Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-11-13
SOME NEW MEXICO MINES
Mining and Milling Operations at
White Oaks, PinOs Altos, Rose
dale and HillsborO.

The output of the Hillsboro gold mine:
, for the week ended November was 45t
tons; total since January l, 22,775 tons.
Prospecting the past two months has
been more active than for a number of
years, and while most of the exploration
is confined to claims heretofore located
yet there have beer quite y number of new
locations which show good ore on the
surface, and there is no do4,bt that many
mines, in the near future, will be added
to the bullion producers of this county
This activity among prospectors is the
most reassuring indication of the future
growth of our mining industry White
Oaks Eagle.
The North Homestake owners at White
Oaks have been driving tunnel on their
400-foot level from their working shaft
off to the southwest, to connect their
present workings with their old ones
near the south end of the claim, where
the first discovery of gold quartz in the
camp was made in 1879. This tunnel is
now about 500 feet long and has reached
the vein 100 feet below the bottom of the
3O0foot shaft. The ore in the face of
the tunnel is quite rich and will increase
the output Of bullion from this valuable
property.
N. Bell of the firm of Bill g. Stephens,
operating in mines and merchandise at
Plnos Altos, N. M, has gone east. He
says he has tired of mining experts and
promoters who promise much and do
nothing. He has taken with him some
samples of ore from the firms mines, in
cluding $95 gold nugget and specimens
of quartz, at least one.half of which are
gold. Apart from rich seams there are
big bodies of low grade free milling ores.
The death of Mr.. Stephens necessitated
the sale of the mines as the best
means of winding up the estate. Mr..
Bell had prepared $4,000 gold
brick to exhibit at the last territorial
fair, but business made it impossible for
him to leave home. His properties have
been thoroughly exploited and their
values are we'll known, hence he will not
give working bond, and prefers to deal
directly with buyers without the inter-
vention of a middle man.
| Some parties at work on the spring at
Rosedale last week concluded to wash
some of the dirt in the canon. The result
was complete surprise to them, as it
proved that the ground is rich in pure
J gold, every pan showing sufficient of the
yellow stuff to permit of its profitable
working. The whole country ,is being
staked off, and in addition to the valuable
quartz property owned by the New Mex
leo Gold Mining company, the Campbell
Bros, the White Cap and other promising
claims, placer mining will prove source
of great profit. The future of Rosedale
is assured and the owners of property
there will soon reap the reward of per-
severance and industry.--S San Marcia
Bee.
The Hillsboro Advocate: The Rich
mond mine is being worked under seven
distinct leases. 1t may be said that all
of these different parties of leasers are
doing we'll ana that some of them are
making big money. At the same time
Receiver Fisk is keeping the development
and improvement of the mine steadily in
view and every leaser has to contribute
his quota of dead work toward that end.
The Bonanza mill is running on the Sec
ond-class ore and another regular ship
ment of high grade stuff to the Ell Paso
smelter will be made very shortly.