Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-07-22

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I company OF Wisconsin has been
through its agent William Swancaat.
I operating for years at Hanover. yet
50 quietly have the sfTairs II ,he com
E Iany BEEN managed that few outside
Z az the charmed cirele have had Tire
I fainEest idea 81 the magnitude Of the
I operations Many carloads ef the ore
have been shipped east from the
mines and all OF il was high grade
I zine ore. In the Carpenter district on
+ the western SLOPE OF the Black range
4 or Mimbres mountains. are located
some of the richest as well as some "
the most extensive deposits OF the
I mineral 10 be found anywhere. but
I those vast fields have been worked
( only in desnltoFy way. South Of tar
penter district occur other large de-
Iosits of zinc which only await the
coming of some energetic men with
cupital 10 become as profitable as gold
I mines. As soon as roads are built TO
! those deposits 80 soon those mines
VIII pay handsomely. Across the
range east of Hanover aud towards
/ Georgetown exists zine ore in immeas-
urable quantities and last year $50
600 worth of ore was shipped from a
single one OF the mines located there.
Now that the Hanover railroad is be-
ing extended up the Hanover gulch.
many OF these ore deposits win be de-
veloped. especially since zinc has adj
yanced from $50 10 SD per ton and
there Is practically an unlimited de-
mand for IL, the zinc mines In the
country being few
Hanover and Bland vie with each
other the honor OF being the most
prosperous mining camps ia New Mex
leo AT present, although Santa Rita.
Elizabethfowu and Jicarillas might
also lay claim 10 that distinction. AT
Hanover there are at present l.5DO
men and very few women. The Col
orado Fuel and Iron company AZ Han
over employs only Mexican labor. as
little il any mining knowledge is re-
quired By the wOrkrnen. the entire
mountain side being quarried from
Openings innumeTable along the inn
mefIsa vein. A considerable force Of
miners is kept at work breaking ore
and such is the ease with which the
ore Is extracted that as soon as the
railway reaches the mines q trainIoad
or ore may be sent every day. There
are many mines at Hanover that can
be purchased at ridicuiGusly low TO-
ures. considering the amount Of ore I'm
sight. Were Hanover situated I'm col
oradO, 10000 to 10000 people would he
living there. ana the gulch would ba
lined with big smelling plants and
Iron works. About two and a half
miles from Hanover are situated some
OF the richest iron and manganese ore
deposits In the southwest They have
been worked spasmodically for MANY
4 years. but difficulty Of access and cost
or transportation have thus far pre-
I vented extensive development At
I Shingle canon thousands Of tons Of ore
( are corded up on the dumps. The cafnD
/ Is bountifully supplied with timber
and water is found anywhere In the
guleh at depth of ten to twenty feet.
/ Adjoining the mines of the Colorado
+ Fuel and Iron company n new town
f called Dewey has been laid ont. The
new town is on the line of the new
/ railroad being built and IS surrounded
/ by immense deposits Of ore. Water
works are already projected and the
owners OF the townsits intend IN
make the new town the model mining
camp Of the southwest.
/ ii. G. Meyers has made an innort.
ant gold discovery near I.ordsbure
and there has been a rush To locate
/ claims. The gold fever AT portaI1-
/ has not wanPd as yet. and over -
claims have been staked. The natural
indications, however. are all against
gold existing in any large quantities
at POrtales.
several Important copper finds were
made four miles from Santa 20 and
now the nearby hills swarm with MOS
pectors. If the new discoveries arc
what j. G. Schumann and other min
ing men Interested In the find claim
them to be, Santa Fe win hive a
fiourlshing mining camp az a enhrrI,
very soon. It has been known for
years that the mountains Immediately
surrounding Santa Fe contained - ~.
mehse bodies of copper and other nre
OUT none or Ii assays over q nor esnt
/ copper. The ore Is easy to get M ami
thefe exists ample facilities for min
ing and transporting tile ore. aud n .
start is soon made In developiuo tho
surrounding ore deposits there win he
an astonishing growth.
a ten-inch streak Of almost pura ca.
lena was struck on the left fort Of
the Red river. VI
Inc Whale mine, recently SOLD IN
Montana parties, is shipping gold and
copper ore. and the prDsuectors AFRO ~,
the ground making new IocgtIons .ni
startihs development in that district
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