Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-03
E-LlzABETHTowN GOSSIP.
Our Regular Correspondence From
the Best Camp in the Territory.

To the Las Vegas Optic:
ELIzABETHTOwN, N. NJ, July 9th,
1896 1t is some time since | have CIV
en- you any information regarding this
great mining district, and as things are
moving along more briskiy, i thought
1t best to forward a few items.
The last week has been a very bus
ting week for this district. The FORE
part of the week, Mr.. I'll. III. Argue,
with a party Of four, interested in the
elevated flame plant with him, came
from the east. The party has put in the
week looking over the prep ry Of Il Q
company and the surrounding mining
camps. They called on me and ex-
pressed themselves very freely in re-
gard to the outlook. They were sur
prised that a district with such pros.
poets should have lain dormant so long
and be so little known. Ttey predict
a great future for this district. They
are very much pleased with the placer
mines, and are looking into some of the
lead mines, with a view of interesting
themselves in them. They have a lot
Of idle machinery, and expect to put it
in a custom mill, which would be just
the thing for this camp. There are
large dumps of ore, not rich enough to
ship out, but which would net the
owners something if it could be work.
ed here.
Col. Nichols, the active member of
the Athens mining and milling COM
oanr l@aatod ~ TIonaoto rot~nnI
with E. j. Bingham, the financial agent
of the company the first part of the
week. The "Yellow Jacket mine,
one of their numerous locations, is
showing up we'll. They have seven
men at work developing. They have
a large body of ore and the company
has concluded to put up o mill on their
grounds. Col. Nichols has been test
ing the different treatments of ore and
has came to the conclusion that the
electric process is the best for their ore,
and the company expect to get n in
before the snow flies.
The "Bob falkland "Senate" lodes,
two fine properties owned by Kansas
parties. are showing way up in qualify
and quantity. This property is three
and a half miles east of town and near
the "Red Bandana" and "Ajax".
This company has made application
for a mill site and expect to put up a
mill. The "Ajax" mine, the wonder
OF the camp, is running night and day,
and as you meet the owners on the
street, they seem to have a contented
look, as much as to say II am fixed''.
1t is a wonderful property, and as you
look at the face of the lead you think
it is a great quarry instead OF d mine.
The cred Bandana'' has not been
running the last week. The manager
has been very sick. This is another
great mine and as soon as the little
misunderstanding is disposed of, will
as.onish the natives with the output.
The owners of the .Iron Bird'', To-
Gated at Hematite, have had a mill run
of some of their ore, and the returns
show S160 in gold per ton. So you
can see by these that the outlook is
good and growing better every day as
the different locations are opened up.
This morning, as l was eating my
breakfast, l was disturbed by the
noise made by the rushing water at the
placer mines located directly in front
of my quarters. l went to the door
and at once exclaimed, "There she
blows" l saw what | supposed to be
the spout of a sperm whale. Hence
the shout of s'there she blows.n The
water is running in the big ditch, and
| thought q whale had come down it
and stranded on the bar. 1 took up
my glasses, and at once saw my mis-.
take and | laughed at what l supposed
to be the spout Of a sperm whale, as it
was the spray from the hydraulic pipe
Mr.. Lynch's placer works, the
stream striking against the bank max
ing the spray. | marked up one against
and soon was in my normal
condition.
The country looks fine; the rains
set the grass forward and the
has lost that dry, barren APP
oearance, and instead is covered with
There may be other strikes 10 the
,ear future, and as they come to my
l will communicate.
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