Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-04-03
KINGSTON KERNELS.
Mining Looking Up ana Everybody In
the CAmp Happv

the Camp Happy.
Kingston. n. NJ, March %. After a
shut. down Of three years and half, the
wires flashed the welcome news from lie
troit " start up the famous Brush Heap
mine, and Monday morning the whistle
from the big holster sounded the glad
tidings promptly on time The company.
during all this time II the Cleveland
blight, kept their pumps going, thereby
keeping the mine clear ~ water. aud
when the telegram came the miners were
able to resume taking out ore where three
aud half years ago they dropped their
hammers and drills. The mine II In ex-
cellent shape and will at once be n large
aud steady producer. About thirty.1ve
men will be employed, which will make
many u home hppy.
A large force " men are slao at work
repairing the road 10 the ore houses, ~
that the big freight teams can get 10 the
mines
II II alAo rumOred that the old reliable.
the Brush Heap aud WAS always Il steady
. oducer u high grade silver ores,
The Calamity aud ". a.. next IN the
Illinois, have been run for the past two
years under the lease system. Az n mat
ter " fact, these two mines have been the
only producers since the mines all closed
A. a -
session of congress III 1851. They have
been the sole reliance " the miners who
were NJ suddenly thrown out of employ
ment.
The Moonlight claim, All undevelopeSi
property adjoining the v. ;. aud on the
same contact vein As the above named
mines, is bring steadily worked In Il sub.
Stantial manner. A. yet 1t has not been
producer. hnt II " considered goUd
property AMI ~ the same character ~ the
other mines, and there IL no doubt but
when developed II will add 10 the wealth
II the world 10y n production Of the white
metal.
There was no mining town In the coun-
Try ~ entirely Frustrated ~ Kingston by
the characterization Of silver. The King.
4tOn Otes are noted Tor their high grade,
and to mine owners u seemed n terrible
sacrifice when silver touched below sixty
live cents; the consequence WAS that
,'yri, mine closed down with crash.
h- town lO-t more than half its pOpula.
hon. and desolation marked the streets
and homes Of Kingston ~ though raNage,i
by war.
With the starting up ct the Brush Heap
aud other mines Kingston will at least
partially Resume lts former standing ~
u mining center While the Brush Heap
company do not pay the wages Of lSH;i,
they have cone we'll, ~ they have -rt the
wages NJ the miner at ~ per day. and
the miners are satisfied With the pres,
rnt low price of silver they did not OK
I.'ct the old wages a. be Restored
The Brush Heap In managed by JuhI
VI. Cain. Who Resides In Kingston. III,
mine Is owned by Detroit, Michigan. cap
itali-,s, who will evidently place some
ORES ut the mine ~ they have done sorn'
experimenting Ia that direction.
The Aetna Mining company " New
! lnrk, who purchaser the rich Cumb~r
land group Of mines four years age. keel
. twu men at the mines who are doinl
= considerable prospecting on their prop
, critics.
= All the other famous mines II III,
camp are idle, employing no men, only |
watrhm-n u look after the mines anc
machinery, II IL hoped they will follow
the example of the Brush Heap AMI re-
sumo operations. KINGSTON.