Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-21

Mexico's gold production doubled In
1897.
For the month of April, the director
of the mint gives the total coinage as
50, 263, 800 of which but $94s,0O0 was in
silver.
Mining Notes.
The Albian mill at Hematite is treat
ing ore successfully.
Work on the Anaconda Nos. l and 2
has been temporarily suspended.
The vein In the Orc shaft at La
Belle is widening as depth is gained.
Snow storms at La Plata have delayed
prospecting there this spring.
Fred Darlington is a new addition to
the force of the Ortiz mill at Dolores.
James Pierce is shipping ore from the
Two Dawes properties at Elizabethtown.
Another large shipment was made
from the Benton mine at Dolores last
week.
w. Deutscher has opened placer work
ings adjoining the Mallette mine at Red
River.
". R. Brown is superintendent of
the Cook and White Ash hard coal mines
at Madrid.
Oldham Bros, of Ration, have resumed
work on the Golden Treasure property
at Red River.
John Herburger has started work on
his Gold Nugget placer ground near
Elizabethtown.
Recent SHOWS have made the small
placer and gouger industry thrive in the
Moreno valley.
The North smelter at Cerrillos is be-
ing supplied with lime rock from the
Glorieta quarries.
John Conley has located the Boston
placer claim at the mouth of the Column
bine, Red River district.
The Queen Bess, owned by w. N. Lind
say, of Red River, has an S0-foot tunnel
which shows pay mineral.
The Midnight company at Midnight
propose to use cyanide in their mill to
assist in reducing the ores.
The Omaha & Grant smelter at Duran
60 is receiving more ore from New Mex
leo mines than ever before.
The Apex Gold Mining company at
White Oaks, figure ON erecting two new
mills for reducing their ores.
A. M. Watson, former superintendent
of the Ortiz Mining company at Dolores,
has resigned and gone to Colorado.
H. II. Argue has the 4O-mile ditch
opened from the head of Red River to
the Moreno Valley placer workings.
A. G. Slaush, one of the owners of the
Little Giant mine at Red River, has gone
to Arizona to recuperate his health.
7. c. Johns, manager Of the Apex
Gold Mining company, at White Oaks
has just recovered from a severe illness,
A. j. De Meules has purchased the
mining outfit of G. w. Wood and is nov
the only extensive operator in the ia
rillas.
Charles Green andC G. H. Chick, of Sar
Francisco. have located in the Jicarillas
with q new device for saving placer
gold.
The Midnight Extension company a
La Belle has filed an answer to the sui
of R. Il. Pooler for the Memphis lode
claim.
Walter Booth has placed 20 men a
work on the Black Copper mine nea,
Franklin. The property has been idl'
nearly a year.
Chas. Cormey, superintendent of tn
Phi. Sheridan property in Gold gulcl
near La Belle, says he will cut the veil
| within q month.
w. c. Wh.tescarver, of Elizabethtown
has two teams at work hauling ore from
| the Empire and Two Dawes reuins to tn,
Albian will at Hematite.
A force of men is at work on the ditch
which is to furnish the Red Rivel
| smelter with water. The works viii
start operation next week.
Ore is being hauled from the Empire
mine at Elizabethtown to the Albian mil
at Hematite. DR.. M. r. McCrory Is
manager of the Empire.
F. E. Dunlavy and Benjamin Hast
ings are considering the advisabilty OF
putting in a mill at La Belle for the re-
duction of ores in that camp.
B. Nadoch, Chris and Otto Olsen,
Eric Anderson, G. Swanson and /.
Schwartz are placer mining on Upper
Bitter creek, La Belle district.
Gerson Gusdorf has filed notice of for.
fixture of the interests of A.. j. Strauss,
deceased, S. D. Gardone and A. G. An.
derson In the Ranchero lode claim, Rio
Hondo district.
The Minerva e. NJ. & M. Co. has
made application for patents on the
First Chance and Last Chance lodes,
Rio Hondo district.
Ira ID. Seaton is advertising out the
interests of d. j. Stephens, deceased,
and Thomas E. Wiltsee, in the indie.
pendence lode claim, Rio Hondo district.
Joe C. Turner has given notice that
the former interests of G. B. Bletchen,
Geo. Bletchen and L. Sibbold in the Ar.
lfngton lode claim, Red River district,
has ceased.
Tom Smith, geologist, has expressed
the opinion that the Klondike mine at
Elizabethtown, operated by Chas. J.
Dold, is destined to cut the mother lode
of that camp, from whence the rich
placers fields there derive their gold.
The Hanover mine at Hanover has
suspended operations for the present.
The term of the present lease expires
next month and the present leasers would
be forced to do q vast amount of devel.
opment before producing more ore.
This they. refuse to do without all ex-
tension Of their lease. About so miners
are thrown out OF employment. It is
not known whether the owners will
work the property OF a new lease be