Arizona republican., 1897-09-11
PEAK NOW LOOKING UP,
A New Mexico Camp Coming to the l/ Front-Wfth Rapid Strides.

One of the best producing camps
 m New Mexico and of which com
 paratively little is known to the min Ing world. is that of Cooks Peak, situated in Grant county, in the mountain range of the same name,
 lying about twenty miles norrn of Deming, says the Denver Republican. The camp first came into prominence in the early sos and reached it's greatest prosperity from 1890 until the depression in silverAn 1893. The ore is lead and silver, averaging from 50 to 75 per cent of the former and ten to twenty ounces of the latter. The lead carbGnates ohtained from this camp are especially valuable for f1uxing purposes. The formation is lime, between irregular porphyry dykes, extending from one to twenty feet apart in northeasterly and southwesterly direction. While the campAhas been Asteady producer for yearsF the lowest workings are not over 25O feet, and recent strikes dem onstrate that he ore at that depth is more abundant and richer than on the surface. The camp proper is sep >arated by the mountain range, divid- ing |. into the western and eastern camps. The ore on the east side runs higher in lead, while that on the west side carries larger quantities of sil- yer.
 < The famous Graphic mine at Had ley, few miles below the Cooks Peak camp proper, is the only mine 1n the district which has been sys- tematicaily developed and 1t has yielded its different owners several fortunes. Its product is high grade silver The working on this proper ty has reached depth of 500 feet. but owing to chnge of management has not been operated for nearly two years past. Work will, however, be resumed very shortly.
 Cook g Geas- is essentially a poor mans camp, the ore thus far being found in large pockets near the sur face and extracted at small cost. The haul is made from the mines to Florid station on the Atchison. To- peka & Santa Fe, distance of about eighteen miles. About two years ago William .Eaiff, a poor but experienced miner, obtained lease from the Consolidated Smelling and Refining company of Fl Paso, Texas, upon it's Othello and Desdemona claims. The lease has just expired and Kieff has cleaned up fortune estimated at not less than $30O,0O0. and the lessor has done equally we'll. This is merely an example of what has been done in the camp.
 Correspondingly rich strikes have been made on the properties owned by the Feel and Poe Mining company and on the Surprise mine, owned by New York parties, while miners work ing their own claims or under lease have frequently made sums which have rendered them comfortable for the remainder of thei- lives The rise in the price of lead has resulted in a | revival in the camp. which is already 1 noticeable and promises to be per- manent. The output averages three to four carloads per day and Is stead | fly increasing. The ore goes to Colo l rado smelling points principally and i is much sought after by buyers Fly cry car will yield net profit of from ] s250 to $500. There are now about | 20 men employed and the camp is | justly entitled to the distinction of | being t.re best lead camp in this ter ritory
 The Buena Vista gold mine, sixteen | miles from Mohawk has been bond "a to California parties, who will shortly begin development on an ex- tfnsive scale, and as Mohawk must cPntinue to be the depot for supplies tRe future of the camp looks bright