Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-10
RICHES IN GRANT
Continued and Steadily Increasing
Activity in the Mining Districts
Of Grant County.
VERY SUBSTANTIAL RESULTS
Mills and Smelters All Running to the
Top Of Their Capacities and Mines All
Producing Great Quantities of
Pay Ore.


Hanover District.
The Simpson smelter at Copper Flat
is again running full blast and turning
out copper bullion. The Hanover mine
is working full force, about 35 men.
and turning out sufficient ore to keep
the smeter constantly employed in re-
ducing the ore.
Kresge and Muckley are working their
western extension of the Hanover mine
with very good indications OF finding IA
continuation of the Hanover ore body,
says the Silver City Enterprise.
Santa Rita District
The Gichrist smeltcr will be blown in
today and thus another producer will be
added to the list of reduction works in
Grant county.
On the Oxide mine sinking has been
resumed below the lOO-foot level. The
ore body continues as good as that
worked from the stope above by the
Nelson Brothers. This mine is now
under the management Of Mr.. j. b. Gil
christ, the lease held by the Nelson
Brothers having expired on January /.
The drift from the Guadalupe to the
Chino mine has been run a distance of
200 feet, with $50 feet yet to drive to
make connection between the two mines
Some very rich tenorite and melaconite
ores Oxides of copper) have been found
in driving this drift.
Silver City and Vicinity.
MeSsrS. Crawford have resumed work
concentrating the great pile of taiings
at the old Pacific mill. They were COM
pelled to suspend operations during the
big storm. These gentlemen produce
nearly half a million pounds of concen-
trates per month. which are rich in
gold.
Nothing definite is known as to the
rumored transfer of the Silver City Re-
duction works. S. L. Bretherton, man
agcr of the works, is busly engaged with
some necessary improvements. The
smoke stack is being built higher and a
new downcast pipe is being put in be-
tween the blast furnace and dust cham
ber As soon as the Improvements are
completed the furnaces will be blown in
again, says the Silver City Enterprise.
George Bell has made some valuable
developments in his group of copper
mines on Whitewater gulch at the foot
of the Little Burro range about IL miles
from town. Several good veins of cop
per ore have been developed, one vein
five feet in thickness running 10 to 20
per cent copper. .. ..,. Aa
Cooney District.
The Copper Queen mill, which was
compelled to suspend operations on ac-
count of lack of fuel to produce steam,
and because woold could not be hauled
during the severe snow storm, was
started up again last week, the neces-
sary fuel being packed upon burros,
until the roads again became passable
for wagons. Snow is going off rapidly
where exposed to the action of the sun
shine and roads will be in good condi-
tion in short time.
Captain Cooney has let a contract to
drive 100 feet upon the old Silver Bar
mine, better known as the Cooney mine.
The main adt level upon which this
contract has been given is now about
800 feet in length and several rich ore
bodies have been extracted. More than
$500, 900 in gold and silver have been
taken from the property, one ore chute
having produced $780, The ore is a
beautiful peacock copper pyrites, run
ming high in gold. The concentrates
from this ore have brought smelter
returns of SO ounces gold per ton, in
car load lots. A streak of very good
looking quartz, similar to that which
has heretofore accompanied the ore
when found, was recently struck at the
end of the level and the indications are
good for the finding of a new ore chute
in this old time producer.
Mogollon District.
The lawsuit between the Colorado
Mining company and the Mogollon Con-
solidated company, involving the title to
the Last Attempt mine, otherwise known
as the Greyhawk or Golden Eagle, was
tried at Socorro last week. The jury
returned verdict in favor of the Mo-
gollon Consolidated company vesting the
title in the Golden Eagle location. The
attorneys for the Colonial company have
taken the necessary steps for an appeal
to the Territorial Supreme court.
The Confidence mill was compelled to
close down during the storm last week
as the roads were too bad to haul ore
over, but w. A. Smith, the energetic
contractor who hauls the ore from the
mine to the mill, resumed hauling on the
first of the month and the Confidence
mill is probably at work again when
this issue of the Enterprise appears. II
will require about six weeks longer tt
complete the pipe line which is TO furn
ish water power to the mill and mine
1t will be the greatest piece of hydraulic
engineering ever put in operation ii
this territory or in the southwest.
The pit Of the water wheels has beer
completed and the engine room Ell
larged to make room for the electric ap
pliances which will furnish power anG
light at the mine and mill.