Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-13
NEW MEXICO MINES
TAOS COUNTY.

Penn & Logan are working the Rag
ged Pants Dick claims in Road canyon
they have ~ feet of tunnel. The ore
carries gold, silver and copper.
John Fair and William Courrant have
commenced work on the Mckinley. 1t
assays from $3.50 to $40 per ton on the
lsurface.
Joshua Dillon is taking fine ore out
of the Leader. He cut the lead at a
depth of 50 feet.
The Copper Hill Mining Company will
patent it's entire group of claims this
month.
Gerson Gusdorf will commence work
on his Gold Hill properties in few
weeks.
OTERO COUNTY.
The Last Hope, a fraction claim
owned by Currant & Yeager, is show
ing up good ore from 45-foot shaft. 1t
assays over $45 in gold.
The Plainview claim, owned by H. A.
Connor and s. p. Smith, is down 30 feet
with shaft, and the ore assays SO per
cent lead, 13 ounces silver, 3k per cent
lime, 81 per cent iron and 20 per cent
silcate.
Taylor B. Lewis and C. F. Dunn have
secured the contract for 100 feet Of con-
tract on the Three Friends mine. At a
depth of 2S feet they have taken out
some good copper ore.
Charles O'Neill has secured the con-
tract for 100 feet of development work
on The Pass and Over the Hill claims,
recently bonded by Ell Paso people.
An important strike was made on the
Mamie Baird few days ago.
BLAND.
| Charles Graves has secured the con-
tract to sink 5O-foot shaft on the new
lead recently discovered on the Wash
ington mine.
Charles Pilkey has twenty-five In
dians employed on the new road from
Chihuahua to Cola canyon.
The Cochiti Gold and Improvement
Company has let a contract to William
Griffin to erect building at Allerton to
serve as an assay department, chemical
department and company office.
A. Smith has been awarded the con-
tract to furnish the poles for the electric
line from Madrid to Cochiti, distance
of thirty-five miles. Work on erecting
| the poles has been commenced.
| DONA ANA COUNTY.
| Green Crawford paid $1,50O for bond
on mine owned by John Patrick and
Daniel Price, in the San Andreas noun
tains.
GRANT COUNTY.
Rufus Bennett is working force of
J men on the Bennett group of mines on
the north side of Hanover peak. The
properties are worked under bond and
lease.
The option on Frank Bells Philadel-
phia property will soon expire.
The Rattler people are having trouble
with foul air. Pipes and blowers will
be introduced to remedy the evil.
John MCGEE is working on a zinc
proposition near Shinge canyon.
J. K. White, Of Colorado Springs, has
staked off a claim at Hanover, and will
work it.
A hoist has been erected at the Bra
gaw-Potter group.
| Captain Porter will sink shaft near
the Hanover mine line.
Thomas Madden is sorting out metal
from the Stag dump of the old Magru-
der smelter.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
will erect large adobe house for the
| accommodation of it's employees.
| Several new claims have been staked
off on the Burro mountains. Wiley &
poets, yielding fair returns in gold, cop
per and silver.
The burning of the hosting appartus
at the Last Chance has compelled that
mine to close down for several weeks.
At Malone George Dickerson struck a
big vein of ore running SIS gold per ton.
Herbert Martyr is shipping high
grade copper ore from his mine near the
Azure turquoise mines.
S. p. Smith has made rich find on
l a
run 1S to IS per cent copper, and pam
nings show up coarse gold running $50
to $50 gold per ton.
The boiler, engine and pumps on the
Anson S. at Hanover are being over
hauled.
| Gilchrist & Dawson are working two
shifts on their Jim Thayer copper lease.
Work on Hanover No. 2 has been COM
menced, and several ore shipments have
already been made.
The Eighty Six, owned by the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company, is turning
out large quantities of high-grade iron
ore.
George H. Bell is tearing up the
ground near Shingle canyon. He has
zinc and lead claims.
John Riggs, janitor Of the public
schools of Silver City, has located a
promising mining claim at Central.
Roach & Ashton are employing thirty
men on their Romero lease. They are
also working small force Of men on
their groups at Ernest station.
SIERRA COUNTY.
The vast volume Of water being
pumped out Of the Opportunity mine is
being used for irrigation purposes by
farmers around the mine property.
The Summit mine is new producer
In the Hillsboro district.
Three additional leasing crews have
lbeen put to work on the Snake mine.
1.-TWO crews have been put upon the
Richmond mine.
"A big shipment of rich copper sui
phide gold ore was made last week from