Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-31
GRANT COUNTY MINES.
Fruitful Mining and Milling Opera
tiORs-Srveral Notable Strikes
Rich Gold Rock.

The Newcomb mill at White Signal ia
expected to be in operation IN about
three weeks.
The mill at Graham is TEN porarily
closed down for repairs. Meanwhile the
mining is being worked to its full
capacity.
new strike made by Tisdale and Dodd,
at Whitewater, develops ore assaying
$160 in gold. Specimens exhibited will
easily 60 5000 per ton.
Cooney and Cosgroye, Mogoion ds
trict, have bonded the Little Charlie to
eastern parties, whe pow have posse ssioa
OF the property. The bond is for $4,000,
1900 OF which has been paid down.
The Deep Down people, Mogollon, are
putting in five stamps in place Of the old
machinery. They are taking out good
ore from the mine. new hoist 1s in
Silver City, which will be on the ground
early next week
The Eberle property, Mogollon, is look
ing way up and an abundance of good ore
is being extracted. F. \, Eberle, who is
on the ground, expects that his company
will erect plant sometime during the
coming summer.
Charles Chapman has made discoy
cry at White Signal which may yet prove
a bonanza. The lead matter is twenty
four inches wide and carries copper, sill
yer and gold. The vein is a contact in
porphyry and granite.
Anderson and Weems have lease on a
copper mine at Apache and they are tax.
ing out some rich ore. Bob Anderson
whc is an old residenter in that locality,
has out some ore that will carry 1000
ounces in silver, Independent OF the cop.
per. Both partners thiuk they have a
good thing, and they propose to work it
vigorously this summer.
At Central, says the Headlight, the Lost
Mine is still producing the came character
of ore which has justly made it famous.
and the boys crush it in mortar, and in
few minutes extract weeks wages,
often getting as high as $40 from one
mortar. The Texas-Grand Central is
working Its usual force and rich ore is
constantly being brought to the surface.
Under the new regime they expect to
double their force in the near future.
Operations on the Julia have been COM
menced under the supervision of Col. Joe
Donnelly, who proposes sinking a new
working shaft, as the old one is consid.
cred unsafe. The Julia is side location
to the Grand Central and shows a body
Of quartz ten feet in width, and old timers
think that with depth it will prove equally
as good as the Grand Central. The last
shipment of ore made realized seventy
four ounces in silver and $13 in gold per
ton. This claim is considered by old
miners and prospectors to be the mother
lode of Silver Hill. The Chance shaft is
now down $50 feet, and as depth is reached
the ore increases ip size as we'll as IN
richness. Another shipment will be made
from the Jefferson soon. three-foot
body of black sparty quartz has been
found which carries free gold. This fact
makes the property paying proposition
from the grass roots.
Speaking Of the mines at STEMS Pass
the Deming Headlight says: P. B. Smith
has entered into an agreement with Su
perintendent Hoffman, Of the Pyramid
Mining company, to mill all the ores on
the Volcano dump, and also to work the
mine. The ores are both high and low
grade, and there is large body of ore in
sight in the mine. The ores will be
hauled by wagon to Pyramid, the distance
being about twenty miles. Charley
Thomas, an old time miner here, who
owns several CLAIMS in the district, has
Just made a $4,000 sale of mining prop
erty ia Arizona, and he proposes to spend
$35, 900 Of the amount in developing the
Pashlyki, formerly the Pocahontas.
which ten years ago was one of the lead
ing mines in the camp. Robert Williams
owns the Will Prosper, which is down
seventy Hve feet, and he proposes to re-
sume work 10 the near future. One third
OF the product Of ores from this mine is
gold. The vein is seven feet in width,
and Bob says when he cross.cuts he ex.
poets to find fourteen feet Of mineral be-
tween the wall. Twelve feet Of mineral
has been found in one place on the vein.
at a depth Of forty feet.
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