Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-09
NEW MEXICO GOLD MINES.
Mining Operations In the HiilsbOr0
and La Belle Gold Districts OF
Sierra and Taos Counties.

The output of the Hillsboro gold
mines since January l aggregates 6,036
tons.
The finding of tellurium ore in the
Eighty-fve mine at depth Of 300 feet, is
an important event in the history of
Hillsboro and one that will greatly en-
courage investment and deep 1ainipg.
The Key Vast essees, za.ayianss & Dich-
ey, have struck a ten inch streak of $l70
ore at Hilsboro.
The Bonanza mill at Hillsboro is rum
ming steadily with profitable yellow re-
suits.
Superintendent Hall, of the Snake mine,
at Hillsboro, will make a shipment next
week of car load of first-class ore and
concentrates. This will be the first ship.
ment made under the new ownership.
The Melissa, owned by W. F. Nc
Laughlin, Of Grand Island, Neb., has a
ledge three feet wide with 6-inch pay.
streak with value OF $62 gold and silver
at Grafton. Some rather extensive de-
velopment is expected TO be done on this
claim, and as starter two men will be
put to work.
Selen g. Berglin are working the Uni
corn mine in Ready Pay guch. A sixteen
ton test lot of the ore recently treated at
the Bonanza mill gave excellent resnlts
and the mine will become a regular pro-
ducer. The Unicorn is themost northern
of the Scandia group of claims and Its
successful working will stimulate miners
to look into the merits of tho adjoining
mines. \ * Some fine specimens
| from the recent strike in the 30O.foot
level of the Eighty-Five mine have been
on exhibition at Keller, Miller & Co.'S
store this week. The ore contains con-
siderable quantity of what appears to be
sylvanite, or native tellurium, so.called
FROM it's discovery in Pennsylvania. Hills
boro Advocate.
There is no better evidence produced
that the claim owners of the Grafton dis
trict have faith in the prospective worth
of their pro operties in the porphyry belt
than the fact that number of the claim
owners have pooled their issues and will
furnish their own money and muscle to
develop their properties. There are five
claims in the pool, and the secretary and
treasurer of the syndicate, John W. Yaple,
has $4,000 cash in hand with which be-
gin operations. It is proposed to do a
certain amount of prospect work on each
one Of the claims and the claim that pro.
duces the best results will receive the nm
| divided attention of the combine in the
way of development.
LA BELLE DISTRICT q
l.. +. Butler ia on deal for lO, stamp
mill to bring into La Belle for custom
work.
A strike of rich ore was made in the
Oro Saturday. The Houston people have
a good thing.
Nearly twenty claims are awaiting final
survey for patents, which will be made in
the next two or three weeks.
Two shifts have been at work on the
Hamilton shaft this week. It is now
down 100 feet and cut is being run to
out the vein which lays to the north Of the
shaft.
A company has been organized 10 Trim
idad for the purpose of putting in mill
in this district. The amount necessary
to build the same has all been raised but
5000 or 800, says the Cresset.
/
Another shift will be put on the Colo
RADIO tunnel tomorrow. Johnson and
Larson are pushing their contract and
also enlarging and Strengthening the tun-
mel. The Denmark No. 2 vein will be
cut in this tunnel in a short time.
The pumps, etc, for the Denmark, will
be here in few days and work will then
be pushed as fact as men can do it. Dur
ing the past three weeks force OF men
have been engaged in putting the mine
in shape for the machinery and large
quantity OF mine timhers have been hewn
out and put on the ground.
Three shifts are now driving the La
Belle tunnel into the hill with all possible
energy and speed, One small vein has
been cut, but they do not expect to strike
anything Of particular worth until in
about $50 feet when they will cut the
Louisa vein, one OF the strongest veins In
the district, a limo of seven claims having
been located along Its couras, The ore
contains gold, silver, lead and copper.