Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-02
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to the hourishing town of La Belle. The
fare is SIS, round trip 49,; 25 pounds of
baggage free and cent per pound for all
over that. The camp is growing steadily
and the three stage lines running in there
from Catskill. Ration and Antonito are
doing an excellent business. Town lots
are in demand and much building is in
progress. Three townsites demand at
tention from speculators and the mines
are showing up to all expectations.
JIoARILLA PLACER DISTRICT.
The Mckinley dry washer has started
operations and is said to be big success.
The day it started up $50 claims were
located.
Comrey Bros. have also struck a good
vein of water, enough to run the twenty
stamp mill, the erection of which will
begin at once.
There are three or four producing lode
claims in the district which will supply
ore for the mill. These mines are strictly
gold mines, carrying no silver at all, and
the pay rock is decomposed porphyry.
The Eddy independents: The gold
mine discovered by w. L. Whitmore, in
the Jicarlla mountains, within eight
miles of White Oaks, and in which sew
eral of our prominent citizens are in
terested, has proved to be bonanza.
The ore assays $500 to the ton. Fifty
miners will leave from here at once, and
work on the mine will be commenced in
earnest.
The Albuquerque Democrat: R. r.
Elder returned few days ago from
Jicarilla, Lincoln county, where he has
been engaged in looking after the in-
terests of placer mining company COM
posed of Albuquerque people, and of
about 1876 people in the camp, large
number of whom are Albuquerqueans,
and that the prospects for the district
are most favorable. The company with
which Mr.. Elder is connected has sunk
two wells which will supply water for
working their placer claims, and will i'm
mediately commence vigorous work in
washing out the yellow dust.
IL BELLE DISTRICT.
A cooler is absolutely necessary for
gay La Belle.
La Belle will soon be connected with
Catskill by telephone.
About 300 claims have been located in
the La Belle district.
The Cresset has already moved into its
new aud commodious Office.
Lumber is a scarce article in La Belle
Another saw mill able to cut $4,000 feet
per day would be appreciated.
J.A. Jacobs, known all over the world
as one of the greatest mineral experts
has Just returned from South Africa and
is now visiting La Belle. He says he viii
stay all summer.
Says the Cresset: La Belle is going uI
like rocket. The fame of her rich gold
mines has reached the large cities and
most of the large ne vspapers have printed
the facts.
| The Cresset: The source of the i'm
mensely rich placers at Elizabethtowr
and vicinity which produced over $4,000,
900 of gold, and we're worked during the
Cos and earlier is undoubtedly in the
large leads of gold bearing quartz which
are found in the mountains of the La
Belle mining district.
A Denver paper says: Mr.. 0. A. Pease
a mining engineer who is prominently
identified with the new gold district OF
La Belle, New Mexico, is in the city for
| few days on business connected with the
| uo 10 apkhucioatia the
outlook in that country and is firm In the
belief that it will prove another bonanzH
camp in the near future. He says there
is absolutely nothing in the report about
Mr.. VanDiest, the manager of the lano
grant upon which the new camp is stu
ated, being driven from the camp.
GENERAL MINING NOTES.
Every diamond drill in the Leadvill'
district is engaged months ahead.
Knowing ones claim that Amizett viii
have a considerable boom this summer
There was never any doubt but the mine
in that district were rich, and at no dis
tant day it will be bonanza camp.
Las Cruces Democrat. Mr.. E. L. Red
ding, who has been prospecting aroun'
Organ for some time, has found som
excellent ore south and adjoining tn
Memphis. The ore assays sixty-thre
ounces silver, $s gold and IS per cen
lead.
The San Juan Times: Judge Foste
went down Wednesday morning to tn
Foster bar diggings below the Plata, or
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practicable to put in a string of sluice
for washing the god.
The worlds gold product last year, wit
all the returns in, stands at $170,00O,00t
an increase of $20,OOO,OOO over 1898, an
of 900 over the average betwee
1885 and 1890. More than fourth G
the gold mined in the world in 1894
credited to the United States.
During the last six months Of last yes
the Arizona Copper company, of Clifton
shipped 5,777,ll9 pounds Of copper, {
2,388 tons. For the same period the D
troit Copper company, shipped 3,9i1,1s
pounds, or 1855 tons of copper; the tot
shipments of the two companies for Il
six months was 9,688, 1907 pounds.
The Denver Ores and Metals note
New Mexico has bed of plaster Of Par
ninety by thirty miles in area; has Il
largest deposit of alum in America; emo
nous bodies of soda and mica; marb
and onyx quarries that are scarce
equaled in any other portion Of the worl
the only turquoise mine outside OF Persi
=. supplying all the turquoise stones us'
| in America.