Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-12-20
COCHITI NEWS NUGGETS.
No a Assessment Work Neglected In the
COchiti District this Year-Litiga-
ton Ended-MOre About Iron
Ekfng Strike.

AEn& StfAAS'
The annual assessment on the Adam
was completed during the week.
force of men is at work on the To
peka, a promising property in Cola can
on.
A force of men Ia working on the New
York, promising claim in the west
fork of Pine canon.
The assessment work on the Sixty
three was finished on Tuesday and left
the property showing up we'll.
Assessment work on the Monte Carlo,
valuable property lying south of the
Washington mine, is underway.
Jack MODERATELY is performing the an
nual assessment work on the U. s, a
promising Cola canon property.
Andy Horn and John Roberts are doing
the assessment work on the Duchess, a
promising property in Cola canon.
The development on the Albuquerque
in the Cola canon is greatly improving
the property, and the fine, strong lead is
looking better day by day.
The usual work continues on the Ellen
L., the valuable property ON which
CharlestP has been pushing tun-
mel to intersect the main vein.
Messrs De Rhodes and Hoffman con-
tenn plate soon beginning work on the
Amber a lately acquired property Of
theirs near the Albemarle mine.
| The assessment work on the Forty
Nine, the property of George Marsh, of
Santa Fe, aud Thomas Abbott, of Bland,
was recently completed and shows it up
we'll.
George Ostrander, who is working valu-
able mining property in Peralta canon,
was over from there during the week and
reports operations lively in that part of
the district
Steady work on the Allerton, the vau
able property that is under lease and
bond to s. w. Young, continues in the
crosscut that is being driven to interseot
the big lead.
A large party of Colorado mining and
eastern capitalists will arrive in Bland on
tomorrow's stage for the purpose of in
vestigating and investing in Oochiti min
ing properties.
The vein in the main tunnel of the
Gray Eagle is increasing in width and i'm
proving in value. This valuable prop
erty shows every indication of becoming
one of the leading properties of the dis
trict.
Some more material for the mill ar
rived on Tuesday, among it being the
large copper plate required for one of the
tanks and which acts in connection with
the eleotro-dynam the company is hav
ing expressly made for use in the process
they have adopted. As soon as the
dynamo is received and put in place will
mark the resum ptlon of operations at the
mill, which is said will be about the first.
Robert L. Douthitt, who is the capable
superintendent of the Washington mine
and has had a practical mining expert
ence of some 10 years, during which time
he has operated several large and valua-
BILE properties in New Mexico, went down
to Albuquerque last Friday on business
connected with the Washington, returning
on Monday. Mr.. Douthitt was seen by a
representative of the Herald and gave
out the information that he brought
back with him the papers that settle
the dispute between the Washington and
LINE Star companies over the 90foot
strip lying between the Lone Star and
North Star and which, through the agree
ment entered into by the two com panies,
becomes the property of the Washington.
Mr.. Douthttt also, on Tuesday, paid off
all the indebtedness of the mine and
thereby made miner and merchant happy
; The Washington is in very capable hands
, conducted by the gentleman mentioned
} 1t is ascertained beyond doubt that the
high grade ore body lately struck in the
Iron King mine, 80 far as crosscut, pos
, sesses width of Is feet, with but one
, wall 10 sight The actual extent of this
] rich ore is not actually known, but it is
! generally supposed that it is some 80 feet
, wide, the greatest width of the vein in
: the Lone Star mine, which is just above
the Iron King, south on the same vein
B. H. Shaw, the custodian of the prop
erty for the Denver owners, on Saturday
, received communication from J. w.
Schoield, receiver of the Union National
) bank, who recently purshased the Iron
= King at forced sale, In which Mr.. Ssho
field declares that if the body of ore
} struck runs anything like the samples
mentioned as sent to Denver, and a
greater body thereof, there is no doubt
that the ore will pay to ship and little
doubt is entertained that the mine will
long lie idle since this new strike has
been proved TO be so valuable and extern
sive-Rland Herald