Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-26

In the Torpedo mine near Las Cruces
rich copper ore has been plainly visible
for years. Many noticed it, and pro-
nounced it nothing but copper stain. A
man who knew nothing of minerals con-
cluded to send a sample to an assayer,
and much to everybody's surprise the
ore was found to contain 35 per cent
pure copper.
GRANT COUNTY.
B. B. Ownby will working
hi. lead mines five miles from Lords
burg.
A California company is operating the
Eighty-Six mine, near Lordsburg, and
is daily shipping ore.
The Golden Cross Mining Company,
operating in the Carizillo district, mas
suspended operations until August.
Richard L. Powell has secured a lease
of the Foster interests at Gold Hill, and
also the Wood mill, and is making prep
arations for operating them.
The new owners of the Santa Rita
mines will take possession August 8,
and then commence active operations.
They have let large contracts for tim
bering the mines.
Eight citizens of Ell Paso have struck
it rich just across the line in Arizona,
four miles from Lordsburg. The lucky
parties are D. w. Reckhart, Fl. G. Ross,
John Julian, E. Kohlberg, H. B. Char
man, S. T. Chaplin, D. M. Payne and W.
S. McCutcheon. A surface sample of
| the new find was sent to D. w. Reck-
hart to be assayed,, and it a $40 in gold
| and 50 ounces in silver to the ton, and
| showed Is per cent lead and 4 per cent
| copper. The Ell Paso owners of the new
mine are figuring that the gold and
| silver alone in the ore will yield more
than $500 per car load of twenty tons.
OTERO COUNTY.
w. r. Huelitt, of the Leah H. Mining
Company, made a big strike of copper
| ore on the holdings of the company
while prospecting northeast of Tularo-
| sa. While sinking a shaft recently he
opened a large strata of copper bearing
ore, and proved the continuance of the
deposit by sinking several additional
shafts in various portions of the prop
erty. The strata as disclosed in the
workings varies from 2 to 4 feet in
width, and runs high in copper. 1t will
be merely necessary to remove the iron
rock Gaping and then the deposit car
be operated by scrapers, and no blasting
whatever will be necessary. This find
eclipses the prospect shown in the No.
1 shaft, and work on this shaft has been
suspended for the present to put all en-
ergy into working the new find.
The Lucky, in the Jarillas, has a
steam hoist, and the ore is taken down
the bins by a long tramway and loaded
from them into cars for shipment. The
Lucky is equipped with an air compress
sor and up-to-date drills.
On the Mamie Baird an enormous
shaft will be sunk and air drills be put
in. The ore taken from the mine is
dumped direct into cars.
The st. Louis company owns a group
of patented claims one mile north of the
Lucky, and has already shipped three
cars Of copper ore to st. Louis.
The placer discoveries in the Jarillas
have brought a number of people who
are panning dirt. One rocker is already
in operation, and several more are be-
ing built. A number of dry washers
have also been ordered.
Sheriff Pat Garrett, Breeze Hogan
and Major w. Fl. Fl. Llewellyn have a
shaft down % feet on the Monogram,
and a car load of first-class shipping ore
is on the dump. The ore carries gold
and copper. The shaft will be sunk loo
feet.
There are now $50 people in the Jarilla
camp.
SHIPMENTS FROM ALAMOGORDO,
Alamogordo is the nearest shipping
point for the mining camps recently es-
t%ablished in the San Andres mountains,
being thirty miles nearer to them than
Las Cruces. The road from Alamogordc
to the camps is as smooth as a floor, and
does not contain a single hill. A recent
VI VI VI tLib PclAlL Olou6A
the purchasers of the Nellie mine So 5000
S. Hopkins purchased the mine from
Eugene Beard for $4,000. Green Craw-
ford also purchased a mine in the San
Andres mountains from Price & Pat
rick for Sc, 900, and the first shipment
via Alamogordo netted him $4,000. The
| Alamogordo News predicts that the
county seat of Otero county will have a
smelter before long.
TAOS COUNTY.
Bert Phillips, of Taos, is doing his an
nual assessment work on the Shoshone
at Amizett.
Major Eugene Fechet, of Washington,
inspected the Iron Dyke mine at Ami
zett, in which he has a large interest.
Another fine lead has been opened on
the Memphis mine at Red River.
The Leader at Red River has ore as
saying $13 in gold.
]. M. Moad took out of the Ethel at
Red River a piece of native copper
weighing 8 pounds.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
j. r. DeMier shipped to the Socorro
smelter thirty tons of h%igh-grade cop
per from his San Andres property.
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