Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-07-20
GOLD. GALORE.
The Cripple Creek Of the Territory Of
New Mexico.

New Mexico.
For nearly fourteen Year, the proepec
tore and miners IN the MAg,islens noun.
ta,ns had eagerly sought Tor lead aud |
silver ores and thougbtlessiy passci by
everything which did no, show sslsns.
copper stains or horn silver. About one
year ago discoveries were made In the
whi.s porphyry bel, Of the high mountain
ranges, ~ the hesds III the different
branches Il Water canon, that "psnned"
gold. Careful prospecting aud develop
m.nt work showed that the gold belt vac
extensive. the veins apparently parma
nent, carrying gold every here and in
many plse.s very rich.
Water canon 10 situated on the east
slops u the hagdAlsnA mountains, about |
eighteen miles w-st Of socorro and ave
miles from Water canon station on the
MAgdalenA branch oi the A., r. 4 Il. v.
X. X. from bocu,r ~. This canon, With its
various branches, drains large Area u
the mountains, and what 10 known by tina,
name 10 an extensive belt covering many
mountain ridgcs, hills, sulchss and
csnons. II 10 appropriately named, as
water is found In the main canon, run
ming upon the surface wherever the led.
rock reaches the surface, or near IA u,
and In the gulehcs from the high noun
tains. entering the canon the increasing
play OF crystal clear wAtsr over minis-
,urr falls and pebhly rtfiiss Ia pleasing
and refreshing W the visitor sftsr cr"ss-
ing arid pl.ius and dry IN, uutain ranges.
The p-rmau.ncy oi water in the bel, will
10 an importAut factor In ,,s future de.
velopn,ent.
There are two distinct mineral belts In
the Water canon district. the bret " at
tract attention being the Orc Pino con-
tact. abOut one and one. halt miles from
the entrance to the canon, upon which
there arr . number Of we'll known minos,
noet Of which have been worked for
years, but mainly for their silver pro-
due, and the copper and lead Associate'i
With II, but only recently attracting at
tsntion ss gold producers.
The writer visited aud made careful
examination ~ the
ono EiSo aInR
and found IL as perfect . contact vein 80
he has ever seen in twenty dve ysars 81
mining experience. Th. foot wall Of thu
vein 10 = species of porphyry-d'orits--
while the ov-rhsnging strata 10 limestone.
tho reverse Of the general rule In mineral
contacts. The course ~ thu vein, or -x.
posur- ~ the contact, in the Orc Fino 10
northeast and southwest, while the dip Of
the vein, about thirty degrees from the
vertical. 10 to the w.st The mine 10
opened by = shaft 1870 feet deep. from
which al Day fee, In depth = lead or drih
has been driven 10 the southwest hfty
feet and another from the bottom 81 the
shalt, in the same direction, 100 feet. Az
the surface the vein II seven feet thick
and Increases rapidly In sinking upon H..
The orr 10 dne grained, non.orystal
Qus-,z. honey .cotph-d and stresk-d. car.
rying o,id- II iron and come msnganes- !
10 s,m. place. ~a.r- the vein breaks
through th. ovsrhAngiug limestone cop
per precominat.s in the ore Al the cod
Of the drift On the lower level eroes cut
shows = vein twenty-five feet thick.
Samples were taken from various places
in the workings, and the writer say them
pulverizcd and PANIED and not one failed
TO show gold In the pan, while few we're
high grade prospec,s. The present on nsrs
81 the mine have taken several one-t ton
samples and bad them reduced, With .
result OF from $40 " go per Ton In gold.
On. car load Of ORC taken fr,n tie face oi
tho drift In the lower level yielded 81 the
smsitsr $l0.2 Per ton. Assay 81 . sAm-
pie from the bottom ~ the chan show cd
9 value Of $72 per ton On the dump 81
thsir shaft 10 stacked up abou, 800 tons
Of this 'dry" ore, which until recently
was considered Of little or no vslus. 4
sample Of dirt taken anywhere from thi'
dump will MOI fail 10 shov gold In the
pan. About 100 feet from the shan Of the
= oro Rino 10 the discovery shan on the
nsEvEs corrna NINE,
, q prior location. and which was worksc
' for some time prior 10 the discovery O
the Orc Pino. The vein In thu mine \
abou. seven feet In Width. with ons foo
' Of solid copper ore carrying 20 To 10 ps
cent Of that metal and o. 70 ti0 In gois
: and silver. Its course is wee, Of nortl
and east ~ south. II 10 entirely 10 tn
limestone and " nearly vertical. II
opspsd by . chan seventy feet In depth
= This mine 10 part Of the property Of III
= oro Fino Mining company. A. the south
y west end II the Orc Pino siAim 10 an
p other contact Of liDs and lporphyry, b
u which there 10 . veio Of from four 70 si
inches Of silver ore, upon which lhorr
IN . shafs forty fest de-p and which run
81 FROM 500 " S2+O per ton In silver.
70 Upon the oro Pino contact are locate
10 the Wall street, u. q, Vest. Zelda, U.
., Grant, Columbus, Gettysburg, An Dss
10 yeu,wa.sr mines, all Of which have bee
~ extensively worked and froe some I
thsv- hundreds ot tons Of ore have bee
l.