Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-08-08
An Almost Incredible Amount Of Yellow Treasure in the Noun
tains West Of Santa Fe

QOWn COlld canon TO the ftlO CIfanQe TO
facilitate the getting in Of additional
| machinery, and is also extending it's
pipe line six miles further to the Vale
Grande, where the supply of water is
ample for it's purposess
OTHER COMPANY PROPERTY.
Besides the Albemarle, this company
owns the Huron, Pamlico, and OntarEs
all on the same ledge the former being
north and the other two south extern
sions. The Albemarle has been devel-
oped by double compartment working
shaft over 500 feet deep from which five
levels have been run on ore and a sixth
has been started. The drifts on these
different levels vary from so to 200 feet
north and south. The ore body in the
lower level has widened out to about
81 feet, and l have excellent reasons for
believing that five or six feet of this
breast runs several hundred dollars per
ton, while the rest Of the enormous body
averages fully SIS per ton. Six machine
drills and as many men as can be work
ed to advantage are employed in the
mine night and day. understand that
the company is now giving employment
to about 200 men.
The MILL RECORD.
Since this mill started up, about 10000
tons Of ore, including everything taken
out of the mine without sorting, have
been reduced, and have trustworthy
information for the statement that the
cost of mining and milling has not ex-
ceeded "a per ton, while the ore unques-
ton. Thus this enterprising company
has satisfactorily solved the treatment
problem for the entire district, all the
ores thereof Being quite homogeneous
with those. of the Albemarle. It has
demonstrated that the Cochiti ores will
yield readily to cyanide treatment; that
cyanide will save the values at mini
mum expense; that the ores are suffi-
GENTLY friable to be readily pulverized
by roller crushers, and that smelters
are not necessary. In this connection
may add that have apparently good
authority for the statement that the
Lone Star mine is likely soon to pass
into the control Of persons closely allied
to the Cochiti Gold Mining company,
that Gf so) large cyanide plant will
soon be erected on the property, and
that the power for the operation of this
mine and mill will be supplied by the
electric plant at Madrid.
PARTLY DEVELOPED CLAIMS.
l have SO far confined my attention
to the properties that have been some
what extensively developed. Yet there
are innumerable other partly developed
claims in the district, many of which
promise as we'll on the surface as did
those mentioned, and no one familiar
with the facts doubts that several of
these will soon forge to the front as
great mines. I will name few. In
close proximity to the Crown Point are
the New York No. l, owned by John T.
Forsha, Sig. Lebow and Richard Gut
terman, and New York No. and the
Governor owned by Major Fred Muller
and Addison Walker, all of Santa Fe.
These claims show well, considering the
amount of work done. The Ace of
Spades, in the same locality, owned by
Will Sloan, of Santa Fe, and w. G.
Bletcher, of Bland, makes surface
showing that inspires confidence. The
Grant and Iron King, lying between the
Crown Point and Lone Star, the former
owned by B. H. Shaw and others, of
Bland, and the latter by ]. w. Scho
field, of Denver, show large bodies of
ore.
Further down Pine canon are the
Black Girl, Iron Queen, Good Hope,
Hopewell, Ellen L., Union, Corner,
Mammoth and others. The Union,
owned by George Hofheins and asso-
ciates of Bland, has been developed to
the extent of 500 feet, shows ledge
about 80 feet wide, and carries values
averaging about $40 per ton: the Good
Hope and Hopewell, owned by J. G.
Spears, Of Gallup, and S. H. Young, of
Bland have been opened by tunnels and
shafts and show large bodies of milling
ore; the Corner, owned by j. G.. Schu-
mann, of Santa Fe, is an extension of
the Union, and the owner has made ap-
plication for patent; the Ellen L., owned
by Charles Paxton and others, Of Bland,
embraces strong ledge of typical Co.
chiti quartz, and will soon be tapped at
a depth Of 200 feet by a long cross-cut
tunnel
OTHER PROSPECTS.
The Short Order, Iowa No. and Frac-
tion, very valuable fractional claims In
close touch with the Washington, are
owned by H. B. Cartwright, Of Santa
Fe The Short Order lies between the
Washington and Sunny South. Further
south and in the Washington belt are
the No Name, Little Mollie, Corena and
Monster. The Little Mollie shows three