Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-05-14
LATE MINING INTELLIGENCE
Brief Items of Interest Concerning the
Mining Industry, As Cleaned
from Our Exchanges.
A NEW TURQUOIS MINING COMPANY
Information Regarding Mining Opera
tions in the Cochiti District-The
Pamlico, Mogul Rising Sun
and Other Properties.
SANTA FE COUNTY.

SANTA FE COUNTY.
Lee English, who has a lease on the
Shoshope mine near Dolores, entered in
to an agreement some time ago with r.
O. Viewer of the McGhee Mining q Mill
ing comp To furnish ore from that
mine to the McGhee mill when it is ready
for operation. Mr.. Weyer is now in the
east but few days since he wired Mr..
English to begin taking out ore at once.
Machinery for this plant is now building
in Chicago and Pittsburg.
Christian Wiegand of Las Vegas, has
bonded his gold properties in the south
ern part of Santa Fe county to London
syndicate for 100000. The claims in
question are owned by q syndicate of
which W. E. Gortner, H. L. Maley, JOS
eph Haffner and Constable Brown of Las
Vegas, and John Van Houten of Ration,
are members. The bond is good for 60
DAYS and it is believed the London peo-
pie will purchase at the end Of that time.
SIERRA COUNTY.
Tn the Black Diamond tunnel of the
Frieberg group at Hills5oro, John But.
coke has opened upa two foot vein OF
excellent free milling ore, which is said
to be heavily impregnated with gold.
Messrs. Sanders & Berans, of the Snake
mine, at Hillsboro, have found new two
foot vein of rich copper-zinc sulphlde
ore, for which this mine has been noted
Some large shipments have been made
recently.
ooLFAx COUNTY.
Five placer properties near Elizabeth
town are being steadily worked.
The Fugate brothers are busy running
tunnel on the Tiger in the willow Creek
district.
A rich strike of ore is reported to have
been made recently at the Yellow jacket
mine at Hematite.
A splendid cleanup resulted from {
three days run made by Howard q Howel
on the old Robinson placers in Willow.
J.H. Mayhew, of Trinidad, has pur
chased half interest in the eIndependenct
lode, located in the Hematite district.
A rioh body of ore has been uncovered
in the Tyroler, Hematite district prof.,
erty. At the end of 270-foot tunnel
where the main lode was encountered
S6O ore was found in large quantities
Messrs. Stumbo, Jones & Go. of Baldy
are having their ore packed to the Frencl
Henry mill on the Ponil. There is goo
deal Of ore to be milled here as soon
the snow melts, 80 that it can be haule
to the mill.
John Baker widely known miner, wh
9 for 25 years has mined and prospecte
ia Colorado, Utah. Arizona, New Mexico
and Old Mexico, in company with Fran
, Johns is at Elizabethtown looking owe
= the county in the interest Of Col. Yanke
= of White Oaks. They will remain at thl
8 point for the summer.
: Tn the same districts, Craig
o of Ration, has driven tunnt
t 1873 feet, and Hixenbaugh one OF 80 fee
+ Both are working two shifts. The alt
8 tude of this section ranges from 1000
Is 11.6OO feet. The developments are Tia
II terinp so far, and the camp will be
boomer before the summer is over.
Matters are reported lively in the VI
"a and Bonito districts, which are situate
, on the road leading from Springer
Baldy, Elizabethtown and hed hV'
4 being from nine to IL miles from Oima
~ ron where the stages stop for olnn'
4, Large veins of mineralized ore assayil
ut as high as $52S per ton have been
u yeloped in these districts and throu
both camps, are found the porphy
dykes extending from Ba)dy. There
. also some good placer ground. At I
ut nito D. A. Clouthier and Chas. +. Abr
el have Just let contract to run Ioo 1o
n tunuel 4x6 to crosscut very rich VI
ey which assays $52S 81 to the ton.
ia, L1SooLN COUNTY.
III The American is setting ap lar
n amount of new machinery preparatory
a increasing the force of workmen on
~ property.
~ The Rockford group of mines, near
Gal. has been bonded by Messrs. Weet
Heman to DR.. G. W. Wood, of the VI
derbilt Gold Mining company.
or In the vicinity Of Nogal, mining Int
in ests are coming to the front. La
IN. forces of men have been put to WORK
-, the Helen Rea and American mir
-, 20 and the ores taken from these propert
:" show rich returns in gold.
poHA ANA COUNTY.
It is reported that French capitali
J. have organized company for the
pose of developing and marketing
marble found at the mouth OF Fres
canon near La Luz.
soooRRo COUNTY.
John I. Mitchell, of Denver, has
IKE cured an option on the Tellurium mi
AS in the Mogollon district Mr.. Mltc
mar has a 25- pound piece of ore which
,sn p run $4,000 per ton, taken from the m
ton The Mogollon camp is making 9
ing showing and is attracting considerable
I'M. tention from old-time miners who n
.ec- good properties from non.payers.
are Confdence and Maud 8. mines are q
was ing better as work progresses. Inc
700. unco overed in the past few days give
was mistakable evidences that in lower le
ool will be found vast bodies Of rich ore.
FIRE r,arp,cr
rim The Grown Point is shipping ore to
- Silver CITY smelter.