Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-17
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new MEXICO MINES.
DISTRICT.

COONEY DISTRICT.
The Helen Mining Company is ar
ranging a pipe line system, which is
destined to furnish the Confidence mine
with power for the hosting and milling
machinery and electrical plant forlight-
ing the mine and 30-stamp mill. Fully
500 horse power will be generated. The
Confidence group is producing 70 tons
of $50 ore per day. During the past two
years the production has reached the
$1,000 ton mark. The development work
consists of a 1000 foot tunnel, about the
800 feet of shafts.
A tunnel is being run on the Cooney
property which will give a distance of
900 feet and tap the ore chute at a
depth of $50 feet. Since 1880, this mine
has produced 10000 tons of ore valued
at half a million dollars.
The Maude S will be reopened shortly
and again placed in the rank of active
shippers. The mine was closed in 1897
because the character of the ore chang
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ed to be losing the values. The proper
ty has produced over 5000, 900 in bullion,
the ore above permanent water level be-
ing remarkably free. The lower levels
show high grade copper ore which is
amenable to treatment.
BALDY DISTRICT.
A tunnel is being run on the Aztec
property 100 feet lower than the old
workings, which will cut the ore Chin
ney that produced 5000, 900 in early
days and made the property famous.
The Aztec 20 stamp mill has been re-
paired and is being supplied with low
grade ore from the many minor veins
that have been opened.
The Wallace placer field, embracing
10000 feet of ground on the South Ponil
river, Colfax county, was sold last week
to Colonel Mathews, of Hutchinson,
Kas. The dirt will yield from 20 to 70
cents per yard, occasional rich spots
giving much higher values.
CENTRAL.
An influx of water has caused a tenn
porary suspension of operations on the
st. Helena property.
The Texas shaft has reached a depth
of 800 feet and Il cross-cut is being run
to cut the vein.
HANOVER.
The Hanover No. 2 has increased its
force to eleven men.
The Philadelphia is now a regular
shipper to the Silver City Reduction
Works. The ore is copper pyrites.
Twenty miners are employed in ex-
tracing zinc ore from the Mineral Point
Zinc Company's properties. The prod
uct is shipped to Mineral Point, Wis,
where the company OWNS | works.
Twelve miners are employed by j. w.
Bible in extracting zinc ore from the
several claims managed by him on con-
tract. The product is sold to the Min
eral Point Zinc works and shipped to
Wisconsin for treatment.
The Southwestern Coal & Iron Com
pany is doing the annual assessment
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Top, Sadie, and Blue Jay claims.
ELIZABETHTOWN DISTRICT.
The Indiana shaft at a depth of 81
feet, shows 500 free milling ore. The
vein varies from Is to 80 inches in
width. An attempt is being made to in
terest capitalists in the property, with
the view of securing money for devel-
opment work and the erection of a mill.
The Montezuma G. M. & P. Co., now
has "a employees on the pay roll. The
vein shows a width of go feet at 1870 feet,
and the shaft is being sunk in search of
high values. Kansas City people are
back of the enterprise.
c. A. Dorm has let a contract for ex-
tending the tunnel in the Cannon Ball
property 500 feet.
Work will be resumed by the Hema-
tite Tunnel Company next week.
SANTA RITA.
The Santa Rita Copper & Iron Com
pany is making regular shipments of
iron ore to the Pueblo smelters.
The Hearst syndicate has increased
the force of men employed in the San
ia Rita copper mines to 1870.
On the Carrasco mine, the shaft now
being sunk has attained a depth of POS
feet, and will be continued to the 300
foot level. when drifts will be run for
the purpose of exploring the ore body.
H1LLSBORO DISTRICT.
Chapman Bros, of the Eureka, are
operating another whim, n are in
creasing their force of men.
In the Schultze process, which is be-
ing tested at the Warren mine here, the
| gold ore, without being crushed or
roasted, but just as it comes from the
vein, is put into a furnace, oxidized by
heat, purified by gas, hydrated by
steam, disintegrated into powder, and
concentrated by a pneumatic concen-
traitor. The experiments are being car
ried on quite successfully on a small
scale.-Advocate.
The output of Hillsboro gold mines for
the week ending Thursday, December
s, 1898, was: Wicks, 40 tons; K. K, 35;
| Richmond, IS; Snake Group, S5; Oppor-
tunity, So; Sherman, 10; Cincinnati, 80;
Trippe, 30; Rex (silver-lead) 16; Eure-
ka, 10; Freiburg, Is; total AIS; total out
put since January 1, 1898, 9,575 tons.
The November pay rolls at the Snake,
Opportunity, Richmond, Eureka, X. K,
Cincinnati and Rex mines amounted to