Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-03
MINING IN NEW MEXICO.
What the Stalwart Knights of the
Pick, Shovel and Drill Are Doing
in this Territory.

The output of the Hillsboro gold mines
during the week ending Nov. 28 was $40
tons.
Neff & Beardsley are taking out good
ore from their Silver Bar lease, Cooney
district. =
The shaft on the Ethel H., La Belle dis.
trict, passed the so fl. mark, with better
ore in sight than ever before.
Supt. Hall has several men at work on
the Snake mine, near HillsLoro, putting
the mine in condition that it can be
worked to its full capacity.
Reports from Hematite are to the effect
that better ore is being found in nearly
all the claims as depth is attained. Real
estate and mining interests are going
higher all the time.
The lease of Parsons e. Weiner on the
South Homestake mill at White Oaks has
expired and they are preparing to re-
sumo work on the old mill, where stamps
will be dropping in day or two.
The Old Abe at White Oaks is continu.
ing in large body of pay ore on the 75C
foot level, and the upraise from the CSC
shows ore north of the old face of the 600
The mill is working twenty stamps night
and day with satisfactory results.
The Boston Gold Mining company
have their shaft house, 20x3O, nearly com.
pleted and work on the shaft will now be
pushed more vigorously than ever. Re.
cent tests are very encouraging.-La
Belle Cresset.
James Garland was over from the Key
stone heada uarters couple of days this
week. He was the original locator of a
group of claims just north of the Edison
which he has since sold to the Keystone
Tunnel company. Among them is the
Santa Fe, which has been developed con.
siderably and shows fine vein six feet
wide, which pans freely.-La Belle Ores.
set.
The annual assessment work in the Jica.
rillas IS being done on all the prospects.
The past two years there has been no
necessity for this work on account of an
act of congress exempting owners Of
mining claims from performing the an
nual assessment work, and every one
took advantage of this law, which greatly
retarded the development of the Jica-
rillas.-White Oaks Eagle.
DR.. G. N. Wood and j. B. Gregory have
made rich strike on the Bobtail mine
near the summit of Gold Hill. They
have six inches of ore which will run up
into hundreds of dollars per ton in gold.
Mill tests will be made from this and
other properties owned by Messrs. Wood
and Gregory, and if satisfactory a plant
will be erected for the reduction of the
ores early in the spring.-Silver City
Enterprise.
The Cooks Peak district, Grant coun.
ty, has recently come to the front with
two big strikes, one by Jap Onstott on
his Last Chance mine. The ore body is
said to be ten to thirty feet thick and
only partially developed. Two men are
taking out carload per week, which nets
$500 to $500 per car. The ore runs about
10 per cent lead and 10 to 20 ounces silver
per ton.
VIM. Keep, who has lease upon the
Othello and Desdemonar mines, Cooks
Peak district, owned by the FL Paso
Smelling company, has struck what APP
pears to be an enormous body of ore.
During the former working of the prop
erty tunnel had been run into the hill
for about 700 feet. About 200 feet from
the mouth of this tunnel Mr.. Keep, while
prospecting the line of the tunnel, dis
covered little crevice carrying ore. He
followed this crevice about twelve feet,
breaking into cave 200 feet long and
nfty feet in width, the whole bottom Of
which appeare to be mass of looae m r.