Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-01-27
Hillsboro Mining District.


The petition has SO signatures.
At Crane the report is in circulation
that the Rouse Bros. recently made {
four foot vein of ore being opened whicl
returns 30 per cent copper and SIS tt
$50 in gold.
| j. H. Crane is the owner of ten claims
in the Las Animas dist..vt on which he
is doing the assessment work. They are
| known as the Black Peas group and are
said to be exceptionally good properties.
Mr.. Crane contemplates disposing OF
them to Senator Andrews
One of the largest schemes which was
ever started in the Hillsboro district,
was the endeavor of the Mesa del Orc
Company to work the big placer fields
north of IIillsboro. While the efforts of
the company have not been crowned
with success, it has by no means given
up. The assessment work for 1899 has
been done on the property and if the
original plans of the company are ever
carried out, million dollar plant will
be installed for handling the auriferous
gravel of the region. The principal
drawback to the success of the scheme
is a lack of water 1t will be necessary
to dam the Animas river and construct
a pipe line distance of - miles in or.
der to secure a water supply and force
for hydraulics. The dam will be the
most expensive portion of the necessary
innovations, for it cannot be construct
ed for less than $4,000. A pipe line
is absolutely Indispensable, for the
evaporation and seepage in tluming
water distance of T. miles in that
when it reached the placers. Mr..
Parish, noted mining expert of Den.
yer, made a thorough examination of
the ground, spending about $4,000 in
his Investigations. His report showed
that from series of holes sunk across
the ground, values were obtained of
$1.75 per cubic yard on the high bench
lands, and the values gradually lessen
ing as the little hills were left. Some
of the ground is exceptionally rich,
from SIS to $50 per yard. Dur
ing the past Is years the Mexican popu-
lation of the neighborhood has worked
sections of the property by dry washers
and by hauling the dirt in wagons to
they sometimes pick up nuggets of gold
of considerable size. During 1898, 55
Mexicans were working on the ground.
capitalists are back of the
scheme and the main Office of the com
pany is located in Pittsburg, Pa. H.
c. Townes is president, w. c. Townes
vice president and r. H. Given secre
tary and treasurer of the company.
The Townes brothers are interested in
the Carey Iron furnaces in Pittsburg
and Mr.. Given is lresident of the
Farmers and Merchants National bank.
The ground controlled by the company
in placer fields, ditch rights, water
rights, dam sites, dump ground, etc,
aggregates 5000 acres, 3,764 acres be-
ing the area designated for patent. The
dam sites and dump ground are owned
by the company in fee simple.
Above the placer grounds are located
immense deposits of hard cement which |
run from $75 to $25 per ton. The Mex
can population blast, crush and work
,he ground with dry washers, making
good wages from their efforts. Here is
IN opportunity for some one with plenty
If capital to engineer scheme which
would rival the big operation of English
in the Whtewaters sand dis
rict in South Africa.
The Rex mine owned by George Robin
md Stephen Masie, is operated through
70 foot and 100 foot tunnels. The ship
nents average one car per month and
he values are about ounce in gold, 30
unces in silver and 40 per cent lead.
The Centlpede, which is operated by
ieorge b. Jones, has several thousand
ons of low grade ore on the dump ready
or treatment. The vein is feet wide.
md the values average $50 in gold and IL
yer cent copper. A 500 foot tunnel and
90 foot shaft constitute the develop
nent work on the property.
Ono of the old time successful pro-
lucers is the Good Hope. which was dis
overed and worked by r. C. Troeger.
The mine is owned by the Bonanza
lining company, composed of st. Louis
capitalists. 1t was a steady producer for
light years, during which time from 80
0 40 men were constantly carried on the
,ay roll, and $250,000 in dividends were
eclared. The property was closed in
S95 because the st. Louis stockholders
lid not want to do additional develop
nent work and pay for it from the treas
Try and their ideas were at variance
With the views held by the manager.
dr. Troeger is said to be one of the finest
managers in the country and when the
property was closed the company was
rec from debt and had money in the
reasury. As an evidence of the value
# the ground, leasers have offered as
Ugh as 80 per cent royalty for the privi-
ege Of working portions of the mine and
we're refused. The workings of the
property consist of three tunnels, the
lpper one being driven the entire length
# the claims, the second tunnel dis
ance of claim and half and the lower
nnnel distance of 1000 feet.
The American claim. which is the
vest extension of the Bonanza, is oper-
ted through 1OO-foot double com
,artment shaft. AT the bottom a four
nch vein of $40 ore is shown. Too
much water and no pumping machinery
the temporary suspension of
work.. Minneapolis people formerly
the operations and Judge +.
". Parker, o. Hillsboro. now has con-
rol.
The Mastodon, which is the eastern
extension Of the Bonanza, has been
'pened by $40 foot tunnel and several
mall shafts. The rproperty was held
Ormerly under bond and lease by f. F.
chapman, but is owned by Judge r.
". Parker and P. E. Bennet, editor of
he Hillsboro Advocate. There is con-
iderable high grade and large bodies of
ow grade ore in sight.
The X. X. mine, located two miles
rom Hillsboro, is operated ON lease and
,ond by Webster, Larson Il Wheeler.
fhe development work consists of three
90 foot shafts and some drifting. 1t is
! paying mine and steady producer.
Fhe pay streak, which is six inches
vide, runs $75 per ton. One foot of the
ale, which encloses the rich ore, returns
'20 per ton.
The Garfield e. Butler claims have