Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-12-31
GRANTS TREASURE VAULTS
Resume of the Weeks Mining and
Milling Operations in Resource
full Grant County.
FINE SHOWING OF YELLOW STUFF
Extensive and Systematic Development
Work Insures Steadily Increasing
Output of Precious Metals
Music of Machinery.
PASOHAL DISTRICT.

A. E. Stevens, an eastern capitalist, has
just completed the annual assessment
work upon the Niagara, Nelly BLY,, New
Woman and dozen other mining claims
which he owns in the dist,ie let. Extensive
development work upon these mines will
be inaugurated early in the new year.
GOLD HILL DISTRICT.
DR.. Woods is putting new cams on the
batteries in his mill and putting the fin
ishing touches on the new Wiley table.
He is working the Bobtail, Columbia and
Gold Belt mines which he owns. He has
taken a lease for a short term upon
the Eagle mine belonging to VIM. Werney
and will commence work upon that claim
on Monday. AS soon as the mill is in
proper shape it will be started upon ore
from the mines named.
A small force of miners is employed in
development work upon the Western
Belle. The body of rich ore, reported in
this mine several weeks ago, is improve
ing with development. The ore vein is
now IA inches in width and assays from
$40 to $40 gold per ton.
James Sterling is working the June
Bog, an extension on the Western Belle.
He is taking ont some good ore, says the
Silver City Enterprise.
MoaoLLoN DISTRICT.
The main adit level on the Confidence
mine has now attained length of 1900
feet, with perpendicular depth, from the
surface, of about 500 feet. The ore in
the breast of the level is of better grade
than has been encountered curing the
past year. Shaft No. 2 has reached q
depth of 225 feet below the adit level
with 25 feet more to be sunk when drifts
will be run at the $50 foot level. Con-
nections have been made between this
shaft and the main shaft, at the $50 foot
level below the adit, or 440 feet in depth
in the main shaft. This drift at the 40
level is being driven east from the main
shaft. Ore ia being extracted from
slopes on the west end of this level and
also from the stope in the MARITIME raise,
but most of the ore product is coming
out of new development work at the aev-
eral points mentioned. Over 100 tons of
ore per day is being produced and ship
ped to the company's mill at Whitewater
where 80 stamps keep steadily at work.
The mill has not stopped 30 minutes at
time in six months. Occasionally bat
terry was hung up for necessary repairs
but there has been no other suspension of
work. The pipe line is being pushed as
fast as possible but it will be 60 deys yet
before it is completed. The mine and
mill are doing better than ever before,
and much credit is due to the energetic
and economical manager, II. H. Price, for
the successful operation of the mine and
mill, continues the Enterprise.
HANOVER DISTRICT.
George Young has six men employed
upon his mine, which lies southeast of the
old Hanover mine. He is taking out large
quantities of ore which runs 18 per cent
copper, 81 gold and six ounces silver per
ton.
John Brockman and Owen Hughes have
four men at work upon the Hanover No.
2, which adjoins the Hanover upon the
east. They have a good body of 16 per
cent copper ore. The product of the mine
is being shipped to Copper Flat.
VIM. Swanooat, superintendent of the
Mineral Point Zinc company's claims,
shipped five oars of (dry bone) zinc oar
Donates to, ,theIcompany'swo works at Mineral
Point, Wis, last week.
Biggs & Doyle struck nice body of
copper ore while doing assessment work
on one of their iron mines last week.
The great iron deposits of this district
seem to be oapping for bodies of cop
per ore.
Cresky and Porter are sinking a shaft
on their claim west of the old Hanover
mine and propose to sink until they en-
counter the great ore body shich ID being
developed on the Hanover. 1t may re-
quire shaft several hundred feet in
depth to intersect this ore body on the
dip, but they are determined to sink till
the ore body is found.
J. Crockett Givens and Doc Welsh are
doing the annual assessment work upon
their group of mines which lies south Of
the Hanover mine.
The immense body of rich copper ore
discovered in the Hanover mine few |
months ago still holds out both In ex-