Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-20
TERRITORIAL MINES.
Mining and Milling Operations in
Grant C0unty-A Notable Sale
Development Work at
La Belle.

The mines in the Pinos Altos are all
producing ore and the camp is fairly
prosperous. All the mills are running
with the exception of the Wagner which
will be sold under execution next month.
There are no idle miners here, but on the
contrary there is room for few first
class men.
In the Cooney camp, Cooney, Coates and
Shaible are again running in full blast on
their Silver Bar property with the usual
good results. Nine men are kept at work
on the Copper Queen. The big shaft is
being sunk as fast as three shifts of men
can put it down, but it will be sometime
before the tunnel level is reached. Some
good ore is beinge extracted, says the
Demiug Headlight.
John Brockman, of Silver City, last
week made the purchase of the famous
Pierce mine in Arizona for the sum of
$275,0OO, of which $4,000 was paid in
cash and the balance to be paid within
seven months from January l. The
mine is the richest gold property in the
entire western country and has already
proved veritable bonanza. Mr.. Brook
man has put forty men at work and will
personally superintend the operations.
The Eberle mine, Mogollon district, is
being worked as usual with small force.
| Ore il being taken out as prospecting
work progresses. II is being piled upon
the dumps Large bodies of good ore are
being blocked and the property is in A l
shape. II is expected that the company
will erect mill in the early spring, when
another bullion producer will be added
to the many already in operation in the
vicinity. The company has abundant
cal ital, and first class plant, if any, will
be erected. The Keno mine, same dis
trict, is forging to the front as producer
of ore. body of very rich ore was
struck recently, and work is being pushed
vigorously with three shifts. The owners
of this valuable property are to be con-
graduated, as they had many obstacles to
overcome, but by pluck and energy they
have finally succeeded in reaching the goal
of their ambition.
Regarding one of the many promising
prospects at La Belle the Cresset says:
johnson & Larson have Just started a
winze from the main drift on the Dem
mark. This is one of the leading prop
critics in the locality and has been de-
veloped to as great an extent as any
other. The main tunnel is cross-cut
about 200 feet in length. The Denmark
vein is cut at right angles at 100 feet
from the mouth of the tunnel and drift
twenty feet long runs to the left and one
sixty feet long to the right, each of these
along the vein. chamber 12x12 has
Just been made in the longer drift, from
which the winze starts. 80 far the vein
has averaged ten feet In width and assays
from $l8 to $40 per ton. The entire
vein is sulphide ore, without waste, so
that in this case the pay streak and width
of vein are the same. The ore is unlike
any other yet discovered in the district,
but in some respects bears likeness to
that found in Anderson's group, which is
also sulphide. The oross-cut also in
tersects two other veins in the last 100
feet. A boiler and pump has been pur-
chased and II 10 their intention to have
II in operation within SIX weeks, as they
expect to bs bothered with water in the
winzs.