Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-21
RESOURCEFUL COCHlTI.
Interesting and ENCOURAGING budget
of Items Regarding Mining and
Milling Operations at Bland.

The Grey Eagle, jointly owned by M
L. Cole, George Hofheins, Ed Lembke
and Ed. Smith, and adjacent to the Lone
Star and Iron King mines, was leased and
bonded to N. I. Nichols and IN. Surphir
to run until August l, 1897, for the sum
Of $4,000. This bond and lease is for q
two-thirds interest in the Grey Eagle, and
work has already begun.
Last night the contractors, who have
been driving tunnel to intersect the in
side shaft on the second level in the Wash
ington for the purpose of causing cir
culation of pure air, completed the work.
The Washington will increase its force
and resume shipments early next week.
New ore sheds have been erected at the
mine and further improvements are prob
able, says the excellent Bland Herald.
The Beckman mill, under the manage
ment of Arthur l.. Finch, is treating a
large quantity of ore taken from the Iron
King in the last work or that mine. There
is a plentiful supply of water, which will
now insure the constant working of this
mill until the last of the ore mentioned is
treated at least. That it may continue to
treat other ores when this is finished is
not at all improbable.
In last weeks issue of the Bland Herald
it was mentioned that the operatives ON
the Lone Star had struck large body of
gold quartz which would warrant the re-
sumption of shipments on the part of
that mine. Up to date the Lone Star
people have taken out about fifty tons of
this quartz which they are shipping to
Pueblo, and production of the same char
aoter of ore continues with prospects of
it doing 80 for an indefinite period.
The Betcher brothers of the Albemarle
have built two large ore-bins adjoining
the Washington's ore-bin, and have on a
burro train of twenty. five, which is pack
ing ore to these bins, making two trips
day. The ore coming from the Albe-
marie is for the Allerton mill, and haul.
ing was begun yesterday by one of Trim
ble's ore teams, which will make one trip
to Allerton and return every day except
Sunday. The Bletcher brothers have de-
monstrated beyond theshadow of doubt
that enterprise and industry we'll placed
will bring about results of a prosperous
and stable character.
From all reports and indications the
Allerton mill will begin grinding ore about
the middle of next week. The work of
repairing the reservoir, pipe line and
mill machinery has been progressing
steadily for the past week. but there still
remains considerable work to be done be-
fore the mill will be in fit condition to
actually operate. The ore road leading
from the main road to the mill back of
Alerton, has been put in good order. The
roasting of quantity of Iron King ore,
which was left by the former operators of
the mill, was begun yesterday, continues
the Herald.
The Grown Point has been working
small force of men who are cleaning up
and getting the mine into readiness, pre-
paratory to placing large force at work
on big body of ore north of the old
working, when they will resume ship
ments to Pueblo. The ore which ia to be
produced for shipment runs three ounces,
or $50, in gold, no silver. On the dump
are several Thousand tons of ore, averag
ing 800 to the ton, which will prove to be
a bonanza when the company ia able to
have it treated at home.