Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-25
LA BELLE GOLD DISTRICT.
Bright Prospects Of the Taos County
Mining District Progress OF De-
velOpment WOrk-A Mill
Much Needed.

A special correspondent writes as fol-
lows concerning the Taos county gold
district: Interest in the La Belle mining
district is growing every day and it is
now conceded that The district is rich in
gold and will attract much attention in
the mining world before many months.
The district is now two years old and
has passed the uncertain stage. While
most of the mines are yet prospects a
number have been developed, until now
only mill is needed to make them reg
ular producers. Capital has been raised
for that purpose and as soon as the
weather will permit the machinery will
be taken in and the mill erected.
The Boston Mining company has fine
showing in it's properties near La Belle.
The company has twenty-five acres of
patented land. Its principal claims are
the Montezuma and Hamilton. This
com pany has about 400 feet of shafts and
tunnels and some of the assays have
shown as high as $66 per ton. E. @.
Vandiest, manager of the Costila grant,
is president of the company. The Key
stone Tunnel company also has some
fine property. Word received from
there to-day says that they have just cut
a fine vein in their tunnel that runs high
in gold. This is the third lead that has
been encountered since the tunnel was
begun. The last lead was cut at 600
feet.
The New MEXICAN is indebted to the
Cresset for the appended details regard
ing the progress of, development work on
a number of the promising prospects in
the La Belle district:
The Louisa tunnel, on Bitter creek,
will soon reach the 100 feet mark. 1t has
been but little over month since it was
started, and it will be in 100 feet in less
time than any other tunnel in the dis
trict.
On Monday Chadwick and Ray made a
rich strike in Red Cloud. A new streak
of dark brown quartz thoroughly impreg-
mated with hematite was struck on the
hanging wall. Tuesday morning Mr..
Chadwick left for Trinidad to interview
his partners there and make arrange
ments to put the shaft down 100 feet
farther at once.
Louis Harper is arranging matters with
his partners to begin shipping ore from
the What Js II at an early date. They
have the ore in quantity In the shaft and
on the dump which mill runs over $50.
Ore of that value can be, shipped from
here at good proft--neveIth eless it will
be much more advantageous to treat the
ore on the ground. The wood and water
supply is unlimited Tor the building and
operation of mills.
Theo. Eiermann is striking better look
ing rock In the Esparanza No. 2, with
every shift worked; the shaft Is down fifty
feet. Mr.. Eiermann leaves to-day for
San Luis, Colo, to make arrangements
with his partners there to farther develop
the claim.
Messrs. Hassinger, Rooh and Eric An
derson have right to feel proud of them
selves. On the Louisa group, in a little
over month, they have driven 100 feet
of tunnel, built house, blacksmith shop,
etc.
Development work will be resumed on
the Aztec next week by the Tndepend-
emit Gold Mining company. 1t 10 one Of
the largest veins in the district. A cross-
cut tunnel was started last year from the
gulch on the south side of the hill through
which the lead runs and extended nearly
200 feet but not far enough to cut tho
vein.