Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-21

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in Denver and it is largely due to his
experience and management that the
plant has made a success.
LARGEST MILL IN NEW MENICO.
The new mill of the Timber Peak
Mining company located at Water
Canon, 20 miles from Socorro, will be
ready for operation by April first. The
starting of the mill means much to the
town of Socorro, for it is the %forerunner
of several new milling plants and means
the active Development of the Magdalena
mountain mineral resources. 1t has
long been known that there is worlds OF
low grade ore in the Water Canon re-
gion, but before the beginning of work
by this company, the camp has been
practically dead for IL long time. The
property owned and operated by the
Timber Peak company was first located
in 1894 by j. L. and l.. X. Terry. They
worked it by an arastra and the ore
gave average values of IS per ton from
the grass roots to a depth of 100 feet.
The present company has control of
26 claims and the development work
consists of 1000 feet Of shafts and
tunnels. In one place. the ore body is
exposed for a distance of 100 feet and it
is not known how much wider it is.
The operators call it "a mountain of
ore" Several high grade ore streaks
cut the main body but these will not be
considered in the future operations for
the whole mass will be literally quarried.
The ''bank blasting system will be
adopted in mining. Shafts are to be
sunk rs feet and small cross cuts run in
| which will be placed from 5000 to TO-
600 pounds of powder for each shot.
The blast will raise 5000 tons of ore.
1t is figured that the cost of mining will
not exceed 20 cents per ton. After
blasting the ore, it will be shoveled into
a derrick scoop and swung into cars of
five tons capacity.
The ore is porphyritic in character and
the major portion of the values are
found in the iron sulphides. Where
the ore is decompoSed or oXydized, free
gold is frequently found.
Captain Scott, a Denver millwright.
is putting in the machinery for the new
concentrating plant and will attend to
its operation after started. The mill
will have $50 tons capacity per day and
| will be the largest affair of the kind in
the territory. The main building is an
| all steel structure built by the Wisconsin
Bridge & Iron Company and will be
70X14O feet in dimension. The motive
power will consist of five boilers having
a total horse power of $50. and three
engines, furnishing 100 horse power.
Three of the boilers are 81 ton affairs.
The milling machinery is being fur
nished by the Il. p. Ellis company. The
ore must pass through a 80 mesh screen
and must operate successfully for a
period of 30 days on trial, before being
accepted by the company. The ore
will concentrate so tons into one and
the product will be shipped to the
Pueblo, Colorado, smelters. The COM
pany is now considering the feasibility
of placing ten Whitley concentrating
tables with the ten vanners already de-
cided on. Over $500, 900 has so far been
expended in the construction of the
plant.
When active mining and milling oper-
ations are started $50 men will be car
ried on the pay roll. The Timber Peak
Mining company is composed of Phila-
delphia gentlemen, with one exception.
James Thompson is %presidentof the con
Germ, Carter B. Taylor secretary and
treasurer and r. ii. Sanders manager.
The gentlemen are wealthy iron manu-
facturers. c. Z. Brown of SocorrO is
the only local man interested in the
concern.
FAITH in THE MOUNTAINS.
j.. G. Fitch, a prominent attorney,
| voices his regard for the mining rcsour-
ces of the surrounding country with the
| words: "'The Magdalena mountains
furnish one of the best mining rcgionsin
the west"
CUTS CONSIDERABLE ICE.
The Illinois Brewing company, is IN
Of the standard institutions of the city
and is pegging away continually and
finding a ready market for the superior
class of goods brewed in the institution.
An A l keg beer is turned out. and the
bottled article can not be eXcelled. The
beer is shipped nearly all over the coun-
try. but the principal market is found
in New Mexico. All the beer is filtered
and the latest improved machinery is
used in the work. The ice machine is a
10 oohe caPacioy ANAL anu Vho suiiounu-
ing couhtry Is lurnisheu WIN Ihe ice
~anulactuieo' me brewery mas u
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ton was established in 1883 and has
since been in continual operation. One
of the plans for the future is to erect a
large malt house and encourage the
raising of barley in the Rio Grande
valley. Mr.. Hammel is enthusiastic
over the possibilities of the section and
thinks that if A COLONY of Germans could
be induced to settle in the region and