Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-01-25
GRANT COUNTY MINES
Increasing and Productive Activity
in All the Districts of This Re-
sourceful Region.
SENSATIONAL GOLD STRIKES
Three Hundred Pound Slabs of Almost
Pure Silver Taken from Silver Cell
and Climax Locations at
Pinos Altos.
santa Rita District.

The mines of this district are pfOduc-
ing at the same successful rate as at our
last report of three weeks ago. About
40 tons of iron ore and 20 of copper ore
are being extracted and shipped every
day. The iron ore goes to Pueblo. Colo.
and the copper ore to the Silver City Re-
ductiOn works. says the Silver City En-
terprise.
silver City and vicinity.
The report of the sale and transfer of
the Silver City Reduction works, which
has been current in this city during the
past week, is rather premature. While
negotiations for the sale of the property
are pending. yet no sale has been con-
summated. The Enterprise will advise
its readers If the transfer is made.
Hanover District.
On the Hanover mine connections have
been made between the new shaft and
the ore Slopes at a depth of 1870 feet. A
great deal of retimbering has been done
in the ore Slopes, the ground having be-
come heavy and unsafe Everything
about the property is now in shape for
large production of ore. The parties
in charge are only awaiting the arrival
and putting in place of the new water
jacket furnace at Copper Flat, where
the ore will be smelted. As soon as the
smclter is ready to resume reduction OF
the ore mining will be vigorously prose-
cutcd upon the property.
Central District.
Sinking has been resumed upon the
Texas shaft upon which downward pro-
grcss was suspended at a depth of 333
feet. The work of sinking will be
prosecuted as fast as possible with the
present meagrc facilities for hosting.
An order will be placed in the very near
future for tirst-class hosting machinery
for this shaft. The new hoist will have
ample capacity for hosting cage and
car loaded with ore from a depth of
900 feet.
The same company, which is operating
the Texas mine, yesterday morning re-
sumed sinking upon the Grant mine,
another promising property owned by
the company. Thelast assays from this
shaft were quite satisfactory and it is
proposed to thoroughly demonstrate the
true value of the property.
Pinos Altos District.
One of the most wonderfully rich sill
yer mines in the world is situated Just
outside the gold belt OF Pinos Altos.
The property consists of two claims on
the same vein, known as the Silver Cell
and Climax locations. From the sur
face the property has showna a streak of
ore from two to ten inches in thickness
which is more than so per cent native
silver. Work is now being prosecuted
upon the Silver Cell shaft, which at a
depth of 1876 feet shows a vein of silver
eight to ten inches in thickness which
runs from 10000 ounces to 5000 ounces
silver per ton. Some of these slabs of
silver taken from the mine recently,
weigh 300 pounds. A fair specimen of
the ore taken out last week is on exhibi-
tion in the Enterprise cabinet, 1T is fully
rs per cent pure silver. The mine is
have their own smelling plant upon the
and when they feel like in
creasing their bank account they just
start it up and run out few bars Of bull
lion.
just across the ridge from the DIM
mick silver mine are the famous Pinos
Altos gold mines, now in very prosper
GUS condition, which will be made the
subject of special write up in this pa
per ere long.
Gold Hill District.
DR.. G. N. Woods is working six ham,
mers in his Bobtail mine and in Wer-
ney's Eagle mine with fair success in
both properties. The new Wilfley ia
Bile is in place in the mill and everything
in readiness to drop the stamps just as
soon as new cams arrive.
Considerable excitement prevails in
the camp over the recent strike of ex-
ceedingly rich gold ore in the lowest
of the Western Belle mine at
the 125-foot level says the Enterprise.
There are two streaks of pyrteous ore
in the drift. The ore streaks occur
against the foot and hanging walls of
the vein and each ore vein or stratum is
about one foot in thickness. Only oc-
casional samples are taken. all samples
of these ore strata heretofore taken
have given returns of from two to four
ounces of gold per ton. About ten days
ago Mr.. Weber, who has charge of the
thought it we'll to sample the
vein on the hanging wall. He took a
large sample and sent 1T to Denver to be