Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-20
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS
sierra County.

sierra County.
Ore that runs 13 ounces of gold per tor
is being taken out of lease on the Com
promise No. 2, by Gonzales & Go.
The output of the Hillsboro mines fol
the week ending Thursday, August IL, wal
265 tons, making total of $3.50 toni
since the first of the year.
Considerable four ounce gold ore il
coming from lease on the Snake prop
erty, just north of the main shaft. Fan
ming Bros & Kirkpatrick are the lucky
lease holders.
Mr.. j. E. Stevens, one of the principal
owners of the Wicks mine at Hilisboro
from Chicago, and Mr.. W. W. Williams,
superintendent of the mine, have been in
Silver City for several days looking after
the sampling of large shipment of ore
shipped to the reduction works from the
Wicks mine.
1t is said the original discoverer of the
famous Niger Diggings in Sierra county
will shortly have served out his time as q
soldier of Uncle Sam, and that on his
discharge will return to hunt up the spot
where he picked up the fabulously rich
gold ore several years ago.
Grant County.
The new mill on the Western Belle at
Gold Hill is finished and in operation
The equipment of the plant consists of a
rock crusher, a battery of five stamps and
two Frue vanners. The machinery is run
by two gasoline engines, one of which
operates the mill and the other the air
compressor and Burlelgh drill in the
mine.
Negotiations for the purchase of the
Texas mine, in Central, by Philadelphians
are under way. The Texas is a valuable
property, a streak of ore eight inches in
width, which runs from 5000 to 5000 a
ton in gold and silver, has been uncovered
at depth of 500 feet, while the low grade
ores between the walls, aside from the
rich streak mentioned, will make good
pay dirt. The consideration to be paid
for the mine is said to be large.
At Cooks, VIM. Kieff has purchased the
Aztec from Hiram Terrell, and let con-
tract for 100 feet of development work to
be done on the property; he has also
bought the Clara K from James McKin-
ney and Frank Garrett, the Quartzite and
Robberee from G. E. Miller, and let con-
tracts for development. work on all Of
them. Mr.. Kieff also ownes the Nam
moth, Lone Wolf and Bryan mines, which
are being opened up, and has force of
l40 men employed in and around the
Othillo and Desdemona mines, leased
properties which he has been operating
for nearly two years very successfully.
Taos County.
Griffin & Day have made rich strike
on Climax hill, near La Belle, and are
pushing work on the find.
At Annette seven mines are at work at
present and others will be started shortly.
Gilpin County sables have been added to
the equipment of the stamp mill, and the
plant is constantly employed on ore from
the Shoshone.
A short time ago lot of sample gold
ores from the La Belle district was sent
to Colorado Springs for assay, the returns
making the following showing: Climax
ore, 15-foot shaft, 80 per ton, Rich & Go.
owners; Louise ore, tunnel 80 feet from
surface, 81 so, Phillips & Gaines; Criterion
ore, 60foot shaft, 1926, Boston Gold Min
ing company and Rich Bros; Blue Cop
per Glace, five feet from surface, $l2 40,
Morgan, Love q Co.; Memphis ore, 25
feet from surface, $48 80, Extension Gold
Mining company.
COlfax County.
The Moreno Placer Mining company is
putting in new placer machine at Eliza
bethtown. James Joyce and VIM. Murphy
of Kansas City, are experimenting the
erection of the outfit.
At Midnight the Midnight Mining COM
pany Is putting in Kinkaid mill and
concentrator, large engine and force
pump, for the purpose of working the
mine in businesslike way and saving
the values of the ore.
The Challenge mine at Hematite,
property located by George Norris, Ar
thur Christian and the Wood brothers,
has recently developed into veritable
wonder nearly equal to the famous Black
Copper, in point of richness, and fully
equal in the strength of the lead. The
Challenge is now being worked by the
Challenge Mining & Milling company. 1t
udo WluCuCu iAOh Poy oohooh
to two feet at depth of rs feet, and the
last assay gives $26,800 per ton. One
man with mortar and pan took out $15
in gold in three hours. The company is
pushing the construction of its SO ton
mill which is being built one
mile below Hematite
Mrs. Leslie, the very energetic female
mining prom otter and supposed represen-
tative of wealthy Eastern investors, who
has been IN Red River City the past two
m months, noiselessly and pectedly de-
parted some time last week, leaving
various small and promising negotiations
in an unsettled state. She went herself to
and induced Liveryman
to furnish her team.
few hours after this energetic lady "pro-
moter" left the latter place, Mr.. Teller
put in an appearance and secured war
rant from Justice Burnett for her arrest.
The lady was little too swift for the
officers, and the last heard of her abe was
flying eastward as fast as an A., I. & 8. F.
passenger train could carry her. Mrs.
Leslie's principal victim is widow lady.
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