Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-07-23
SOUTH SANTA FE COUNTY.
Times Improving Many PrOspeet0rs
In the MOuntains-PrOperf Be-
Ing Worked with PrOfit-A Rich
Gold Section.
Correspondence New Mexican.

Correspondence New Mexican.
Golden, N. NJ, July %, 1S97.-Business
in Golden and vicinity is better than it
has been in ten years. The mountains
surrounding the town are full of pros
pectors and what is more they are finding
many good gold leads. All this section
Of Santa Fe county needs is few men
with capital and it will hum, be busy and
prosperous. New strikes are reported
daily and strangers are arriving in town
looking for locations right along. The
following items, picked up at random by
your correspondent will doubtless prove
of interest:
J.. G. Bender recently struck lead of
free milling gold ore in the Goldsmith,
running over $40 to the ton. The vein is
about two feet wide. The output aver
ages about two tons day and the ore
will be treated by Brydon & Rogers
customs mill about half mile north of
Golden.
Frank Chailliot is opening up fine
body of ore in his claim adjoining the
San Miguel mine near San Pedro. The
ore is free milling gold ore and recent
mill run cleaned up $16 per ton. He is
now engaged In getting out more ore at
the rate of about two tons per day and
expects to make another mill run next
week.
David & King are still working on the
Old Timer mine about mile and half
east of Golden. They have recently
milled about Is tons of refractory ore at
the mill on the Tuerto with very satisfac-
tory results. The Old Timer at one time
paid very we'll and with proper develop
ment would again become rich producer.
Captain Bridge of Trinidad, has recent
ly taken a bond and lease on the Good
enough, adjoining Carley & Aranda's
Gold Standard, and is now engaged in
sinking shaft. He is very confident of
striking good ore at an early day.
G. w. Harold is still at work extracting
the tools from the wells of the Kansas
City Placer company. He expects to
finish this work in the next two weeks
and will then go to work to dig four or
five wells, each 500 feet deep, in Old Timer
gulch. The water will be used on the
rich placers in the gulch.
Cartwright & Ward recently struck big
| DOuy OF ore III tne ClhlIu OWHeu ny Uneul uH
the east end near the Perry group. A mill
run of ten tons proved very satisfactory
and they are now engaged in getting out
so tons more for mill run. The ore is
free milling ore, nearly the same char
acter as the Carley & Amanda ore in the
Gold Standard. Mr.. Cartwright is the
popular and efficient county treasurer of
Santa Fe county and the miners are graft
fed at his success, as he deserves it.
AL Perry has struck good streak of
premium ore in his group at the east end.
+ is also free milling ore and will run
between $15 and $50 per ton. He is now
engaged in taking out mill run of Is
tons.
Captain Phelps from Colorado, has
leased the Patagonia in the Gypsy Queen
group and is preparing to take out 200
tons of ore. This is refractory ore, but
which he will have miled and coneentrat-
ed in the mill on the Tuerto. Captain
Phelps is an old miner and will spend
considerable money on the Patagonia.
He holds lease from Chris Wiegand of
Las Vegas, who holds the property under
the Ortiz grant owners.