Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-05-08

T. The ucrurfrnr" ~ mriA-ilIite, Ger
uhr-rl," and chhlrn-Itr, where unattended
m atmospheric lhhurucr, IN atratlhri
AMI sand rock
the occurrence Of all varieties II
OXIDE and -ulphlir copper ores ~ meta
mHplhc dclu~it- un Imr.fock IN contact
With "Ithrf ha~hIt Iufphery ~ -yenitr
IS Ih" "crlrt",,r ct native ropI~f on
cl"a,ag" 81 rorphrn
.DiIInlN -,Nu.luSt .,uNuIuNuK.
lhrururraur'. rl copper ores ~ sand
.tuur ~ NrN VI Nrro IL III novice H..
""ut di-,NrN. IL i'iui ! = NrwhrttI-
r"l"rt "l ,N'''. pIintri Toy the engineers
.i"ImrIm"nI ulIrd states arm, III lN,,.
~ ugd 90 I.S" ~, ~ - description II
III" lr"ul"It" mountains, the following
Ia tie r.ndi-r Nriluw sandstone aud con
Gruui"I ~ mviNing III" h,Sl- al the
riih' nab lugr quantities vi -ulphhir
"t rrrP't. replacing trunks AMI branches
ui tr,,
I't"l ,dllu gtt,e- here lengthy ne.
count "l tic N",hrfulrh district III rrI-.
ia, "l"i" uIu' hIr l"uuid under -InllaI
c"n,lItI"i-, hu; 81 Ia boss value aud aI-n
gINr, statistic, showing that the, are
WORKED W,th sr"ht profit krluTning To
llo h'rntiI.lr r"u,, distinct. hr -A,-
I u"rlu,t g. Prl ~ lhi' pidr" /" frlrI lu
500" ut tl,r dhta contained IA these pa
i"ir 10" M"'h"in,ch Irpuil- hrrilIr
th"N lutlu-h exact proof ui What rcpunml
cal i"~,lt- mN hr obtained under certain
circumstances. II \rw MrNlru p,-.t-.p
i"pu-lt- ui sand luck With copl-r utr-,
similar /" ihrr AT Mrrlrrnlch. which
c"nthin lead uI'- AMI II -,binr Ut these lie.
p,It- IA <rS MrAiru ate economically
considered ia same position ~ thosr uii
liz" h"rirf- ri the Rhine, ut IN one even
more favorable. II the contents uf the
ui"lhl are ~ high ~ higher II the natuT.
al qualities IT Ilr -tnir ani ore are such
n iu oil 4 equal ur greater facilities Tor
thrlf mhaliuigical treatment aud, II
stone coal al available quantity aud quail.
ny l. here ~ there al short distances, II
water i n Convenient. aud II the drpu-
It, here are extensive enough 10 contain
IL" mhtrrHl ~ such quantities n- to rx
ricl-" 80 lasting nm I"nrr ~ increasing
III" copper production oi the world. II all
ti,r-- conditions De- fulfilled. then Il n
worth whll" tu day, not unl, tu br-tov
some attention uu these New Mexico
copper ole d"pn-lt-. tut W. also have
'Pirndld OrI"rtuultN I" t"rrlrll some II
the rcunumiral rr,ull- 1T these 'u;utrrN
plultatlon-,
Ito. ihIlu rrpir' from the Mechrr
nIrh nppft'. showing the extent oi their
lraI hraflug -nni tome, -huSIng That
ih"> "rf" . meters III thickness ~
contained "nlN from 10 : per rrht
lead, with | ounce 81 silver t. every -
t"u- ~ rfni' HatrIldl. The sandstone
r"itdlnIhR the at" covered l., three times
IT, thlrknrsa 1T waste, about one quarter
ri ihr rock rriuH~i wa- ore hearing,
vital" the ole bearing rock proiucei but
I MY -N pounds II lead per ton. vet IN
Prussia this r"ck Wa worked with great
pf"lit, In krTnallIlo county -anhrork
according Ia tdZIii, each l,Uu tons ~
Crude material may l.. Removed and H-H
tom of II treated nistAllurgicaliy for the
>aIu" NJ one ton 0f ropprr After de-.
~rfhlng the l"ratlon ut Copper city AMI
IA" \ArirIn"ntp copper district the ~
port gees on t. -aS II H. ore occurs
nearly exclusively ~ The I1tritcati0n II
leaves, ~trin- llmhs aud trunks Oi palms
Frequently the ore II cuat,si with flm
1T J"t ~ coal II Is always separated
from the Tuck, hnt the uT" Il thus rAsll,
separated tram tlr rnck, 1t app-ars Ia
hr distributed all over the massive stta
tum. but II more iru-rly collected Ia
seams and cleavage, lH some INSTANCES
from four to ninr inches thick. IN others
forming n single layer ol I~trhri parts
II palm wuud
The smelling qualities ol tins ufe may
H. called alnufmalIl favorable the cop.
per .lrldrl h'lng nearly pure IN one SIN.
gle -urllng operation. The
ASSAYS II NurlmrIto ore show an aver.
age IT II per cent 1T copper per ton VI
clean ore. There II no doubt
whatever that from the quarry the ore
may he taken Iu the works, Carrying in
Tia" a>rfiR" n" less than Ahnni per cent
al copper aud that n considerable part
may l"' brought directly from n. quar-.
Tlr~ lo the lurnar" With about ~ Der
cent III Values, An estimate OF
hr I"rr"ntag" nt r"pprr IN the Nae
intent" drpo~lt, CONCERNING not u mart
there NJ, tut IT, tutAllty, ~ forty feet IA
thickness hS MT, August Raht ME.
we'll known ~ the sulH'f lntrldrni IT the
copper "ufk- at hurktuSu, Tenn a gen
tlrmau "h">r experience certainly Ell
Allr- hln I" Judge NJ ore II ~ follows
IA" "rr i scattered through the sand.
-t"n", Ia" ioIn IT the drpo-it being lie.
-cIll"d VI lrnglu, Mr. Kad saws IA.
aNrrasr ilrii ~ The whole fnrty feet ~
-aiId-l"h" ledge would he .! ~, equal to
80 IHt cent, "t r"pI=T, NJ, IA other
N"ri", II would rrdultr About 9,n ton, ~
-Ii .,'"n" I" pfHiurr one tOn ~ copl4T'"
ftm, IaGiu gives rlalnrate tables show.
INK the cost "i production per ton II
r"pIrt read, inf the market, and lad