Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-06-28
MINING MATTERS.
Reports from Various Camps-Itsms OF
General Interest TO Miners.


the week.
The latest quotations are; Silver,
snOlter price, Ool; London, 30 SIG d.;
copper, 1880; lead, smelter price, 3.12,
New York open market, 1926 TO $3.50.
The Headlight reports that a camp
Of eight Americans, who we're placer
mining on the Yaqui river, was al.
tackled by the Yaqui Indians and all
the Americans we're killed. It is sup
posed that Joseph Beck Of Deming
and John Weems Of Separ we're mem
bers Of the party.
Messrs. Jas. C~olQuhoun and VIM.
Church Ia the city Tuesday en-
route TO Blsbee to inspect the Besse-
mer process Of disappointing copper
matte. The process consists in fore
ing air through the melted matte and
burning the sulphur out. It Is claim
cd that by this process more matte
can be reduced TO copper in a day than
by the present process in a mouth.
1t Is reported from Moreucl that the
Detroit Copper company is about TO
move the smelteFs down to the river.
Some years ago the company's smelt-
ers were located near the spot where
the pumping plant Is. When the
baby gauge road was built 10 was
thought 70 be cheaper to have them
at the mines and so they we're moved
there. IL is now thought to be cheap
err to have them located where they
were originally and so they will be
moved back. The location Is below
Clifton. The cost Of getting coke and
supplies 70 the Snelters In the new To-
cation will be much less than 1t now
is. A small road can be put In 20
bring the ore down from the mines,
and as most Of the pull will be down
hill " will not be an expensive road
TO operate. The company's mines
and smelters are now running 10 full
blast. II IL reported that the COM
pany has abandoned the project Of
building a railroad from Morenci to
LOrdSburg or Solomonville.
Monday Lee Shu, Dong FOok and
Dong Yue left for California, where
they will enter into the possession Of
some sl5, 900. and then, perhaps, make a
trip across the water to see how much
OF China the Japs have left. This is
no lottery advertisement, although
reading OF the division Of $4,000 be-
tween three Cinnamon sounds that
way. John A. Morris, the main guy
Of the Louisiana lottery company, died
a few weeks ago, the COMPANY is dead
and its Honduras successor lie dying,
the Juafez lottery is so near dead that
when a ticket holder draws a prize he
has TO sue the company for his money,
and now 1t is perfectly safe for a per-
son to read an item in the paper thai
mentions SIS, 900, he will not run Into
a lottery advertisement. Some years
ago these Cinnamon were short Of
work In the Laundry business and con.
cluded TO go mining. They were at
Carlisle and IL did not take them very
long to find a good prospect. After
they had discovered IL they were 10
trouble, for owing to the alien law
they could not locate the properly nor
secure a title to It. In their trouble
they went to p. II. McDeFmott, told
him their dinicuity and offered him an
interest II he would locate the proper
ty, help them work It aud sell It. Mr..
McDermott accepted the proposition.
Since then the property has developed
into a valuable mine. During the
development enough ore was sold TO
pay all the expenses Of development
and give the men a comfortable living.
The mine Is now sold aad the China
men will quit hard work and pose as
capitalists. When the hole was some
twelve feet deep Dong Fook put a shot
In the bottom Of the hole and started
to climb out. Just as he got to the
top a round In the ladder broke and
he fell to the bottom, breaking his leg
at the ankle. How he ever got out Of
that hole with his broken leg he never
could tell, but he craWled over the
edge just before the shot went of.
He MAS sent 70 L%ordsburg to be cared
for by DR.. Wood. The doctor got e.
work on him about t%Wenty-fOur hours
after the accident and found an al.
mOst hopeless case. The foot was
standing at right angles TO the leg,
sideways, aud the shin bone prOtuded
from the flesh several inches The
doctor determined to save the foot II
possible, aud so reduced the fracture,
dressed the wound aud left the pa
tlent With instructions 20 keep quiet.
The next morning when be went "a
call he could not ind his patient, be
had disappeared. The doctor began
hunting for his nan aud dnally found
him In q cellar under a wash house.
His friends had moved him because
was 10 the same house with q woman