Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-08
TERRITORIAL MINING NOTES
CochiG.

There Is q call Tor more mills at Co.
chit to handle the increasing ore sup
ply.
A strike on the Corena assays %
ounces gold. This has started develop
ment of adjoining mines.
A large cyanide plant is to be set up
at the Crown Point mine. Much water
development has been done to supply
enough water for this mine.
The Tom Boy is being worked by W.
s. Sandon, one of the fortunate owners,
and is now in a rich lead Of quartz six
feet in width and improving in depth.
Chas. Pilkey has bought the interest
in the Monster mine formerly owned by
E. w. and R. L. M%arksbury, for So, 500,
and is now prosecuting extensive devel-
opment on the property.
Sierra County.
J. L. McKinnon is developing his
Golden Era group.
The Andrews cyanide mill is treating
Ii tons of ore per day from the Trippe
mine.
Robins & Crews have bought out Pc
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Snake mine lease.
j. K. rCollard is saving 80 per cent of
the value of the Mastodom mine ore at
the Porter mill, Hillsboro district.
j. M. Webster has bought out VIM.
WayIand's interest in the lease on the
X. X. mine, and the firm Is now Wheel
er, Larson Il Webster.
The Rex and Percha silver lead mines
management is awaiting the compile
ton of the lead stack at the Silver City
Reduction Works, when it will make 3
large shipment to that smelter.
At the Wicks mine, Superintendent
Williams is working eight men, and has
the new shaft from the 300 foot level
down 80 feet. At this depth the ore
vein is fully a foot wide and two assays
yielded $5S and $76 respectively, in gold.
The ore is being stocked while the de-
velopment work progresses.
The Insurgent is a new silver ore pro-
Queer between Hillsboro and Lake Val
ley and now being operated by Messrs.
Webster, Orchard, Dissinger and Ben
nett. The vein is Is inches wide and
assays from IS to 60 unce silver.
The output of the Hillsboro gold mines
for the week ending Thursday, Septem-
Der i, 1898 were, Wicks, 90; K. K. Is;
Richmond, 20; Snake Group, IS; Oppor-
tunity, 20; Sherman, 10; Cincinnati, Is;
Trippe, As; Rex (silver-lead), S. Total,
205 tons. Total output since January 1,
1898, is 5,340 tons.
Grant County.
A five-ton smelter is promised for
Deming.
J. b. Gilchrist continues to take out
rich ore from the Chino and Guadalupe
mines in the Santa Rita district.
John Mason has a lease on VIM.
Kief's Rob Roy mine near Cooks Peak.
He is taking out some good ore and has
a promising prospect.
The Texas shaft ut Central shows
good ore in the bottom and y strong
vein. The foundations at the mill are
completed and the building nearly I'm
ished. The mill will have a capacity f
70 tons per day.
Colonel lockwood is working the
Commodore mine at Cooks Peak under
lease and bond from Hiram Tyrrell. He
has four men employed and has taken
out two cars Of lead ore, running IS per
cent lead and ten ounces of silver per
ton. nt
The Kansas City Smelling & Refining
Company, of Ell Paso, has 80 men en-
ployed and is shipping about4O tons 0f
ore per day from the Othello and Des-
demona mines at Cooks Peak. These
mines have produced more than 10000
tons of ore per year during the past
three years.
j. M. DeKiersey is developing prom
Using properties in the White Signal dis
trict. A trial lot Of five tons from the
Golden Dawn mine, shipped to the Sit
yer City Reduction Works, gave returns
of $32 per ton gold, $6 per ton In silver
and 5 per cent copper. On the Gold Dust
mine, the same owner, the pay streak IL
from six to 10 inches In width and aver
ages $57 per ton.
The Hearst people have control of u
copper claims owned by the Santa Rita
Copper & Iron Company, and have over
100 mon employed In the mines. The
greater number are working on a royal
ty and most Of the miners are making
more than wages. The camp is pro
ducing about 900 tons of copper ore pei
month. A. Z. Dawson Is now in charge
for the Hearst Company. The Santa
Rita Copper 4 Iron Company Is shipping
six cars Of iron ore per day, and this
product will soon be increased.
socorro County.
A IL pound gold bar was recently
brought into San Marcial, representing
the R0sedalo mines output for two
weeks. 1t was sent to New Orleans.
A new nine Of promise at Timber
Peak has been opened.