Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-08-25
NEW MEXICO MINES
DONA N COUNTY.

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and run a tunnel on the w. j. Bryan
group at Organ. He struck a good
body of coarse galena ore, and has
plenty of water at hand.
w. B. Hayden, of Rincon, has pur-
chased the entire interest in the King
mine, an extension of the Memphis, at
Organ. He will m work at
once.
Robert Martin has re~discovered a ga
lena mine on the San Andreas noun
tains that runs 80 per cent lead and a
large per cent of silver, with traces of
copper and gold. There are several
very old workings on the mine, and the
early prospectors had evidently been
driven out by Indians. Two car loads
of ore is on the dump.
L. H. Davis, of Ell Paso, has pur-
chased the Dewey and Sampson mining
| claims in the San Andreas mountains
and made arrangements to commence
work.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
The Buckeye company, in Water cam
on, will place a pump to remove the
surplus water which they encountered
in their shaft.
the Iron group of mines in Water canon.
The Cat Mountain Mining and Milling
Company has disclosed wonderful
quantities of free milling low-grade
collaborating ore veins on Cat noun
tain. Three veins running parallel and
very close together, measuring II, s and
6 feet respectively, have been found.
The ore averages IS in gold. The COM
pany has expended w $4,000 in
| shafts, tunnels, drifts and other sys-
tematic work, blocking out and leaving
in sight over $4,000 tons of ore, and
with a depth of only 100 feet. The com
pany consists of Detroit capitalists.
The Timber Peak company has re-
sumed work on Water canon. They are
not only running their mill, but also
shipping a car load Of ore a day.
The w. H. Martin company, of the
Rosedale district, is making many i'm
provements at its mines, stamp mill and
pan mill.
COCHITI MINING NEWS.
A one-tenth interest in the Hopewell
mine has been sold by Frank E. John
son, of Albuquerque, to Rev. P. A.
Simpkin, of Gallup.
A two-shift force has resumed work
On the Giant under the supervision of
James D. May. Rock is being broken in
the drift at the bottom of the shaft,
which will be continued until the lead
is reached.
GRANT COUNTY.
The work of sinking the Gillette and
Thayer shafts at Pinos Altos is pro-
crossing f%avorably, both shafts being
more than 700 feet deep.
The rumor that Dimmick Bros. had
sold their mine at Pinos Altos to east
ern capitalists for $25O,0O is declared
to be without foundation.
Operations on the Gopher at Pinos
Altos have been resumed by F. j. Da-
wilson after shutdown caused by bad
air.
Samuel Meeks is pushing work on the
Arizona at Pinos Altos, with the inten-
ton of tapping the main lead Of the
Pinos Altos Gold Mining Company's
group Of mines.
The Atlantic mines, under the super
vision of Walter Brands, at Pinos AL
tos, are having a number of mill runs
on ore taken out in development work.
Daily shipments are being made from
the San Simon mine at STEMS pass,
owned by Kingdom, William & Berry.
Wyman, Corbett & Brandt are also
making daily shipments from their
Granite Gap mines at STEMS pass. Elk
%tensive tunneling is being done on the
mine.
Harlan, Hinkley & Horstman, own-
ers of the 8 H property at Carlisle, are
running a drift for the purpose of de-
termining the width of the ore body in
which they have been working for some
time past. They have already gone 50
feet, and are still in ore which runs $40
to $40 a ton in silver and gold.
The plant originally put up by the
Steeple Rock Development Company at
Carlisle failed to treat the ore satisfac-
torily, and the size of the cyanide plant
Is now being increased.
Eighteen men are now working on the |
Mineral Point Company's zinc mines
near Hanover, and 200 tons of ore are
shipped every month to the company's
works at Mineral Point, Wis.
Shipments have begun from the Rat
tier mine at Hanover. Eight men work
on the mine. The ore runs over SO in
gold, and also contains considerable sill
yer.
The shaft on the Hanover annex has
reached a depth of 81 feet'of the 100 feet
is to be sunk. Five men are working
on the shaft. The ore is neutral, and
about Is per cent excess iron.
Six men have been employed to do
work on the xxx, Notion,
Copper, George and Hunter group at
Hanover. "A shaft, winze and drift are
the principal operations at present. The
shaft has been sunk 40 feet of the 100
feet it is to be sunk. The Wine has |
a depth of IS feet, while the
drift has been driven about IS feet. The
ore averages Is per cent copper.
Eight men are at work pumping out
he Arson s, and every preparation is
being made to resume werk on that
mine.