Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-12
HOPEwELL MINING NOTES.
What is Going on in One of the
Coming Great Camps of
New Mexico.

Special correspondence OF IHE OPTIC.
-sHoPEwELL, N. NJ, October 9Th, 1896.
Monday last, work was started up
by the new company who have secured
control Of the "Mineral Point,'' "Little
Alice" and the five patented mines. so
far, about q dozen OF men have been
put to work on the mill buildings and
in erecting a blacksmith shop and mine
house at tho "Mineral Point, tunnel.
In clearing away the ground for the
building to be put up at the mouth of
the tunnel, a fve-foot ledge Of pay
quartz was Unexpectedly exposed. In
of rich leads, and it is almost impossi-
BILE to pick up a piece of ore from any
of them that will not show free gold in
the pan. A 600.foot working tunnel
will be run through the "Mineral
Point" and "Little Alice" properties,
and a contract to that effect will be
awarded in a few days, or as o o as
the necessary buildings will have been
completed. All the properties will be
worked and the ores will be treated by
the cyanide process, under the man.
agement of 4. G. Sterling, the expert
metallurgist, of Durango, Colo.
Almost everybody has moved into
winter quarters and everything appears
to be in readiness for a long siege OF
earnest work. Your correspondent
has followed suit and taken to cover,
also. THE Optic headquarters are
Cor tsp now In a comfortable cabin on
Main street, the use of which has
been kindly given, free of charge, by
ex-County Commissioner j. z. Rinker,
whose pocketbook, energy and nospi-
tality have ever been freely extended in
bringing the merits of this great gold
camp to public attention. IL is snugly
convenient to the p~ostoffice, butcher
shop. bakery and assay Office, and
thts 10 places can be comfortably reach
ed on snow shoes when "the beautiful"
rears it's crest, six feet above the thres-
hold. And then the saloon is only a
block away, in case the American voter
gives us an opportunity to celebrate
Bryan's victory for the toilIng masses.
1t will interest The OPTIc's readers
to know that a great amount of work is
now in progress here and will be con-
tinued throughout the winter. Numer-
Gus important strikes are anticipated
and will be duly reported in these col
umns. During the summer months, it
was mostly talk and little work; now
1t is all work and no talk. Among the
works in progress and to be pushed
along, are the big tunnels on the
"Good Hope, ""Red Jacket" skinner
al Point and s.Little Alice, /" the ssIrons
Mountain" tunnel, "Bare Mountain"
tunnel, the "Pauline" tunnel, the
...Sweeney and Ball. tunnel, the .sKan-
sas City & Memphis Railroad Mems"
tunnel, the patterson" tunnel, the
"Duluth C%ompany's" tunnel, a deep
shaft by Miller and Thomas, continued
exploration on the "~Freeport," "Cin-
napar," "Little Nary and ssO'Leary's
Hidden Treasure" work on the .sShaw
and Seward" contact property, devel-
opment on several claims owned by
the Duluth company, besides work by
numerous other outfits, among them,
your correspondent, who has conclud-
ed to now shoe 1t and polish the head
of a drill all winter, ii indications hold
out as encouragingly as at present.
Superintendent J.. M. Bonnet has
reached 1876 feet in the "Red Jacket"
leaving about 100 feet to tap
the inundated main shaft. He has cut
seams of very rich ore in the
work. When rid of the water, the
ore chute will be tapped success
fully.
The "Hall" tunnel, on the "Good
mine, is now in 1876 feet, and a
rich body Of ore on the contact may be
any day.
R. M. Tucker and interesting family
have gone to winter in the valley, in
some town where Miss Oda can obtain
good musical instruction. Mr.. Tucker
return in the early spring, prepar-
ID to drive a tunnel to intercept the
,re bodies in the Vanderbilt" and
adjoining properties. Choice ore from
he Vanderbilt has run as high as
81, 800.
The miners of this camp, prospect
We of political affiliations, heartily en-
the bold stand for princi-
Die taken by THE OPr1C. Its stand
the bosses and In favor of the
masses and the best interests
II New Mexico, emphatically stamps
t as the peoples paper and the cham
ZION OF their dearest rights.