Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-15
Items of Interest Concerning the Min
ing Industry in New Mexico As
Cleaned from Our Exchanges.
BUILDING OF The CERRILLOS SMELTER
A New Engine Has Been Recently
Added to the Equipment of the
Bland Milling Company's
Plant.
LINCOLN COUNTY.

The Helen Ray in the Nogal district
owned by St. Louis people, is a steady gol(
bullion producer and has recently beer
provided with 20.ton Huntington mill
The Cashier is reputed to be the richest
mine in Nogal, but it has no mill. Cole
ores run as high as $4,000 per ton and c
contract has just been let for a 125-foo
tunnel.
Quite number of ething
over 100-have been located during the
past few months in the Nogal district,
and steady improvement in the camp is
looked for.
The famons Parsons property, just over
the divide at Nogal, has deposit of low
grade gold ore fully 200 feet wide.
large plant will be necessary for proper
working of this mine.
The Hondo at Nogal, owned by Messrs
Earle, Long and Brooks, all of Roswell, is
a ne looking prospect with two veins of
gold ore, and depth will no doubt prove
it heavy bullion producer.
The Cuba with three shallow shafts is
showing the same kind of ore as the
famous Cashier. Some free gold has been
found in its shafts, but the value of its
ore can only be determined by depth.
The American mine at Nogal is report
ed to have made q big strike recently in
pure native gold. Now that this prop
erty is in strong hands and being worked
night and day with improved machinery
good results may be expected.
SANTA FE COUNTY,
Concerning the Cerrilos smelter scheme
the Cerrillos Rustler of July 8 says; We
wish to say for the purpose of relieving
all anxiety or lack of confidence in what.
ever quarter it may exist, that the smell
ter at Oerrillos will be built and that at
once. This is official and absolutely Ger
tain. In the inauguration of any enter
prise of this magnitude there are always
preliminaries to be arranged, everyone of
which consumes time. These arrange
ments are being pushed just as rapidly
as possible, no effort being spared to
complete all details at the earliest posi-
BILE moment.
Special contracts were signed at Santa
Fe June 30, for the erection of another
ore mill in the southern part of the ooun-
ty. R. @. Weyer of Summerfield, Kas.,
and j. L. Fieldy of California, on behalf
of syndicate composed of Kansas City
ard st. Joseph men, have secured fine
mill site at Dolores from the Ortiz mine
grant, and have the machinery en- route
for 60 ton plant of the McGee pattern
They have also taken long lease on
three mining properties on this grant.
SIERRA COUNTY.
The Happy Jack mine is now produc-
ing some of the richest ore in the Hills
boro district.
Several Hillsboro leasers are preparing
large shipments of ore for treatment at
the Charter Oak mill.
The gold properties at Hillsboro give
employment to from 30 to &C men and are
proving paying investments.
Colonel Woolsey has struck one.foot
vein of three to five ounces gold ore on
his claim nea- the Chance property.
The Wicks mine has recently doubled
its underground force and is rapidly in
creasing the output of high grade ore.
Crumrine & Lindner of Hillsboro, are
waiting returns from Ell Paso on car
load of ore which sampled four and one
half ounces of gold per ton.
Shipments from the Wicks during the
past 80 days amount to over 160 tons.
About the same tonnage Of second class
ore was added to the accumulation being
made at this mine for treatment by the
cyanide process.
Major W. H. Fl. Llewellyn has recently
purchased machinery for 50-ton cyanide
plant to be placed in Dutch Gulch Hills
boro district for the treatment of low
grade free gold ores of which this section
produces great abundance.
Mr.. j. B. Tully, the hydraulic engineer,
has arrived at Hillsboro from California
to take charge of the work of the Mesa
del Orc Placer Mining company. A large
force of men will be put to work at
once.
The Eighty-fve mine being operated
by the Milwaukee & Hillsboro Gold Min.
ing company recently made big strike
developing fine body of ore, and estab.
fishing the location of a rich ore vein.
In the Percha mine at Hillsboro, endli.
chite, very rare ore of lead, has beer
found beautifully crystalized and in large
quantity. Endlichite resembles mimetite
in having arsenic as one of its constitu.
ents and was discovered at Lake Valley ir
the sos.
Sanders, Bevans and Murry of Hills
boro, shipped to Ell Paso last week SOC
sacks, about IS tons of their frst-class
ore which samples five ounces of gold, &c
ounces of silver and per cent copper
This ore comes from the Snake mine and
is another evidence of the mineral rich
ness of this district.
1t is reported that R. O. Troeger, the
principal owner of the Bonanza mine
will return to Hillsboro very soon to re-
sumo operations on that property. Since
his leaving Hillsboro the conditions fol
mining have become much improved
rates for smelling are better and prices
generally lower. Mr.. Troeger has beer
thoroughly investigating the cyanide pro
cess and will no doubt apply it at leas
as an auxiliary to his mill. The extrt
saving of few dollars per ton would b.
a big thing on the large output of th'
Bonanza mine.
BERNALILLo COUNTY.
With a smelter assured at Cerrillos ant
one in project at Algodones, mill of AZ
tons capacity at Bland and 50-ton mil
at Allerton the district is In a fair way 10
handle the laage bodies of ore now on tn,
dump.
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