Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-29
THE MINING INDUSTRY.
Mining and Reducing Ores in Re-
sOurcefuI Grant COunty-PrOtuc-
tive Work in the MOgOllOn
District.

G. H. Curtis, superintendent of the
Arizona and New Mexico Smelling CON-
pany, writes the Enterprise that there is
market for the zinc-lead ores and py-
rite. zinc ores of this section, which here
tofore have been an unacceptable prod
uct at the smelters. There are several
mines in the vicinity which have hereto
fore been unable to dispose of this class
of zinc-lead product. The smelling
works at Canon City, Colo, is now in
the market for the purchase of such ores.
1t might be we'll for miners to look over
the list of mines which they know pro-
duce this character of material and they
may be able to secure profitable lease
on some of them.
The Silver City reduction works ship
ped one car, twenty tons, of copper matte
Monday and will ship another to-day and
another car load is about ready for ship
ment and will be sent off the early part
of next week. The matte is rich IN gold
and silver, the product of the Pinos Altos
gold pyrites and the refractory silver
sulphides from surrounding mining
camps, which ores are handled to perfec-
tion at these new works and all the prec-
ious metals saved. The company is pay
ing spot cash for ores in small or large
lots and will purchase all available ore
brought to them. Here is a good home
market which saves high charges for
transportation to foreign smelters. This
smelling plant in Silver City fills long
felt want of the miners of that section.
W. H. Newcomb has twelve men en-
ployed mining iron ore on Legal Tender
hill, almost within the city limits. Sew
eral teams are employed hauling the ore
to the depot. 1t is shipped to the
smelters at FL Paso. Two cars per day
are being sent out.
The turg uolse mines at Azure, twelve
miles from Silver City, are employing
about twenty men at present, under the
superintendency of Prof. Felix Vogel.
These mines are now the greatest pro-
ducers Of turquoise IN the world. The
stones found here are susceptible of a
higher polish and retain their color bet
ter than the celebrated Persian turquoise.
The heavy rains are causing some lncon-
venience, and it is probable that work
will be temporarily suspended ere LONG,
Silver City Enterprise.
Sinking below the $50 foot level was
resumed on the Golden Giant mine at
Pinos Altos on Monday. Between forty
and fifty men are employed at the mine
and mill. The mine is keeping up its usual
product of rich gold ore, running from
an ounce and half to two ounces per
ton. The mill is running steadily on the
ore and making regular weekly ship
ments of gold bullion.
The Confidence mine, Mogollon dis
trict, has eighty men on the pay roll.
Development work is being pushed on
the 1O0.foot level below the main adit
level. Eighty tons of ore per day are be-
ing extracted and sent to the mill at
Graham about three miles distant from
the mine. The principal part of ths ore
sent to the mill is taken from portions OF
the mine heretofore considered barren
ground, above the adit level. The larger
bodies of ore we're worked out and the
narrower parts we're left untouched.
These portions of the vein are now pro-
ducing the ore to run the mill while new
ground is being opened up. The smaller
ors bodies necessitate the employment OF
a greater number of men to supply the
mill. The bullion shipments are kept up
with clock-work regularity and when the
new levels are opened an increased out
put may be confidently looked for.
On the Maud s, also in the Mogollons,
the ore body continues unchanged and of
good grade and size. The mill is kept
constantly at work. Never in it's forum
ate history has the mine turned out any
better than it is doing at present.