Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-08
COON Y MINING DISTRICT.
Located In the nogOlIOn Mountains, So
zorro County.
SOME or ITS GOOD MINzs.

This district ia situated in the south.
western corner Of Socorro county, and 1.
tributary 10 Silver City, Grant county
II was discovered In 1875 by J. G. Cooney
Quartermaster sergeant Of tho Eight
United States cavalry, who upon recei
ing his discharge from the army took a
few brave prospectors with him and
made a number OF locations. The la.
diane, however. were active and prevent.
ed any work being done until 1879. when
J. G. CoOney had driven on the silver
Bar. "beiter known a. the CoOney mine
a tunnel on the lead three hundred feet.
exposing a large body OF silver copper
ore. April 20. 1880. the Apaches raided
the camp and killed J. G. COoney. Mat
Leyens, j Chick and Wilcox. In May.
1880, Captain n. CoOney, a brother Of the
%discoverer. arrived in camp and took
charge OF the mine. soon organizing the
COoney Mining company. lie spent s25,
900 in development, and shipped about
500 tons OF ore running 500 per ton. In
March, 1888, the company was reofgan-
izfd as The Silver Hin Mining company
and continued producing up to 1896.
when they closed down. In 1899 a suit
was brought against the company by
Captain NJ. Cooney for e16. 900. Judge
ment was secured. and the property sold
Tor that amount. Interest and costs, and
bid in by NJ. Cooney, who erected a mill
On II ia 1893. run by water power, and It
has been run under lease for several
ears Some Of the ore extracted from
one ore chute In 1894 run $4,000 in gold,
and the mine has produced since its frst
exploitation about 10000 tons OF ore
valued at 100000. A contract Is now
under way which will extend the tunnel
On this mine to 800 feet and tap q gold
ore chute $50 feet in depth, after which
II will again be a large producer.
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Helen Mining COmpany-This company
was organized In 1894 upon the Conf.
dsnce group OF mines, and a tunnel was
ran on the lead 1000 feet and several
shafts sunk from the surface TO connect,
when they erected a th~irty.stsmp mill
upon White Water creek. three miles
from the mine, and built an ore road at
q cost OF $1,000. They have run steadily
Tor two years crushing about seventy tons
per day Of ore valued at $50, one-third OF
which Is gold. The mine has produced
10000 tons OF ore, and the management
Is now erecting pipe line aud water
power TO run the mill. and light the mine
aud mill with electricity, az we'll AZ fur
nlsh hosting power on the mine, as they
expect to generate 500 power.
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The Last Chance Mining company was
organized In 1880 upon the Last Chance
mine, and a mill of twenty stamps
erected thereon, run on the continuous
or Bass system OF amalgamation. This
system was not adapted TO treat tho sui
phlde ores Of the mine, and the mill shut
down after two years run There were
about six thousand tons OF ore treated In
the mill, and only sixty per cent saved.
viz. 100000. This is a good mine II the
ore DO treated properly.
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The Maud 8. mine was located In 1887,
M. CoOney, j. Howard and Ben Holmes.
locAtors. A small Eve stamp Amalgama-
ton mill was erected In 1889 and run
until 1892, when IL was sold to the Col.
Onial Mining company, who erected a
htteen stamp amalgamation mill and
continued producing until 1897, when
the ore got refractory and they shut
down. Tue Colonial produced $500, 600
Ia bullion during their operations, anu
there was produced previously about
$4,000. The milling ore run $50 per
ton. one.half being gold. The refractory
ore at depth is high.grsde bOrnite ald
peacock copper, carrying gold.
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The Canyon City anu Deep Down Min
ing company was organized by Colorado
parties upon the Deep Down mine. ad-
joint ing the Maud s. A cyanide mill wss
erected on the mine, which proved a fail
ure. A change was made by putting IN
pans and settlers and a Huntingdon mill
In connection with the rolls. But the
capacity OF the mill was too small TO
make a success, and they finally shut
down after running through about 10000
tons OF $50 ore, a large part OF which
was gold.
The Mogollon Mining and Milling
company was establish upon the Sheri-
dan group OF minGs in 1891, situated
upon the western rim OF the mineral
belt. They erected a mill OF fifteen stamps,
previous 10 exploring the mines. They
afterwards spent $4,000 in development,
only TO and that they had no mine. The
stock was run up TO 81 90 per share. and
many made fortunes on the deal, before
th3 bubble bnrst. Other parties took
hold later under the name OF the MogOl-
Ion Consolidated Mining company. who
done some sporadic milling on various
and finally purchased the Little
Fannie mine, then a prospect. but which
turned out to be one OF the best produce
ers In the camp. The company got into
litigation, with its labOrers, and other
claimants, and the mill has been shut
down for several years. The manage
ment have produced from the Sheridan
group. the Grey Hawk and the Little
Fannie about $4,000 during their
operations.