Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-14
new MEXICO MINES.
HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Forty men are now leasing in the sec
ond and third levels Of the Snake and
making good wages.
The new Huntington mill for the
North Star mine is nearly completed
and will soon be grinding on the ores of
the property.
A rich strike of high grade ore is re-
ported in the Mastodon property. The
chute was opened about 30 feet west
of the old workings and the vein is
shown to be one foot wide. assaying $40
in gold and $50 in copper per ton.
The mines of the Hillsboro district are
constantly increasing their working
forces and output of cres. During the
past week the Opportunity mine put on
ten new leasers; the Richmond has 7S
men employed, the Trppe 80, Golden
Era group So men, and the Woolsey
property 35 men.
Several sales of importance have been
wholly or partially consummated. Kel-
Ter & Gallee have purchased the Amer
lean mine for 81 900; John A. Kruse,
Chicago mining man, has purchased the
Prosper for $40, 900, and Postmaster Mil
ler has sold the property which he has
been developing for $4,000, to Chicago
parties.
SILVER CITY DISTRICT.
f. ID. Baker recently made shipment
from his property which returned from
Is to 30 per cent. copper and the claim
Will be developed more vigorously in the
future.
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shipment of high grade copper ore to
the Deming sampler. and the returns
were entirely satisfactory to the oper-
ators.
M. ]. Delaney, who is working the
Cosette mine in the Lone mountain dis
trict, is Sacking high grade silver ore
for shipment to the Silver City reduction
works.
On Legal Tender hill, within sight of
Silver City, Chris. Sellman has opened a
promising prospect. The ore runs about
S6 in gold, II ounces in silver and AZ
per cent lead per ton.
Judging from reports from the Silver
City region, things in mining way are
booming down there. The smelter has
closed a contract with a Crittenden.
Ariz., concern for minimum delivery
of 20 tons of copper pyrite ore each day
for one year.
William Sweeney who is leasing on
the extension of the Oxide. now has his
shaft down 40 feet and is drifting toward
the footwall. The workings show red
oxide of copper and it is confidently ex-
pected that the claim will soon be a
producer.
At Chloride Flat, within three miles
of Silver City, Is miners are working the
old properties under lease and all max
ing good wages. The ore is iron-lead in
character and averages about 40 ounces
in silver per ton. The product finds a
ready market, and when the Silver City
sme|tnr puts a new lead stack in opera
tion, Chloride Fiat wiH,o !, ,perience a
boom.
For the Texas mine at Central IA new
well is being sunk in the bed of the
creek to increase the water supply, and
it is figured that the new improvements
will insure constant operations of the
mill night and day. In the 400 and 500
foot levels of the mine some fine bodies
of ore are being developed.
New hoisting machinery has been
ordered for the Williams. Roach &
Ashton lease on the Montoya, at Santa
Rita. They are taking out 1000 pounds
of fine copper ore every twentyfour
hours with force of fifteen men. A
specimen was recently taken from the
lead which runs 90 per cent, copper and
weighs go pounds.
The New York & New Mexico Mining
company, operating in the Copper Flat
district, has leased the Emma mine to
Henry S. Carter and John E. Moss. The
leasers are doing the necessary work
preparatory to active operations.
Crawford & Derbyshre have three
men at work developing lease which
they have secured from the Hearst prop
erty at Santa Rita, extracting ore for
concentrating purposes. The shaft is
now down about 25 feet and the lead is
shown to be eight feet wide. They ex-
pect to have their new concentration in
operation next week, when the output
will run from 60 to 100 tons per day.
Frank Jones is making regular ship
ments from his lease on the Romero
mine at Santa Rita.
The Hanover Iron & Improvement
company are extracting considerable
iron ore now and the shipments average
three cars npr week