Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
new MEXICO MINING NEWS
The Manager of the Pacific Properties
at Pinos Altos Preparing for Ex-
tensive Development Work.
TO OPEN The CARBONATE KING MINE
A Rich Strike Made in An Abandoned
Mine at Hanover-Lead Carbonate
Which Runs from 40 to SO Per
Cent, with 10 to 12 Ounces
of Silver.
GRANT COUNTY.


trail on Chloride Flat, are being worked
by Manuel Taylor, who employs eight
men in the two mines. Last month 160
tons of ore we're delivered at the Silver
City reduction works by Mr.. Taylor.
About ten days ago I. May field made a
rich strike in an old abandoned mine 10
Gated a half mile east of the store at Han
over. The ore, which is lead carbonate,
runs 40 to so per cent and 10 to IL
ounces of silver, and judging by investi-
cations made by sinking several pros
pect holes along the trend of the deposit,
the supply of ore is inexhaustible and
equally as good in one place as another.
A. B. Laird and George Knox have be-
gun work on the Cinque Senoras, in Han
over gulch, at the bottom of an old shaft
80 feet in depth, good body of copper
ore has been uncovered and sample lot
of ten tons shipped to the Silver City re-
duction works.
The Guadalupe, Oxide, and Chino
mines, leased by j. B. Gilchrist from the
Santa Rita company, are under develop
ment. Thirty men are at work in the
three claims, and two new whims have
been ordered from Denver to be used on
the properties. The new shaft on the
Guadalupe is down 70 feet and shows a
three foot vein which runs "a per cent
copper, and on the Chino an ore streak
has been uncovered which shows 16 per
cent copper.
Weems d Anderson, leasers of the cop
per King in the Little Hatchet mountains,
have uncovered large body of ore and
with force of IL men are shipping from
100 to 200 tons of ore per month. The
ore runs from 60 to 100 ounces in silver
and per cent in lead.
Negotiations are under way for open
ing up the Carbonate King, in the Big
Hatchet mountains, owned by 10 E.
Sheridan of Silver City. This property
shows good body of lead carbonate ore
running high in lead, but very low in sill
yer, and carrying about 81 per ton in
gold.
The Treasury Mining company is bus
lily engaged in placing new machinery in
the mill at Pinos Altos. Development
work in the mine is being pushed and
good bodies of ore are showing up. 1t is
expected the mill will be ready for work
by the first of next week, and then large
force of men will be put to work in the
mine and mill.
d. B. Gillette, manager of the Pacific
properties ID the Pinos Altos district, is
retimbering the shaft, with the view OF
deeper and more extensive work and de.
velopment. For 25 years the Pacific
claims have been worked with the sole
object of getting out everything in sight
and making no Improvements, and have
produced millions in gold. The new
management proposes to put the prop
erty in good shape and carry on the
work in a syste natic manner.
BERNAL1LLo COUNTY.
The ore taken from the Black Girl, in
the Cochiti district continues to improve.
The new shaft on the Master Irwin, in
Peralta canon, is down 40 feet and the
lead shows great value.
The Rising Sun, owned by Messrs.
Chase, Paxton & Larzelere, is at present
being worked by the last named, who has
begun to sink winze near the end of the
120-foot tunnel and on four foot vein
of slightly decomposed quartz that is
we'll mineralized.
The Grown Point, under the manage
ment of Henry Lockhart, is showing up
in tine shape. car load of rich ore has
just been shipped to Pueblo from the
mine, and a large force of men is
constantly employed in developing the
property.
TAOS COUNTY.
Thirty.two miners and prospectors
arrived in Red River one day last week.
Manager johnson has let the contract
for 100 feet of development work on tht
johnson near the Belle, operations to be-
gin at once.
The Hidden Treasure in the Red Rivel
district in a orosscut tunnel has beer
driven $50 feet, cutting two foot vein
which runs we'll in gold.
The Italian tunnel in the Red River
camp has been driven about $50 feet, a.
which distance an 10 inch vein was cut
The vein was blind, not reaching to tn
surface, and runs high in gold from
sample taken entirely across.
The Tom Boy is located in Pionee
gulch, within half mile of Red Rive
City. The property has been opened b.
a tunnel, and at the distance of only A
feet four inch vein was cut which give
high assay values. The rich streak wa
found next a high porphyry dixie, whicl
rises above the surface fully IS feet. Bu
little work has been done toward develop
ing the find.
SIERRA COUNTY.
About 60 tons of irst-class ore will b
: shipped to Ell Paso from the Wicks min
the last of the week.
The output of the Hillsboro mines fc
the week ending May 20, was los ton
making q total for the present year, 3,01