Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-11-30

roor1, where the charges are made up for
the stacL.
The stack ia of modern water jacket
type, 42x120 inside measurement at the
tuyeres, of which latter there are six on
each side, and uses q blast of from 20 to
30 ounces pressure, supplied by No.
Connersville blower. The capacity of the
stack is 100 tons per "a hours, being fed
by about 20 charges of 1,400 pounds
each during shift of IL honrs. During
the 1S months that the smelter has been
in operation, 1000 tons of bullion have
been shipped. The total average num-
ber on the pay roll st the smelter is SO,
and at the mine 80. The whole plant is
throughout most admirably arranged,
equipped and managed
In view of the success of the Graphic
enterprise, and the large amount of
similar ore developed in other mines
lying in what is locally known as the
"lead beltn of this district, where all con-
ditions for cheap mining appear favor
able for operations on large scale, it is
beyond doubt that with systematic
work the output of the camp could be
increased tenfold.
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based on so-called "indications" alone,
that great quantities of ore could be
mined here. Such properties as the
Hardscrabble, Juanita, Ida Hill, Tip Top,
Grand Tower and others, besides the
Graphic and Kelly mines, have developed
great bodies of fine lead ores, and we're
shippers, until leadreaohed such a low
figure that the expense for freight and
treatment in Colorado and elsewhere
compelled suspension. Today when lead
ls resumipg its old value, most of these
properties lie dormant, with others
sandwiched in between them of good
promise. They have been idle 80 long as
to be forgotten by the mining world
without There is no local demand for
the product, and as the owners are gem
orally financially unable to equip plants
for economical mining and treatment,
buried wealth is left for future genera
tions.
Millions of tons of ore have been ship
ped from few properties, the rich veins
protruding from these mines at both
ends, remain IN many cases today as In
tact as when the mighty forces of nature
set them asleep in their pent-up beds of
lime and quartzite. but enough and more
has been done by the arm Of the miner
and prospector to show that while mill
ions have been taken out of the ground,
MANIFOLD millions remain TO be had for
the effort.
charge of s. ton for treatment,
another s. for freight, with the coat of
hauling ore to the railway from the minT,
or from SO cents to So ton, means an
outlay of more than three times What the
cost would be to handle the proGret by,
trans and reduce it into bullion here.
There ia no more favorable locality in
mining countries for the location of re-
duction works. Available sites, possess
ing the necessary grade alongside rail-
way, can be readily obtained, good water
is in abundance, coke at less than S6
ton delivered, common labor at from
$l.25 to 81 sc q day, reasonably low
freight rates to all eastern points, great
bodies of limestone that rivals marble in
| its purity besparkle the mountain sides,
an argentlferous iron ore that assays GO
per cent metallic iron, aalubrious cli-
mate, together with an abundance of
| lead ore that is almost neutral In compo-
sition, all combine to make Megdalena
district the ideal smelling point of the
/ Rockies. H. S. CHURCH.