Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-13
GRANT COUNTY MINES.
Mines at Central Panning Ont Well
Plling Up Silver Ore at George
town-Particulars of Carlisle
Sale-Rich Lead Carbonate
Strike at Cooks Peak.

The Texas and Grand Central mines, at
Central, Grant county, which belong to
the same parties, and are being worked
Jointly, are panning out famously. Drift
ing and stopping in the Texas is going
on and some exceptionally rich silver-gol
ore is being extracted. The Grand Cen
trail which is being worked through the
Texas shaft is producing good ore in
large quantities. Cross-cuts and drifts
are benig run on both properties, outside
the leads, and much good ore is being
taken out. Stopping in the Texas, all in
ore, is now in progress. The Chance
mine which is being operated by leasers
is panning ont we'll. Lots of good ore is
being taken out, and the future of
bonanza is assured. The Laura, a paral-
lei to the Texas and Grand Central, is
being operated under lease and the pros
poets are fattering. The property is
owned by H. H. Whitehill, of Silver City.
Regarding the Georgetown district the
Deming Headlight SAYS About thirty
men are working here, mostly leasers, on
the Mimbres company property. The
high grade ores will be shipped; and the
medium grades are being worked at the
McGregor mill. Should silver be restored
to its proper position Georgetown would
soon resume its position as the leading
silver camp, in Grant county, and give
employment to hundreds of miners. The
Parapet mine is being worked by small
force. The Native Copper and Copper
Rose mines are being worked systematic
ally. The shaft is now down trifle over
mill in OonoiAoro hla
quantities is sight. At the 100 foot level
drift was run 100 feet, and considerable
fine ore encountered. Pseudomorph,
distinctive feature of these properties,
continues to be found in goodly quanti-
ties. Sinking will be continued indefinit.
ly. Ore is being piled up on the dumps
but none is being shipped. The proper
ties are in first.class shape and the out
look for big mines aattering.
Additional particulars of the big sale
of Carlisle properties to the English and
French syndicate have come to hand.
Several properties not strictly included
in the first sale are now under consldera-
tion. Papers have been made out and
forwarded to San Francisco for action,
and it is confidently asserted that the sale
is sure to 20. The money will be paid
through Wells, Fargo d Co. The Glad
stone and three other properties are in
cluded in the sale. The amount to be
paid is said to be $4,000. A sack of ore
from the Gladstone was recently sold in
Deming for $S8.67 and it weighed 100
pounds. The Laura mine, which belongs
to the syndicate purchasing the above
properties, is down 265 feet. From this
level cross-cut has been run thirty-five
feet through the dixie, and ore valued at
500 gold and 40 ounces silver was en-
countered. As far as run, six feet of ore
was still in sight. At present operations
on the mine have been suspended, await
ing the completion of the deal. Connor
Bros. and Knight are working their
claims at Carlisle and they are getting
out some good ore. Their vein averages
FIVE feet and carries $40 p;r ton in gold.
They have had assays as high as $4,000.
The Carrie NJ, owned by H. j. Reardon
and which was not included in the big
sale, is now on assessment work and ore
has been found which is valued at $4,000.
There are 100 tons now on the dump
which will work SIS.
The Deming Headlight thus describes
the big strike recently made in the
Othello and Desdemona claims at Cooks
Peak: 1t IS the biggest find made re-
Gently in New Mexico, and if future ex-
plorations carry out present indications,
! it will prove to be one of the biggest car
bonate strikes ever made in the south
west. The facts of the case are simply
these: In drifting away and below the
tunnel, they ran through the Othello and
a portion of the Desdemona, to the south
In doing 80 they cut through large