Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-26
Boy mine with a force of twenty-eight

Boy mine with force of twenty-eight
men.
The Robins & Crewe lease on the
Snake netted the owners $4,000 last
month, and the Crumrine mine on the
same property enriched its owners 81, 800
the same month.
The Butler is running 500-foot tun-
mel on its newly discovered vein,
About 800 tons of ore are blocked out
on the Bull of the Woods, and ready to
mine.
Sierra County miners speak of organ
izing force of rangers to prevent ore
stealing, which is being made practice
of at the mines.
The K. X. mine has let a contract to
sink its main shaft to depth of 700
feet.
The Percha Mill Company the other
day shipped a $500 gold brick to the
refinery.
Major Llewellyn let a contract for
1000 feet of development work on the
Eighty-three mine.
Rich strikes have been made in the
Happy Jack and Sheridan mines.
John w. Brooks will etart up i4is rich
group of gold and copper properties.
GRANT COUNTY.
j. Schlosser, who owns the Humboldt
mine, made a discovery of high grade
copper ore on his property at Hanover
ha linz u,;tl h.
iron ore bodies worked by the Colorado
Coal, Iron and Fuel Company in ad-
joining mines.
DR.. j. T. Reed, of Cripple Creek, has
commenced work upon the Rather mine
north of the Hanover mines.
The work of pumping out the Han
over mine is progressing favorably, and
before many weeks the mine will again
be a producer.
Night and day shifts are working on
the Bragaw-Potter mines.
The Johnny Bull company was or
ganized in New York to operate the
copper mines at STEMS pass, Grant
county. The stock of the company is
100000, and the incorporators are J.
G. Henry, A. c. Lassen, w. P. Eager,
w. Fl. Williams, all of New York
SOCORRo COUNTY.
The Bell Hanna mine at Rosedale
sent three car loads of ore to the Kelly
smelter. The result demonstrated that
the mine can be worked at profit.
Senator Hugh H. Price has resigned
the superintendency of the Helen Min
ing Company, operating at Mogollon.
New machinery has been ordered for
the Last Chance mill at Mogollon.
OTERO COUNTY.
At Gray camp several good properties
of gold, copper and lead have been To-
Gated.
The coal company at Gray is making
large developments on it's property An
extensive pipe line is being built to fur
nish water to the mines. The coal vein
crops out on the surface, and slopes
are being driven in on those groupings
at an incline of about 1872 degrees The
company is putting down air shafts at
various points along the deposit, and
preparing for active business.
The coal is splendidly adapted for cox
ing, and extensive ovens will be con-
structed this summer.
The vein at the Leah Fl mine in Tula-
rosa canyon is fully feet in width, and
carries 30 per cent copper and an irreg-
ular pay streak which runs Is to 80 per
cent copper. The lead is the one which
Colonel Fountain was looking for, and
for which he organized a stock COM
pany in 1882. The colonel was unsuc-
cessful in his attempt to find the lead.
w. E. Huelitt discovered the vein six
teen years later. Sinking will be COM
menced at once. A stock company may
be organized to work the mine on a
large scale. Prospectors are rushing to
the district in the hope of finding bo-
nanZas.
COLFAX COUNTY.
The Blue Bandana shaft at Eliza
bethtown is down 435 feet.
The ore at Michael Cawley's Iron
Mask Is showing free gold in goodly
quantities. The mine is furnishing ore
to the Red Bandana mill from four
foot blanket lying only six feet below
the surface.
The Confidence mill at Elizabethtown
is nearing completion.
The Taos Mining Company is putting
in a steam hoist, pump and drill at the
Black Copper mine near Elizabethtown.
The shaft is down $50 feet
Messrs Juehlke and Richie are plac-
er mining in Humbug gulch.
The Smithfield company has just been
in Pittsburg to operate the
Sanate Rnhfail prnlIn.