Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-01-27
HILLSBORO MINING DISTRICT.
An Etome Of It's Past Gores As Productive Mineral Area and
Resume of Present Development.

The Garfield is operated through "a As
foot tunnel and number of sma
shafts have been sunk on the claims
The vein varies from four to seven fee
in width and contains pay strea
which returns $50 per ton. The prod
uct is shipped regularly to the smelter
in FL Paso and Silver City. The Gar
field is one of the Oldest finds in TIN
camp and was rich from the gras
roots.
Mr.. Bucher and others have secured
a lease and bond on the Eighty five
which is considered among the mos
prominent mines in the camp. The Nil
waukee & HilIsboro Mining Compan,
Owns the property.
The Eureka claim, situated above Sht
| Bobtail on the same rich vein, is operat
ed by Il. II. Hopper and J. T. Chapman
A large body of low grade ore has beer
opened and the drift is being run towart
the rich ore zone. Three men are now
working on the mine and about Is tons
of ore are on the dump ready for Ship
ment.
The Bell mine. which is the south eX-
tension of the Richmond. is developed
by an upper tunnel which is in 100 feet.
lower tunnel, in $50 feet and 5O-foot
shaft. The vein is eight feet in width
and carries pay streak which varies
from six inches to one foot in width
The values range from $40 to $40 per
ton. Sheriff Max kaher, County Clerk
Thomas Hall and Alloys PrciSSer own
and operate the property.
The Caledonian and Ilibcrnian claims.
owned by Hopewell, Saint & Weaver
are worked through tunnel which ex-
poses 300 feet of the vein. The pay
streak is one foot wide aud carries values
of $50 per ton.
The, Red Mountain claim, owned bv
Hopewell & McAfec, is located OH the
famous Snake vein. A tunnel is 60 feet
and there are 100 feet of drifts on the
vein A 200 foot shaft has also been
sunk on the vein. The vein shows a
one foot pay streak which returns SIG
per ton.
Barney Martin is owner of the Cham
pion group which is developed by a 400
foot tunnel. Two cars of ore per month
are shipped to the Ell Paso smcltcr from
the mine. The vein shows a six inch
pay streak which return $40 per ton,
Lack Of water has resulted in the
of the Jersey Lilly claim
owned by S. f. Keller and $. W. San
ders. A 60 foot shaft has been sunk on
the property. disclosing five inch
streak of $50 ore.
j. W. Stuck is owner of the Printer
Boy claim at Andrews, which is de-
veloped by 400 foot tunnel. The vein
is four feet wide and carries an eight
inch pay streak of $40 ore.
The Iron Blossom mine. located one
and one half miles north of Anmas Peak,
is owned by Alloys Preisser. of Hills
boro. A 220 foot shaft and 200 feet of
drifts constitute the development work
on the property. The vein is 1S feet
wide. Originally the ore values were in
iron and 1000 tons of the product was
shipped to the smelters. In following
the lead, gold, silver and lead carbon
ate ores were developed. The vein mat
ter is broken and occurs at the contact
Of the line and property Mr. Presser
is a geologist, practical miner and
politician. He was at one
time assessor of Sierra county and is
now a candidate for membership on the
territorial board of equalization.
j. +. M.