Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-27

The famous old Aztec mine at Eliza
| bethtowr, is running on large scale
About 80 men are employed, and the
stamp mill is busy turning out the gold
bricks.
Mcintyre & Davis, the lessees of the
Bob Tail mine, near Elizabethtown,
have made an encouraging strike of ore
running from Sl2 to S25 per ton. Two
veins have been opened, the smaller one
showing free gold.
ID. IL. Argue, Of the Moreno Placer
Mining company at Elizabethtown, has
begun operations preparatory to an ex-
tensive working of the placers this sum
mer.
The Inferno tunnel is now in over 600
feet, and another excellent vein of ore
has been cut.
The Midnight mine located between
Red River and La Belle, which has over
900 feet of workings, but which was shut
down about year ago owing to bicker-
ings among the owners, is to be opened
up. The property is owned by Mark
Hanna and other Cleveland, o., CAPT
talists.
The Edison mine near Red River, is
preparing for big business this season.
Their new mill is about ready to start,
and lots of ore is now in readiness to- be
treated. The ore of this mine is por-
phyritic quartz, with a pay streak al
most foot wide. Nearly 1000 feet of
development work has been done on the
property.
The mining bureau spoken of several
weeks ago has been opened at Eliza
bethtown. In connection with it there
is museum of ores and other minerals.
The management of the Black Copper
mine will resume operations May /.
Henry Sherer has sunk 1O0-foot
shaft into the Indiana and is piling up
ore for treatment at the Confidence mill
John Wiswell, of Columbus, Kansas,
will put into shape and start up the
Hcmatite mill.
The Senate Bobtai mine furnished
ore worth 500 a ton to the Legal Tender
mill.
Three shifts are working on the
American Flag and ali the necessary
improvements have been made to make
it one of the best propositions in camp.
Placer mining is in progress in the
Moreno valley. There is plenty of
water and good season is expected.
HILLSBORO DISTRICT.
Bevan & Murray have leased the
Illinois at Kingston.
A strike of $130 ore has been made on
the Sherman.
A very rich strike in copper has been
made at Animas Apex.
The night crew at the Hibernan
struck pocket of free gold worth $255.
Four additional dry washer machines
were set at work at Hilsboro, making
20 machines used in the district.
Extensive development work is to be
begun on the Black Marie mine, which
is on the same lead as the famous Bridal
Chamber. The outcroppings yield II
ounces in silver and 81 per cent manga
'nese. The vein is IL feet wide and has
been traced for 600 feet.
Kingston is booming The Gypsy.
Brush Heap, Illinois and Cumberland
mines are all producing largely, and the
Gypsy mill is running night and day and
can not fill half the orders.
The output of gold ore for the week
ending April 10 was 2S5 tons, or 4 4,42o
tons since January /.
A 16-inch vein of $170 ore was un-
.,a pt haI n nf tbn ninno nf thn fSn1I-
en- Era group.
The owners of the Mastodon and Amer
lean mines are going to patent.
Robert Scott has sold his mine for
$2,7OO to Arizona parties.
Messrs. Welch & Nickle are grinding
up 30 tons of ore per day at the big
Porter mill and are making an average
saving of 80 per cent.
John L. Mclaughlin has bought from
William Cooper for 81, 800 half interest
in the Sheridan.
A Colorado company is negotiating
for the purchase of the Golden Era
group.
SANTA RITA.
Gilchrist & Dawson have purchased
wenty-four-one-hu interest in
over. This property is one of the rich
est copper producers in the west.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron company
has increased its daily shipments of iron
ore to the Pueblo smelters to 100 tons.
Another shipper sends 100 tons daily. 1t
is made direct into iron, and not used