Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-01
News Notes on the Mining Industry
from Different Sections of the
Territory as Cleaned from
Our Exchanges.
INVENTION OF A YALUABE SUCTION PUMP
Mining is Booming AS Never Before in
Southern Santa Fe County, Where
There Are Seven Gold Mills in
Operation and a New Smell
ter in Course of Con-
struction.
GRANT COUNTY.

LihinRs ihNehbeu ~ -. IL ItoGStS lhpo
Greedy, Colo, has been in operation OF
the placers near Fort Bayard owned b,
Messrs. Manzanares and Brunswick o
Las Vegas, quite recently, and has beer
demonstrated big success. The pump
is designed to save shoveling in working
placer ground and lifts sand, gravel ant
boulders-anything that will pass through
six-inch pipe and empties it into th'
sluice boxes. The patent has been pur
chased by the gentlemen above men
toned. They think it will reduce the
cost of handling gravel 80 per cent
The mines of the Southwestern Goal
Iron company at Hanover are now being
worked in a small way only. A ship
ment of three cars of iron ore was sent
to Crittendon, Ariz., last week.
At Santa Rita mining matters are quite
active. j. B. Gilchrist has two years
lease and bond on the Yosemite, Guada
lupe, Oxide and Chino mines, and il
opening up these properties in a most
enterprising manner. force of 35 mer
is employed at the present time. At the
main shaft of the Guadalupe steam
hoist has been erected, and from the 100
foot level some fine ore is being extracted
AT the Yosemite new steam pump OF
immense capacity is being put into the
main shaft as means of raising water
from the 190foot level. The pump will
be kept running night and day until the
desired results are obtained.
A force of six men is employed sorting
ore from the old Chino dump and the re-
suits obtained are very satisfactory. The
new drifts on the Chino were expense
makers from the first stroke of the pick
There are five drifts being pushed into
the mountain on the claim. The ore here
is found in about the same formation
that prevails throughout the district.
There are no regular veins, but the metal
lies in slips and punches, indicating that
at some time in the formation process OF
the earth very unsettled condition ex-
listed.
One of the new prospects on the 1o-
semitic is showing up some fine ore. A
five ton shipment was recently made
from it which ran 18 per cent copper,
Mr. Gilchrist is sorting about six tons OF
oro daily which he 10 aond;nS 20 tho Sill,
yer City Reduction Works for treatment
Herbert L. Dawson, manager of the
Driscoll Mining company, has 20 men at
work on the old Carasoo dump, picking
out metallic copper. He is also work
ing over some of the old Spanish dnmps
and is shipping about 100 tons of ore
and concentrates per week to the Silver
City Reduction Works.
Pinos Altos is undergoing building
boom. Several large buildings are in
course of construction. Taking all in all
this is one of the liveliest camps in the
territory.
Five cars of bullion were shipped from
Copper Flat last week.
BERNALJLLO COUNTY.
Jack Donovan is said to be making 6
rich mine out of the Yellow Jacket.
Many of the employees who were recent
ly laid off at the Washington have re
sumed work.
The Lone Star is shipping regularly te
the smelters and is producing some yer!
rich ore according to report.
The Producer in Peralta canon, ant
the Pamlioo, the latter belonging to tht
Albemarle group of mines, are both show
ing up we'll under recent development
work.
The Monument, now being worked by I
W. Briggs, continues to produce we'll, ant
in time it is expected that this will be
come one of the leading mines in the dis
| trict.
Messrs. Paxton and Mccoy recent,
| En, hal ha n,% &hoK ~
sarge and in that property they undoubt
edly have rich thing, for several pan
nings of the quartz from 1t displayed
long strings of the yellow metal.
A new engine has been added to tn
Bland Milling 'company's plant and viii
be run in connection with the engin,
formerly in use. The large ore roaster i
completed and the stone base for tn
large stack is nearly finished. Two larg
structures have been added to the mail
building, and the rest of the work of i'm
provement is making rapid strides to
ward completion. 1t is expected that tn
mill will be in operation on ore OF tn
district at a very early date.
With smelter assured at Cerrillos ant
one in project at Algodones, successful
mill of 40 tons capacity assured at Blan
and SO ton capacity mill soon to be con
structed at Allerton, the Oochiti distric
is in fair way to be provided with tn
facilities for treating the thousands o
tons of ore now lying on the dumps AM
in the many mines awaiting just sue
means to extract the gold and silver val
ues.
SANTA FE COUNTY.
The mining industry is prospering i
this county as never before. There ar
saven gold mills in operation in tn
southern part of the county, and ne,
smelter and McPhee mill in course Q
construction at Cerrillos. The Carley
Amanda gold clam is now supplying or
) for three Huntington mills, and in th
old Ortiz mine the pay streak has widene
to four feet with value of 800 per tor
There is prospect of sale very 500
of the Sandia Mining d Milling CON
pany's claims in southern Santa Fe cour
ty to an English syndicate. To this en-
an expert recently examined this proI
erty.
SIERRA COUNTY.
Heavy shipments of ore are being mad
} from the Wicks mine.
j. B. MCPHERSON has commenced wor
on the Montana King mine.
The Sherman people are having bi
mill rum at the Charter Oak.
j. Zimmerman is said to be making
good deal Of money out OF his lease on Il
Happy Jack mine.