Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-27
GRANT COUNTY MINES.
Activity at Central, steeple Rock and the
Burros,

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A strike of some importance was
made at Central by j. Crockett Givens
on the Humbug mine. The ore is copper
glance, and runs S. per cent copper, and
shows a vein 2 feet thick. The strike
was made while doing assessment work.
The Steeple Rock Development Com
pany has made arrangements with a
cyanide company to work up the tail
ings from it's old mill. There is about
5000 tons of ore to be worked over, and
IS to 81 per ton will be saved. The pres
emit cyanide company succeeds the orig
inal one, which put in the tanks and
some of the machinery, but did not COM
mence operations.
Joseph ]. Terrell, a cyanide expert, is
7 at Steeple Rock, experimenting with the
| ores of the camp. He claims that he
| will make a success of treating Steeple
Rock ore by the cyanide process, and
will put in a lot of machinery to work
| the ore.
There is 500 tons of ore ON the dumps
of the National Bank group at Steeple
Rock. The ore is worth $12 to $40 per
| ton. The Bank mfne is down IS feet, all
in ore; and has a 50-foot drift all In ore,
as well as a 25-foot drift also in ore.
| There is also a lateral drift Of Is feet,
| and a shaft down 80 feet, IS feet from
the first shaft, all in ore.
A depth of SO feet has been reached
| on the Sampson in the Burro noun
| tains. A good grade of copper ore, car
rying gold and silver, has been struck,
and work at drifting has been COM
menced. Assays give % per cent Of cop
per.
The Willow Creek, owned by Amos
| Wynaught and Thomas Bolton, in the
| Burros, Is showing up we'll, recent as
says of ore giving IA per cent of copper
and IS in gold.
The properties of the Southwestern
| Copper Company at Paschal are idle,
pending a sale.
Thomas Parker is working a force OF
men on the Laclede, in the Burros, and
taking out 26 per cent of copper ore.
The turquois mines, owned by the
Oriental and Occidental Mining Com
pany, in the Burros, are idle, but it is
stated will be working again in the rear
future.
superintendent Franz, of the Azure
Turquois Company, Is employing twen-
ty men on the property of the company,
and many precious stones are being
taken out.
On the Atlantic mine at Pinos Altos a
new lead of pay ore has been struck
ten days. The Atlantic is owned by
Harry Gillig, of New York.
The Mountain Key, for many years
the best paying mine at Pinos Altos
has been purchased by a st. Louis com
pany. The shaft of the mine Is DOVE
700 feet.
The sale of the Silver Cell, contrary
to reports, is still hanging fire, although
the purchase will be a certainty ere
many days. Mr.. Mcmillan, Of Colorado
| Springs, is the promoter, who has
formed a company to buy the mine from
Dimmick Bros. for 500, 900 and a certain
amount of stock.
The Gillette shaft, on the Pacific, has
reached a depth of S75 feet, and will
| soon be down to the 1,000-foot level
Part of the steep mountain side has
been leveled into a space large enough
for a shaft house, the largest in New
Mexico. 1t Is over so feet in width and
100 feet in length, while the foundation
for the enormous hoisting engine is a
solid block Of masonry, Is feet in depth
and about 20 feet square. A road has
| been built to the railway station to IA
| cilitate the handling of the machinery.
The building for the se~venty-ton con-
centator is ready to receive the machin-
cry. 1t is within 100 yards Of the shaft
house.