Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-08
RED RIVER ORES
. Mining District in Taos County
Which Draws Capital from
Colorado.
MANY SURFACE PRODUCERS
Black Copper Company Has Put In Steam
Machinery-The Confidence Mill Doing
Much Work for Various Mines
Of Red River.

Among the gold properties of valu
in the Red River district in Taos coun
ty, N. M, is the Commodore, which lie
just west of the Iron Dyke, a 36-foo
lead of sulphide ores, on Gold hill. TIL
Commodore has a large vein between
schist and syenite walls, and gives re
turns of SO gold, 2 per cent copper.
tunnel has been started to cut the veil
at 1000 feet depth. This property i
owned by Messrs. Riff & Nolan. as i
also the Red Bandana adjoining it. TIL
same gentlemen have a group of golt
claims on Goose creek, the Gold Band
the Nellie and the Maggie, assayinl
from $40 to $4S per ton in gold.
Towards the northwest Of this groul
Ed Westoboy has several claims from
which gold can be panned freely. In tn,
same vicinity are the Stella, the Dead
wood, the Golden Treasure, a rich fret
gold proposition, and the Jayhawl
group, which consists of three patent.
ed claims, the Alpine, the Jayhawk ant
the National, and two unpatented, thu
Buena Vista and the Palo Alto. Some
800 feet Of developments have beer
made on this group in tunnels anG
shafts. They have strong veins, which
will run from IS to $25 in gold. A test
of $50 pounds gave a value per ton OF
$126 in gold. The ore on the dump, about
100 tons, will be hauled to the Conf
dence mill for treatment.
Up Pioneer gulch an 80O-foot tunnel
has been run towards the vein on the
Inferno. The Belle lode on the same
gulch has an S-foot vein, which gives re-
turns of SIS to $13 gold, and is opening a
tunnel 100 feet. The Starry Banner has
a 2-foot vein, which pans freely, opened
by one 50-foot tunnel and two others.
On Tenderfoot gulch the Oldfat No. 1
and No. 2 have 200 feet of development
on free milling veins.
The Willard, about a mile above town,
is n of the good propositions of the
district. 1t has a 5-foot vein carrying
free gold, and averages Sc gold per ton.
1t lis the property of Compton, Westoby
& Hedges.
On the head of the Columbine Messrs.
Endennen and Pugh are working on the
Northview, a good copper lead.
At the mouth of Pioneer gulch is the
Tomboy, the property of the Augustine
brothers, who have driven a tunnel 24O
feet, and expect to have the vein in
about 30 feet more, at $50 feet depth.
The Tomboy carries gold, and has yield
ed some high assays, and nuggets of
gold of considerable value have been
taken from the vein.
The Black Copper, at the head of Red
river, has just put in a steam hosting
plant and pump. The shaft is down $50
feet, and will be sunk continuously un-
til a depth of 300 feet is reached. 1t is
the property of the Taos Gold Mining
and Milling Company. Ore assaying as
high as $780, 900 per ton has been pro-
iuced from the mine. The management
Is having a test run Of twenty-five
IONS made on the Confidence mill.
The owners of the Ragged Pants Dick
nine have made arrangements to have
heir ore treated at the Confidence mill.
they have driven a tunnel rs feet on the
vein. "A cross-cut at that depth shows
2 feet of vein matter, with 80 feet of
overhead. An 18-inch streak
lext to the hanging wall has given as
lays as high as 500. Mill returns from
his streak gave an average Of $40 per
ON. Another streak of IA inches pans
,old freely, and will I'll about $40 per
on. This property is situated on Road
.anon, about a half mile above the
ownsite. It's owners are r. w. Penn
md T. A. Nilsson.
Bitter creek is the scene of more ac-
ivity this eason than any part of the
The Utica, owned by Lindsay
I Kelley, has a big body of sulphide ore
sarrying values of from 81 to $22 in gold.
Work has been carried on continuously
this property since January l. An
'ther property on which considerable
evelopment Us being done is the Lillian.
tunnel is being run here which is now
n 800 feet. The Two Sisters, the prop |
rty Of Hatton brothers, has a tunnel
feet on the vein in a large body Of
ich sulphide ores. w. w. Cloudy is at
York on a. group of five claims, which
i've assays of from So to $50. He has
90 feet Of development on quartz in
eads from 8 to IL feet wide between
orphyry and granite walls. Uncle Jim
~ Garland is driving a tunnel on the
which gives him $40 assays.
he Uncle Sam group has a 223-foot
lnnel, and shows some good ore. The
'amasari tunnel Is in $50 feet, covering
he same lead as the Camasari No. 2,
nd the Garfbaldi Nos. 1 and 2. The
lad is the same that is opened adjoin-
lg these claims above on the Leader.
t so feet under cover ne struck the
Dot wall Of the lead, and has cut
solid quartz 17h feet, with no
as yet Of the hanging wall. The
elm gives assays from $3.50 to 1870.
re from the surface, which is thought
, be from the hanging wall, has given
ssays of $S4O and $437, With the pres
development the mine can furnish
tons of ore a day and 1t Is
alculated that they will cut through
bout twenty feet nor before reaching
lie hanging wall.
BY making two and a half miles Of
BAD the ore car be taken to the Conf
ence mill in a haul Of nine miles. The
lne Bug Is a patented property, owned
Y Ed. Hatton, and lying across the
ulch from the Leader. 1t shows a vein
,rty feet wide on the surface, and will
I've a general average Of 81. It lie
pened by a shaft IS feet, with a drift
: IS feet. Just above the Leader and
lne Bug is the Memphis, the property