El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21
THE LONGVIEW MINE
A Rich Mine, Formerly the Long,
fellow. Abandoned Long Ago
and Now ReODened.

ana NOW AcOpencO.
Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
ALGoDoNEs, N. M. Oct. 18.-Fol.
lowing lie the prospectus of the Longfel-
low mine, now the Longvfew:
The Cedar Canon Copper Company
Ia Incorporated under the laws of the
territory Of New Mexico. None of the
capital of the company has been issued.
All of the stock of the company is own
ed and controlled by two members of
the incorporation. The property own
ed by the company consists of one
mining claim, 1900 feet long by 600
feet wide. 1t is situated In Cedar
of Barnalillo and territory of New
Mexico, is one and q quarter miles
south east of the town of Tijeras aud
sixteen miles east of Albuquerque.
Albuquerque is the nearest railroad
and supply point. The road to and from
the mine is an A l road. both winter
summer. This mine WAS discovered
Frenchman named Tone, VINO reduced
the ore mined by him to matte in a
small adobe, about one mile from the
mine. Part of the metal be used in
casting many of the church bells in
use in the small towns adjacent to the
mine. The remainder he shipped east
by pack train. Tone was forced to
abandon the mine and leave the coun-
try through having difficulties with
the Mexicans. Afte- rem naming idle
for q short time, the mine was worked
by Spauiard from the state of Chi
huahua Mexico, named Jose Maris
Seuanvae, who shipped some of his ores
East, but the most of it he shipped to
chihuahua Mexico.
In 1863 the niue was in the hands of
John Dold (now deceased), q merchant
of Las Vegas, who opened the mine by
sinking shaft few feet from the
surface, his workmen encountered
large body of copper glance, which was
left standing, except that removed for
the shaft room.
Dold shipped several OK team loads
of ore to Kansas City, thence to Balti-
more, Nd, to Pope and Cole, the gold
In the ore alone paying all cost OF pro-
duction, transportation and treatment.
The last shipment was three six mule
team loads to Kit Karson, thence to
Newark. N. J. This shipment netted
a profit of $4,000. AT this time Dold's
foreman reported to him that he then
had four feet of ore standing in the
bottom of the shaft, being about eight
inches OF copper glance. balance q
yellow and red oxide and argentite ore.
The difficulties encountered at this
early date in transportation coupled
with other business interests, requir-
ing his undivided attention, compelled
Dold to close the mine, and the title to
the property again lapsed to the gov
ernment. in 1892 the property was
again taken hold of and under contract
the old shaft was cleaned out and re-
timbered to the bottom. The body of
ore which was left stunding in 1863
was taken out besides some standing in
the bottom. A part of this ore was
treated at San Pedro and the balance
sacked and shipped east. An epidemic
of smallpox forced the closing of the
mine again.
The large chamber in the mine
known as thenortn drift, was m ade by
the removal of the copper glance above
referred to. In the bottom of this drift
and to the east side will now be found
4 inches of copper glance, increasing
little in width as it is followed to the
forth and down. To the west at this
point shows the yellow and red oxide
showing in deposits more or less in the
lime. The ore from several assays
shows from 15 to 46 per cent copper,
from 81 SO to $50 in gold aud Is to %
or silver per ton. The mine is
proposition. In close proximi-
ty to the shaft are several SIN all shafts
and inclines from SO to Is feet in
depth and from most of which
good bodies of rich ore
have been taken. In 1891 and '92
work was again commenced under con-
tract upon the mine, the tim bering in
the shaft repaired, and the shaft clean
ed to within five or six feet OF the bot
tom. In the mean time the contractors
had gathered from the different dumps
all of what had lain all the past years
as refuse ore, and sold it at $50 per ton
to the company at San Pedro. AS this
paid them better than completing their
contract, they skipped. Since that
time nothing of Importance has been
done, aside from the annual work re-
nuired hv the goYarnment to preserve