Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-07-03
cocHTTI MINING NEWS.
Information Regarding Mining opera
tions In the Cochiti District.
PROSPECTS EXCELLENT IN TIE cocHIrI.

week to sink a shaft on the shannon
mine.
Development work on the Del Fino
mine was begun yesterday. Patrick
Hsrtney has secured the contract to do
about twenty five feet OF work, which
will be completed In a month.
A n third interest in the Little Mol
lie mine. owned by Thomas Abbott, was
sold on Saturday to Howard Vaughn,
cashier OF the First National Bank OF
Santa Fe. Charles Y. Essley. the mining
expert Of Santa Ne, closed the deal. The
Little Mollie IL located directly south Of
the Washington mine, and IL known 10
contain an abundance OF very rich min
eral.
II. l.. Harrington resigned his position
with the Cochiti Gold Mining company
and will leave tomorrow for Joplin. No,
TO accept the general management OF a
large zin mine. The vacancy thus made
by Mr.. H%arrington's departure will be
occupied at once by V. V. Clark OF Bland,
who has held the position OF superinten.
dent OF the Loan Star mine for the past
two years. Mr.. Clark will assume the
duties OF his new Office July /. He will
have charge OF the cyanide department
and will I'LL the position OF mining engi.
neer.
A. ". Tenant will arrive In Bland
next week from New York city. He and
II. h. Cartwright OF Santa Re. who re-
cured an option on the Crown Point
group a couple Of months ago, have suc.
ceeded In interesting eastern capitalists.
satisfactory arrangements have been
made which insures the erection OF q
hfty'ton mill in Pine canyon this fall.
The plant will be built on the property
OF the Crown Point company and work
on the structure will be started I'm a
week or two. The process OF treatment
has not been fully decided upon as yet,
and the machinery with all modern i'm
provemsnts will be shipped from Chicago.
The new pipe line which extends from
AllertOn to the reservoir. wa completed
N''f WIN siAu ~ hA Fhithtu VI WhltT IN
running down to the old mill site. The
Cochiti Reduction and Improvement
company has put a force OF twelve men
TO work recementing some OF the weak
spots on the walls OF the reservoir and II
IL expected the work will be finished 10.
morrow. Leonard Cutshaw, the archi-
tect. arrived here from Denver last Satur-
day, and he will superintend the con
~struction of the mill. Last Monday he
went down to Allerton with a big force
OF men and put them to work leveling
the ground for the heavy stone founda-
ton. Az there Ia now no question in re-
gard to the supply OF water 1t IL expected
tina, the construction Of the mill will be
pushed IA rapidly ~ possible. Every
p%recauti0n will be used to prevent any
more delays, and 1t Is Mr.. Wynkoop's in
t%ention to have the mill in operation In
three months.
New roads, good roads and plenty OF
them are the greatest advantages for any
mining section in this country, and the
great COcbiti district Ia TO have a new
outlet In a very short time. A contract
has been awarded to Charles Pilkey for
the building Of a road from chihuahua, a
little Mexican settlement In the Cola,
down the canyon TO point near the
COchiti Indian pueblo. where II will con
meet with the main road TO Thornton.
The building Of the new road will cost in
the neighborhOod Of 5000, and the dis
lance from Thornton TO the Albemsrls
mill will be ut least 1--we miles less than
by the old route. The work OF cutting
down the bluffs and the filling In OF the
lOw places will begin tomorrow, and the
roadway will be finished in about a
month. A portion OF the machinery for
the new addition TO the Albemarle mill
has arrived at Thornton, and will be
transferred over the new roai as soon a.
il is completed.
j. A. COram. president OF the C0chiti
Gold Mining company, accompanied by
his son, Chester. OF Lowell. Mass. and A.
s. Mailman, OF Chicago, registered at the
Hotel Benson on Monday. In the after
noon the party drove over to the Able
marie, where Mr.. COrsm inspected the
various departments OF the plant and
mine. The president visits in this dis
trict every few months regularly, but his
presence in Bland during the week ia
looked upon az being Of more than ordi-
niry Importance, as II Is understood that
he was here for the purpose OF definitely
arranging for the new electric power
plant which is TO be installed at Madrid,
and from which electricity will be wired
to the cOmpsny's milling plant In Cola
canyon, "A distance OF about thirty.iye
miles. The company is also erecting an
addition to Its large mill, which will,
when completed, increase the capacity to
300 tons Of ore per day. A big force OF
men has been at work on the foundation
and erection OF the new addition, and il
is expected that by the time II Ia COM
pleted and the machinery placed therein
the electric plant at Madrid and the
wiring will have been finished also.
These extensive improvements will cost
the company 100000, and when som
ple!ed, next January, the great Cochiti
mining district will possess the largest
aud best quartz milling plant in the
southwest. Mr. Coram and party, ac
companied by o. 2, POsey. general man