the place of the one now in use which is
of insufficient capacity. The new man
ager, John H. Talbot, shows plainly his
efficiency and experience in the mining
business and is giving perfect satisfac-
tion to the owners of the property, says
the Silver City Enterprise.
Work has been suspended upon nearly
every mine at Carlisle awaiting the result
of negotiations for sale of great magni-
tude now on the tapis. The proposed
sale will include transfer of nearly every
paying property in the camp. Experts
and representatives of those in the pur-
chase visited the camp last week. They
were highly pleased with the showing but
objected to the prices asked for some
prospects included in the sale. n. w.
Childs, who has the bonds on these prop
critics went to San Francisco with the ex-
perts and capitalists. Whether the min
ers and the capitalists will get together
on their estimates will probably be known
within few weeks. If they do it will
lend an impetus to mining in old Car
Isle and the sound of the stamp mill
will soon be making merry music for the
m liners.
The Laura mine, which was sold
outright to parties represented
by Mr.. H. W. Childs, has proved
veritable bonanza. During Mr.. Childs
absence of few months, in Europe, the
property has been operated under the
able superintendency of P. H. McDer-
mott. As result of his stewardship he
has now piled upon the dump ready for
shipment, 1000 tons of ore which will
average about $50 per ton. About Y5 per
cent of the value is gold and the balance
silver. This large batch of ore lie only
small fraction of that remaining exposed
in the slopes. Besides taking out this
ore the shaft was sunk to depth Of 265
feet and at that depth shows body of
ore nine feet wide, which averages over
so per ton in gold and $50 in silver. At
the 200 foot level cross-cut was run
from the original Laura vein to tap an
other vein which runs parallel and which
shows promising outcrop on the sur
face A cross-cut sixty-seven feet in
length tapped the vein which proved
richer and Of greater extent than oven
the most sanguine hoped for. The new
vein is sixteen feet across and for four
teen feet is rich pay ore averaging SIS
gold and $14 in silver per ton. This
adds double value to the formerly famous
Laura mine and also adds to the value of
everv mine in the camp.