The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-01-29
APACHE #
# MINING
DISTRICT.
Remarkable Mining District Unparalleled in Mineral Wealth.
A New Era Of Prosperity Inaugrated for 1907.
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BY j. ID. BONE.

The first discoveries of prominence
in this section were made five or six
miles southwest of the town of Chic.
ride in 1879 by Harry Pye, who located
the rich Pye lode, and was very short
ly afterward killed by Indians, tail.
ing to realize the reward which his
pluck and perseverance Justly merited
In The fall Of 1870 az. NJ. Smith and
four others prospeeted Chloride, Miner
al and Dry gulches, and after locating
some good claims were driven out by
the savages. in the fall Of 1880 they
returned to Chloride gulch, and short
ly afterward two OF the prOspeelor'
were killed by the Apaches, but tht
few remaining hardy pr0spectors il
the country at that time maintained
their search for lOdes, in which thi
section appeared particularly generous
1t was not until The spring OF 81 tha
the Apache mining district began ere
atlng a purpose among prospector7
and soon the population of
hourishlDg country increased TO 81
numbers that no further danger
to be feared from the Indi
Work progressed at y m0dq
pace up To 1890 when most o
work i'll the district was stopp
account Of the low price of SHY
at the close of '93 only Il very few
peCtOrS and miners were left
section. 1t has only been wit
last six months that work and
ed interest has again sprung
at the present time there afej
ty or more prop rites, whic
facilities of treating ores
could be worked to advantag
The geological structure Ui
ton, while quite simple, is yet
shape that a days jauut owe
leaves but very i'm
idea of detail, and local disturb
tend occasionally TO confuse the "
ual observer Going up Chlylide
gulch, from the town of Chloride, the
liyst distinct geological feature en-.
countered, is a zone OF quartlZOes rock
deposited in strata, and haYing a
thickness Of 100 feet or more. There
is but a slight inclination to this for.
nation, which is to the westward
Ih!s zone contains inteIstratified
seams carrying copper III marked
quantities, often rs much as three to
10 liyeler cent, The metal occurring
mostly as red oxide has had the ef-
feet of cOloriug the enure ledge with
1 deep red stain. Above this f0rma'
ton quite stratum of cOnglomOrates
OF fragments OF the various
species of pOrphyries and trachyt6s,
together with seams Of sandstone aud
some lime, attracts ones attention
a Advancing, however, further up the
Iulch tins disturbed mass gives space
10 a tyritlterous fields pathic pOrphyry
| he higher mountains on bOtn sides OF
he euleh are capped with dal0matiC
On the northWard Oh
lhlorisla enlch, the prevailing ,Ocks
ne tr4chyte and piopiyry, The latter
iron Mid other metallic
Compounds or siIphides DIS euInaled
II IN very Iine particle2. The
'amult Of the niountans to the north
At ST afr also crowned with limestone,
Pronounced to be the DevOnlan age.
Dykes Of igne0ns rocks are frequent
nd as a rule, their contact with The
,eni0r tormations disclose liberal veins
i argphtlfernus copper ores.
About two miles west of Chloride
lp tie gu.eh OF the same name, are the
Apache, silver King, Long
street aud Lombard Street mIlts.
rhe vein on which these locations are
made. has d northwest course. The
vein matter is quartz aud the veln it.
self is located between trachyte on the
,OulhH est ard Dospbpfy on the east.
his Is particularly the case With the
northwest end Of the Apache, the