Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-26
THE BANNER MINING COUNTY
Productive Mining and Milling Opera
ti0nS in Grant C0unty--Rich Ore
Bodies Uncovered
BY KNIGHTS OF PICK, SHOVEL AND DRILL
Mineral Veins that Increase in Rich
ness and Extent as Depth is At
tained-Proof that Deep Mining
Pays-Turquoise Mines.


| is being pushed vigorously. Ore break
| ing commenced Thursday last, and con
siderable ore ia now on the dumps. Stop
ing and drifting on the 140 and 300 level
is now in progress. Two shifts of ter
men each are employed in opening uE
new ground, and everything wears {
roseate appearance. The shaft, double
compartment, is down 400 feet and it il
the intention of the company to sink i,
200 or 800 feet deeper. An eight incl
streak of high grade ore is visible at thu
bottom of the shaft, and reasoning by
fanology, it will increase in size as depth
is attained. The ore body on the ,Arst
level was found to be considerably broken
up, but on the second or 300 level it was
found to be more compact. North and
south drifts are being driven from both
levels. II is expected as the shaft is sunk
deeper that the ore will become richer, al.
though more difficult of treatment. From
the surface down to a considerable depth
the ore was free milling, but as in all
mines In this vicinity it grows baser as
depth is reached. The mill will be start
ed up shortly after Christmas, or as soon
as sufficient qr antity of ore has been
extracted to justify. Thenceforth the
mill will be kept running steadily. A
bond and lease on the Deep Down and
Atlantic mines has been secured by Colo
RADIO parties, and work has already been
commenced, Both properties will be
thoroughly exploitated under hesupervi-
sion of Mr.. W. T. Climo, an old and ex-
perlenced miner. It is more than prob
able that the work will be prosecuted to
a greater depth than any at present in
the district, and the outcome is foregone
conclusion, as the mines here improve
with depth.
Hachita is following the lead of all the
other camps of the southern portion of
Grant county in renewed activity. The
principal work being done in the camp
is the extensive operation being conduct
ed by the American Turquoise company
under the direction of Joseph G. Doty.
Mr.. Dety has force of twenty men at
work developing the properties of the
company and is taking out some magnii-
cent stones. They are found in abund-
ance and the camp is to-day fully as good
as the celebrated Azure mines in the
northern part OF this country, establishing
turquoise mining in Grant comfy as one
of its principal industries. The stones
are shipped direct to New York and sold
there.
Crawford and Woodward, who have the
contract to sink 100 feet on the Marilda
White Signal district, now have the shaft
down thirty-fve feet, all in ore. The
property belongs to Geo. Dickinson and
is bonded to Reynolds and Martinez, ol
Las Vegas. Messrs. Reynolds and Mar.
tinez visited the property last week, and
they think favorably of it. Delaney Ray.
nolds, Martinez and Jeffords have just
commenced sinking on the Mongoose
west of the Banner. They have nineteen
feet of good ore, the full width of the
vein between the walls.
The Texas and Grand Central mines
Central district, are being worked as usual
and the regular quantities of high grade
ore are being extracted. On the 300 level
of the Texas some very rich ore was
found last week. A streak of gold about
the thickness of an average case knife
blade runs through the ore, and as the
work progresses along the vein the ore
shows increasing richness. The Chance
is working with the usual favorable re-
suits, and the leasers are making good
thing out of it,
strike of marvelously rich ore was
made in the Campbell mine at Lone
Mountain late last week. Samples ex.
hibited were fully IS per cent silver, and
were mallable. The ore, heavy cerar-
garite, occurs in lime, and is usually
found in pockets. A stratum of native
silver is said to underlie the chloride but
up to date the extent of the find is not
definitely known.-Deming Headlight.
In the Mogollon district, work on the
Maud s. and Gray Hawk mines is pro-
crossing favorably. The ore is being
worked in the Maud s. mill, FIVE stamps
being used on the Gray Hawk and the
rest on Maude s. ore. The latter is being
concentrated for shipment.
Capt. Thomas, the millwright of Silver
City, has been busy for some time past in
framing the timbsrs for Newcomb's mill
which will be erected at White Signal. II
will be shipped to its location within a
few days.