Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-12
THE MINING OUTLOOK
Mining Investments Considered the
Safest in Hazardous Times by
Eastern and Foreign
Capitalists
WORK ON KLONDIKE MINE
Extensive Development and New Improve
ments on the Big Elisabethtown Prop
erty Under the Direction of
... Manager Dold.

The mining situation in New Mexico
continues unaffected by the war condi
tions. In fact, mining is considered b.
capitalists the safest investment il
hazardous times and good proposition
are eagerly accepted in eastern none.
markets. Never before in the history
of the territory, has the mining industry
experienced such boom, and before the
close of 1898 hundreds of prospects will
be developed into paying mines and the
precious metal production of the terri
tory will find noticeable rank in the
records of the mint.
TERRITORIAL MINING NOTES.
A great amount of deopment work is
| going on at Golden.
The shaft of the Dixie at Organ is
now down 200 feet.
| Good ore is being taken from the Gold
Standard mine at Golden.
A fine body of ore has been struck in
the Klondike mine at Organ.
Frank Franken is running the holster
at the Cook e. White mine at Golden.
w. A. Connor is doing the assessment
work on his Black Mountain properties.
The working shaft of the Maggie G
group. Organ district, is now down 100
feet.
Four teams are kept busy hauling
ore to the new reduction works at
Hematite
Several men are being employed in
relieving the Gypsy mine at Kingston.
of water.
The Eclipse and Buelah mines near
Quartz Site, Organ district, are being
developed.
Judge Little, of Cincinnati, o., is
looking after Mrs. Billings mining prop
critics at Kelly.
The carpenter work on the derrick of
the new hoist of the Texas mine at Cen
trail is completed.
p. Girard shipped 20 sacks of ore from
his Golden property last week, to Pueblo,
for Smelter test
The tunnel of the Free Coinage mine
at Organ is in 100 feet. Ore is being
odfcu lOl oHipuioHV.
Lee Breeze has started work on his
tunnel site, on the northside of Breeze
hill, Organ district
The development work on the Old Abe
mine at White Oaks is furnishing enough
ore to feed the stamp MILL
The South Homestake mine at White
Oaks has been placed in condition for
active summer operations.
At Pinos Alton six quartz mills are
running full blast. There is not an
idle miner in the district.
J. G. Griffin and George Walters are
sinking the shaft on their properties on
Climax hill near La Belle.
Ore is being hauled from the Gypsy
Queen and San Francisco mines to the
North smelter at Cerrillos.
j. B. Mayo is shipping ore from the
Old Reliable Mining comyany's property
to the Graves mill at Golden.
Representatives of the owners of the
North Homestake mine at White Oaks
are arranging for future work.
G. A. Bennett is saving his high grade
galena ore from his Bear canon, Organ
district, claims, for shipment.
Denver capitalists have had an expert
looking over the Gypsy mine at King
ston, with view of purchasing.
Two Huntingtons and a concentrator
are working so tons of ore per day. pro-
duced from the Ortiz mine at Dolores.
Eight men are employed in developing
the Benton mine at Dolores. A ship
ment of 20 tons of ore was made last
week
Mrs. Henrietta Billings has filed an
application for patent on the Empire
and Carbonate lodes in the Magdalena
mining district.
L. ID. Sugar has let contract for ex-
tending the tunnel on the Hazleton
group, owned by the Argo Mining COM
pany, at San Pedro.
The Wall Street mine in the Organ
district, is being worked under a re-
ceiver and high grade ore shipments are
going out regularly.
A. j. DeMules last week made the
first shipment of ore over the White
Oaks road from the Jarillas. consisting
Of three ears of copper ore.
Davis g. Crawford are doing assess
ment work for R. Y. Anderson on
group of claims near the Wall Street
mine, in the Organ district.
j. H. Dunn, superintendent of the
Mary Smelter at Cerrillos, believes their
company troubles will soon be ended and
that operations will be started in short
time.
The water supply necessary for work
ing the Ortiz mine at Dolores is now as
snred, for steady flow was encoun-
tered last week, while sinking the shaft
c. c. Cotton, who has been in Cleve-
land, O., organizing mining company,
reports that he will return to La Belle
May 10, and push work on his prop
critics.
Hassinger, Ewing 4 Vickers are
sinking the shaft on the Oro claim, be-
longing to the Houston company, at La
Belle. The shaft is down so feet and is
in $40 ore.
Lafranz, Swancoat, Moods, Philips,
Rogers. Plunkett and others, are pre-
pairing ore samples for the Central dis
play at the Transmississippi exposition
at Omaha.
John Dodd and the Fay brothers are
running steam arastra near their
Texas canon, Organ district properties.
They clean up good quantity Of bull
lion every ten days and are saving ship
ping concentrate.
Output of the Hillsboro gold mines for
the week ending May s, as reported for
the Advocate: Wicks, 10 tons; X. K,
10; Richmond, IA; Happy Jack, s.; Snake
group, SO; Opportunity, 10; Sherman, s;
Prosper, s; Rex, 5. Total output since