Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-05
TAOS COUNTY MINES.
Specific Information Respecting the
Chief Mines of La Belle and Key
stone Districts-DevelOpment
Work-All Carry Free
Gold.

Although the extent of development
work in the La Belle and Keystone min
ing districts, Taos county, is still quite
limited, enough has been done to prove
the strength and continuity of the mineral
bearing voins. and that they all seem to
improve in richness as depth is gained.
The La Belle Cresset gives the following
brief yet intelligent and satisfactory ao-
count of the principal prospects of the
two districts:
Edison Group, Edison, Fox, Pata-
gonia) crosscut tunnel 265 feet, 25 foot
tunnel on vein, winze 80 feet; vein feet,
pay streak feet. Assay values, from
$50 to $1,000 per ton.
Climax, crosscut tunnel 1913 feet, winze
45 feet; vein to 6 feet, pay streak 8 to
IA inches. Values, $5 to $130 per ton.
Midnight Group, Give claims,) shaft 65
feet, level at As feet, 40 feet long; level at
65 feet, 102 feet long; vein 4 60 7 feet.
Values from IS to $50 per ton.
Jumbo Group, (three claims,) three
shafts so feet deep each, with 80 feet of
drifts; vein 10 feet. Value, So.
Ethel H, adit - feet, winze 81 feet,
vein 8 feet. Ore pans freely.
Belle of Mexico, shaft So feet, width of
vein 8 feet. Assay value, 81.
Aztec, orosscut tunnel 1o0 feet, to be
driven 70 feet further to cut main vein;
vein feet. Assay value, IS.
Keystone Tunnel, $40 feet long, three
veins cut, veins from to 13 feet. Assay
values, from SIS to $3.50. Tunnel to be
continued to 800 feet in length as soon
as possible.
Denmark, three tunnels; 400 feet ag-
gregate length; two veins cut; veins from
to 10 feet; assay values, $6 to 1928 per
ton; ore largely pyrites; quartz pans
freely.
Hamilton Group, (six claims); veins
from to Z feet vide; assay values aver
age 81; five shafts; aggregate depth, 140
feet; shaft on main vein is being sunk to
depth of 100 feet.
Black Forest, shaft 4o feet deep; vein
feet wide; value, $40 per ton.
Rosita. fifty foot shaft; vein, feet wide;
value, $l2 per ton.
Overland Group, Give claims); aggre-
gate workings, $50 feet; veins, from to
10 feet wide; values, from 81 to $40 per
i ton.
Wonder Group, two claims); 15o feet
of workings; values, from $3 to $40; ore
perfectly free milling.
Louise, tunnel, 70 feet; vein, 6 feet wide;
values, IS to $40 per ton.
Charlotte, shaft, 40 feet; drift, 35 feet;
vein, 16 inches wide; value, $40 per ton.
Arapahoe, shaft So feet; drift, Is feet;
vein, 6 feet wide; ore pans freely.
Silver Plume, shaft, 81 feet; vein, 3 feet
wide; values, So to $50.
Columbus, tunnel, SO feet; winze, IL
feet; vein, feet wide; value, Sc per ton.
! Gold King, shaft, so feet; vein, Z feet
wide; value, $50 per ton.
Colorado Tunnel, go feet long; to be
extended 500 feet in six months, to cut
three veins of claims on line of tunnel.
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