Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-12-02
ABOUT MINES AND MILLS.
Profitable Concentration Of Mill Taii-
Ings ut silver City-A successful
Smeiter-Deals and Develop
ment Work.
SILVER CITy AND VICINITY.

Messfs. crawford and Derbyshlre are
meeting with magnificent success in con-
ceutrating the old failing pile at the Pa
ofc mill north of Silver City. Last
months product was over 100000 pounds
(a3O tons) of concentrates, which came
from the work of Six Frue vanners. A
new Wilfey concentrating table WAS add
ed last week and as the work of one of
these table, is said to equal five vanners
the capacity for concentrating has been
nearly doubled. Even at this rate of
progress there is sufficient material in the
failing pile TO keep the outfit at work for
eight or nine months to come. The total
product has been contracted for by the
Silver City Reduction works.
One of the great factors in the Develop
ment OF the mines Of Grant county, and
powerful aid in development of the mines
generally throughout the territory, is the
Silver City Reduction works, which fur
nishes home market for the ores of the
southwest The miner can bring the ores
of his mines in New Mexico or Arizona
TO the smelter md within the next "a
hours can have it sampled, assayed and
receive the cash in full for the same. H.
saves the extra cost of transportation to
distant smelter, he has his ore smelted
at very reasonable rate and has every
opportunity and facility offered him to
see it sampled, take check samples and
have control assays made by any re
sponsible assayer. Immediately the as
cay is made the company pays spot cash
for the ore, be it one ton or 10000 tons.
1t Is in the market and ready to bny and
pay cash for any quantity offered. This
smelling company which started work
within the past two years has proved one
Of the most successful smelling opera
tons ever instituted in the mining re-
gious of the west. Commencing on
conservative and economical basis, under
the efficient management of s. G. Breth
erton who has immediate supervision OF
the works and Hon. 4. F. Conway as
president of the company and financial
agent, it grew steadily in favor with the
miners of the southwest. Many COMPARE
lively low grade mines which have long
lain idle are today making handsome
profits from seles of ore to the Silver
City Reduction works; ore which would
not bear oost of transportation and high
smelling charges, but here at home can
be handled at profit. So we'll pleased
are the miners of New Mexico and Ari-
zona with the fair treatment and reasona
BILE rates of the Silver City Reduction
works that they are flooding the concern
with ore. So great have the receipts OF
ore become that it was necessary during
the past week to double the capacity OF
the smelter This was done and now two
stacks are running constantly, day and
night, and reducing from 80 to 100 tons
of ore every "a hours. And still the ore
piles in by wagon and by railroad train,
and as fast as it comes it is sampled, as
sayed and the mine owner gets his money
and goes upon his way rejoicing at his
own good fortune aud at the great success
of the Silver City Reduction works, says
the Enterprise.
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
Good news comes from this camp to
the G effeot that moneyed men have made
deal with Harvey Whitehill and Henry
Woods for the purchase of the Helena
gold mine, continues the Enterprise.
They have also secured CONTROL of other
valuable properties 10 the camp. The
negotiation provides for the erection of a
cyanide reduction works in the very near
future. The trade has been under way
for several weeks but was only consum.
mated during the past week. Thorough
tests of ore from the mines which the new
company has secured control of have been
made aud the returns from the ore have
been very satisfactory. There are several
mines in the vicinity of Central that will
pay to work when the ores are treated at
a mill near by, but which will not stand
the cost Of transportation and smelling
charges.
The Texas mine not to be outdone by
its many fortunate neigbors in Grant
county has struck new and very rich
chute of ore in the bottom of the shaft at
a depth of 333 feet. The ore streak il
about three inches Ia width, but is very
rich, being silver sulphurate and native
silver. The slopes on the 800 foot level
to turn out good ore and ore is
also being taken from the snmp, in the
bottom OF the 3OO.foot level, which is be-
Ing sunk to catch the water to he pumped
from the level. The Texas looks better
today than ever before in its history.