Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-29
MINES AND MILLS.
Dips, spurs and Angles-New Strikes
and Development WOrk-Min-
Ing Sales.

The Elnora mill is completed, steam
was turned on and the machinery set in
motion Tuesday. Everything is in first.
class working condition, but as mcst of
the owners and employees wanted to be at
their homes in Silver City during the
holiday season, it was decided that crush
ing ore would not be commenced until
after January 1.
Thomas Parker is superintendent Of a
new company recently organized in New
York City for the development of valu
able turquois properties at Azure. Five
men are employed in the mines and beau
tiful gem stones are being produced. Two
very valuable new strikes are reported
from this camp during the past week.
The discoveries we're both made by thoss
persistent and indefatigable prospectors
and developers, Nick Rascom and Willis
James. One of the new finds is in their
turquois property, in which stones of
the best quality have been found; the
other is large body of good grade of
silver ore which was found in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the turquois prop
erty. If all reports are true in regard to
the mines, these gentlemen have fortune
in prospect in the near future.
The first lot of machinery for the new
smelter at Copper Flat arrived at Hall
station, the nearest railway point, about
three miles distant from the mines, last
Sunday. Two large boilers and several
pieces of machinery of lesser size we're
on the way bill. Six more cars of ma
chinery had arrived up to Thursday and
everything indicates that the new smelter
will soon be in operation. Thirty min
ers are still at work developing the ore
bodies with good results.
Col. Dick Hudson brought his second
shipment of ore from his mines near
Apache to the Deming sampling works on
Monday. The first shipment ran 2315
per cent copper and 21a ounces silver
per ton. Very rich silver ore was taken
from this property in early days.-Silver
City Enterprise.
MINING NOTES.
D. Braymer, president Of the Cliff Min
ing & Smelling company, and his son
George have purchased the King mines
situated on Byers run, formerly owned by
Messrs. Hall and Haynes. We understand
the consideration to be $6,000.-Hills'
boro Advocate. The same paper says
that John Creighton has recently pur.
chased gold property at Golden, Santa
Fe county, which he considers a sure
winner and has resigned as secretary OF
the above company to locate at Golden
Cooper & Roberts have struck some
very fine free milling gold ore in the San
Andres mountains close to DR.. Backing
tons mines. DR.. Blackington, of Socor'
70, has some fine copper and gold mines
and is putting up ten-ton smelter.
A few men are employed on the Maud
8. mine In the Mogollon district, re-tim
bering where necessary. The pump If
kept running sufficient portion of the
time to keep the mine clear of water
The residents of the district are in hopes
that the property will soon be in active
operation again.
The Confidence mine in the Mogollor
district is employing about. sixty men or
development work and in the slopes. AT
ample supply Of ore ls extracted to keep
twenty stamps of the 30 stamp mill, be
longing to the company, on Whitewater
constantly at work crushing and amalga
mating. The bullion results are very
satisfactory.
Judge ]. j. Combs, mine operator o
experience and one of the principal own
ers of the Huntington mill going up OF
Grouse Guloh, is here looking after hi
interests. Judge Combs says that an ex
pert mill man will be on the ground t.
put up the mill. Besides working tn
ores Of the Majors group of mines, b
will be prepared to handle custom ores
The mill will be in charge of thorough
and practical mill man, and an absolute
4 guarantee that full values will be extract
ed from custom ores will be given
Elizabethtown Miner.