Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-03-26
CoCHITi MINES

From the Bland Herald.
several Medic Dia properties are soon
TO b. operated extensively.
Herman Clausen continues to salts
factOrily develop the Julia In Cola a D
yOD.
Tue Puzzle mine. near the Albemarle,
Is improving under the present develop
menta.
A number Of building improvements
are under way at the Lone Star mine be-
side the regular mining operations.
Peralta canyon miners are pushing
worn vi their vaiuaUie prOpeTtIrs win
greater SigOf than eyef before, we'll salts
utd that IL viii retufn gOOd results.
IL Is expected that work % the recently
ieA-ed and bonded Good Hope group viii
n.gin a y next month. his wOTK will
consist OF ufitiug q large tunuel into tue
iuI with burity duils from Good Hope
< Ound "a viii employ a large number
II men aud create much more VI a sir ia
Bland than NJ present.
Title has been settled 10 the Iron King
ana AlleTtOn mill properties and II Is -
tabilshed that work on the mine will
Uegtn any day, Rnd the construction Of u
large mil be started al an early day ON
the present site Of the mill ut AllertOn
The Iron King people are making prepar
atoms TO make application Tor patent for
this valuable property.
The gang at work on the Crown Point
contract 10 drift 1U0 feet north and 100
feet south at the 100 foot level OF that
mine has been Increased and the work IL
HaRlUlg naaWaua anFnulaNAnn ThA aasan
siye operations at present under way on
The Crown Point are but a slight indIca-
tiOn OF the colossal operations that will
be- carried on at this mine rs 500 rs u.
z. POsey, 10 whom the property Is practic-
ally sold, completes ali arrange nents for
pushing the important enterprise.
The operatives at the Bland mill have
been steadily at work placing extra tanks
and watts and making other improvements
preparatory TO Tesuming operations with
the wet process, which will greatly de-
crease the expense OF running under the
dry system and also result IN consider
able saving TO the machinery and in
time. Another agitat0r il 300 TO be ad-
ded In order TO increase the capacity OF
the present plant, and IL IL expected 10
increase the present force Of men some
time after the hrst Of the month. From
the last cleanup after the last ten days
run and after retOrting, bullion to the
amount OF 100 pounds was obtained.
The machinery is already on the road
from Omaha, Neb., aud will reach Thorn
ton In a day or two, for a dry cOncen-
TRAITOR to be used In treating the ores Of
the Little MOllie and other adjoining
mines IL Is expected TO have all this
machinery on the ground and ready for
operation within the next two weeks. IL
will he placed conveniently on Little
Mollie ground on the new road from
Bland TO the Albemarle mine and other
valuable Cola canyon properties. IL Is
believed that the successful operation OF
this dry concentration will reyOlutionize
milling methods in the COchiti mining
districts. as the expense OF running II IL
nothing compared TO the present meth
DDS OF ore treatment.
The heavy excavation operations at the
Albemarle continue, the big gang max
ing good Roadway on the mill site. An
assay Office has lately been completed.
The Bletcher boarding house delayed by
the want Of lumber, In now fast reaching
completion and will be opened by h. 4.
Myers and Henry Bletcher about the first
" April. The operations on the mine at
present consist OF sinking and timberiDg
the main shaft, sinking from the first
level TO meet the upraise In the north
drift OF the 60 foot level and drifting
north and south In the GO foot level.
Night and day shifts are employed on all
the work mentioned. The pipe line from
PsTalta canyon 10 the mine IL being laid.
Large quantities OF lumber and ma
chineTy for the mill and mine and other
material are constantly on the road 10
the Albemarle. II. NJ. johnson, the gem
tlemsn who will erect the big mill at the
Albemarle, arrived on Wednesday TO push
work on that structure. Also /. l. Mer-
rill, the general superintendent Of the
Albemarle, returned from Montana and
Denver yesterday, and has gone over TO
the uine to push operations on the pro
perty.