White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-02-13

Harvey G. Lowrie is at work locating
the line, and when that is completed the
district will be enc of the best in every
respect in the country.
RICH VIRGIN TERRITORY.
About % miles south Of White Oak s
s the Bonito district, which is also a
free milling district, and mid way be-
tween the two places is Nogal, in which
the ore is of a smelling character.
Eighteen miles south of the Bonito dis
trict again is the old Fort stant IN res.
crvation, which has been abandoned and
" II soon be thrown o1en for settlement.
IT IS known to be very rich in gold, sill
yer and copper, so you see that there is
an immense track of mineral country
which is practically virgin and is Gro E
el by four great deposits, covering 4}
miles from north to south. The ores at
Neg and in the military rise rvaton
arc principally smenting ores.
South and east of Viii Oaks and
only seven miles distant ara the S llado
coal fields, the largest in the southern
country, 50 that the problem OF fuel is
practically solved.
I'm the Bonito dis rict is one of tho
most remarkable free milling propts J..
ions in the country. It's an immense
oorphyry dyke, 1000 feet wide which
carries gold. The dyke runs along the
hill and the country back of 1t rises up
at an angle Of about i degrees. At the
crest Of the hill the porphyry br axis up
into numerous veins, which have been
traced for miles across the country. the
vein matter in every respect exactly the
same as that in the main dyke. We
have a 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 a
small mill on the property with which
We treated 1000 tons and fonld that
with no porceptib'e va riation tie ore
ran between s. aud SO per ton. This
sreat deposi, stands mp like some OF the
buildings in Denver. md with ringle
shot we can knock down 300 tons of ore.
1t is 50 soft that we can treat four tons
per stamp per day.
/ UP IN THE MILLION.
ITO illustrate tho extent of this dc.
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4 shaft 105 feet deep. The Chains IN
New Mexico are lJ0OxG0) aud at II
cubic feet TO the ton, there is in this one
claim 100000 tons OF ore practically in
sight.
Il know that this sounds good deal
like a fairy story, but it is abRolntely
true. The character Of the ore IL such
that the cost of mining is reduced 10
: the minimum aud the ore can be mined
and milled for 81 per ton. The ore can
be delivered on the battery floor or q
'ents ion.
Arrangements have been made to pui
m iho necessary machinery ani We
J hcpe to he able TO commence operations
before long. 1t is one of the mnst re-
nhrkable deposits have ever seen aud
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nre In the veins leading away from
the min deposlt that have mentioned
tesfs have been made nj long distances
from the great dyke aud all show the
same values.
when the railroad ronchca ihia dis
rct II will open mp a section Of countr,
! that will be a surpr'se even TO the oldes
minere. The road that IL now heinl
ur,osed is supposed "a he an oifsh
I II the Soulhera Pacific for the pnrpns
! 4 reaching coal supply The South
eru is nuw entirely dependent upon ih'
J !ania I'e for liz eHl Hud the vast De
, posi's of the fu. 10 Lincoln conu', iuf
\ iidee the presumption that tl,e read sil
be Lu..t aud that very svon."