Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-14
THE RICHES OF WHITE OAKS
Col. Yankee Talks Truthfully and Ad-
yisedly of the. Great Lincoln
County Gold Camp.
YELLOW STUFF In FREE MILLING ORE
Some of the Big Pay Producers of the
District-More Mills Needed
Rich Virgin Soil Awaiting
Development.

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W. H. Yankee returned yesterday from
trip to to his mines at White Oaks, N
M. "White Oaks" said he, 81 consider
one of the best gold districts in the
country. The ore is all free milling
quartz and is very rich. The district is
not new one, having been worked fol-
many years. 1t was first discovered by
some Texas people, who went out there
with cattle, the country being an idea
grazing section. They found the free
gold sticking out of the ground, and
though they knew nothing about mining
they managed to get rich by digging to
the best of their ability. The principal
mines in the district are the Old Abo
Little Mac, South Homestake, North
Homestake, Lady Godiya, Rip Van
Wrinkle, Solitaire, Comstock, Homestake
South and Sager. There are three STAMP
mills in the district, two of 2O-stamps
each and one of 15-stamps, and two Hunt
ington mills. There is good oppor
| tunity for a custom mill, as those now or
the ground can not handle all the ore thai
| can be produced. The mines are nearly
all working and are all of them good pay
ing propositions. The North Homestakt
mine has produced 100000, and the
former owner of one of the mines took
out 100000 through one shaft.
|. "The entire country down there is espe-
aio11v fovnrohla fnr piprx 6
and is extremely rich in mineral There
is plenty of wood and ample water for
mining purposes. White Oaks is eighty.
six miles from the railroad, but new
line is projected from Ell Paso called the
Ell Paso & Northeastern railroad, which j:
designed to tap the extensive coal anG
mineral fields of Lincoln county. Groupt
has not been broken "a yet, but corps o
engineers under Harvey G. Lowrie is a
work locating the line, and when that il
completed the district will be ono of the
best in every respect in the country.
RIoH VIRGIN TERRITORY.
"About twenty eight miles sonth OF
White Oaks is the Bonito district, which
is also free milling district, and midway
between the two places is Nogales, in
which the ore is of smelling character
Eighteen miles south of the Bonito dis
trict again is the old Fort Stanton reser,
vation, which has been abandoned and
will soon be thrown open for settlement
1t is known to be very rich IN gold, silver
and copper, 80 yon see that there is ar
immense tract of mineiai country, which
is practically virgin and is crossed by
four great deposits, covering forty-six
miles from north to south. The ores al
Nogales and in the military reservation
are principally smelling ores.
"South and east of White Oaks and only
seven miles distant are the Salado Goa
fields, the largest in the southern country
SO that the question of fuel is practically
solved.
"In the Bonito district is one of the
most remarkable free milling PROPOSE
tions in the country. 1t is an immense
ries gold. The dyke runs along the hill
and the country back of it raises up at al
angle of about forty-ive degrees. At the
crest of the hill the porphyry breaks ut
into numerous veins, which have beer
traced for miles across the country, tht
vein matter in every respect exactly the
same as that in the main dyke. We have
group Of mine claims on Gold hill and
when properly equipped with stamps this
will be one of the greatest gold mines in
the world. There is small mill on the
property with which we treated 1000 tons
and found that with no perceptible varia
Lakr
ton. This great deposit stands up like
some of the buildings in Denver and
with single shot we can knock down SOC
tons of ore. 1t is so soft that we car
tt,att t.,adtt fcar tons per stamp per day.
UP IN THE MILLIONS.
"To illustrate the extent of this deposi,
take one claim, on which We have shat,
105 feet deep. The claims in New Mex.
leo are 1,5OOx6OO feet, and twelve cubic
feet to the ton, there is in this one claim
100000 tons of ore practically in sight
II know that this sounds good deal
like fairy story, but it is absolutely
true. The character of the ore is such
thet the cost of mining is reduced to the
minimum and the ore can be mined and
milled for 81 per ton. The ore can be
delivered on the battery floor for 20 cents
a ton.
arrangements have been made to put
on the necessary machinery and we hope
to be able to commence operations before
long. It is one of the most remarkable
deposits have ever seen and what is sur.
prising is the uniformity in value. In the
veins extending away from the main de-
posit that have mentioned tests have
been made at long distances from the
great dyke and all show the same values
"When the railroad reaches this dis
trict it will open up section of country
that will be surprise even to the oldest
miners. The road that is now being sur
veyed is supposed to be an offshoot of the
Southern Pacific for the purpose of reach.
ing coal supply. The Southern Pacific is
now entirely dependent upon the Santa Fe
for its coal and the vast deposits of the fuel
in Lincoln county Justify the presump
tion that the road will be built and that
very soon" Denver Repr blican.
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