Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-10
new MEXICO MINING NEWS
Taos County.

Thirteen claims were located and filed
upon in the Red River district, from
July 10 to July 80.
The new machinery installed in the
Montezuma placer recently, has been set
in motion, and pay dirt is being hustled
around in lively manner.
An important strike has been made on
Red river about six miles below the
town of Red River. 1t is said the vein
will run about 800 ounces of silver to the
ton of ore.
Development work on the May, below
Red River, is being pushed by George
Mallette. The ore carries values in both
gold and silver, and is becoming more
valuable as depth in the workings ia OBJ
tanned. Pieces of native copper are also
found in the lead.
The Climax at La Belle, is producing
large quantities of shipping ore. In the
drift, distance of rs feet from the sur
face the vein is about three feet wide, all
milling ore, accompanied by pay streak
about nine inches wide that runs from
$l20 to $3.50 in gold to the ton.
In Cabresto canon, eight miles north
west of Bed River, tunnel is being
driven into what is without doubt an
abandoned working of the Spaniards.
The fill-in has been cleared out for 10
feet, and the tunnel at that point dips at
an angle of 25 degrees. The loose dirt
and gravel assay $27 to the ton, and oc-
cas1onaly pieces of ore are found which
run $500 to the ton. The last assay
made was of some tale, taken out at 20
feet from the opening of the tunnel,
which returned $98 to the ton.
Grant County.
Last week, laborer who was mixing
mortar, in Pinos Altos, found gold mug
get in the sand used to make the mortar.
Bullion shipments from the Maud s, at
Mogollon, are made regularly, and a
large force of men is employed in the
mine.
The Drscoll company has 20 men at
work on the Oarrasco dump in the Santa
Rita district, and is shipping the product
TO Silver City.
Twenty five men are working upon the
old Hanover mine for N. s. Berray. At
water level large body of l6 per cent
copper ore has been struck.
A force of about 40 men is at work in
the Confidence mine, in the Mogollon
district. The company's mill started up
about two weeks ago, and is turning out
gold and silver bullion from the Conf
dence ore.
Thirty five men are at work on the Gill
christ lead, Guadalupe Oxide, and Clineo
mines in the Santa Rita mountains, pro-
duoing about 200 tons of high grade cop
per ore per month, which is shipped to
the Silver City reduction works for treat
ment.
A full force OF men is working day and
night in the Treasure mine and mill at
Pinos Altos. The new concentrating
plant recently started is saving fully 80
per cent more of the product and is Civ
ing excellent satisfaction to the manage
ment.
Last week two miners were showing
coarse placer gold in Silver City that they
had taken out of placer ground some
where in the county, the location of which
they would not tell. They claimed to
have taken out 81 in one day, carrying
the dirt in sacks on their back over q
mile to water.
Mrs. Hearst, who recently purchased
the Pacific group of claims at Pinos Al
tos, is making many Improvements on
the property. The shaft on the B IL s. is
down 100 feet below the old workings,
and larger, richer body of ore has been
uncovered than was anticipated by those
who managed the purchase. The office,
store, and residence buildings connected
with the mines are being put in thorough
repair.
sierra County.
Two men working IN the placers at
Faulkner, took out $50 in one day last
week.
The Richmond mine at Hllsboro has
over 100 tons of milling ore on the dump,
and will haul to the Bonanza mill next
week.
The output of the Hillsbcro mines for
the week ending Thursday, July 80, was
205 tons, making total of $3.50 tons
since January /.
The July shipments from the Snake
mine lease amounted to IS tons, mostly
over four ounces of gold and none under
three ounces per ton.