Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-03
HILLSB0RO MINES
Development WorRUnder Way inthe
District Brief Description
of Claims.
RECENT RICH STRIKES MADE
Ores of Great Value Ready for Treatment
Copper, Gold and Silver in Abundance
Heavy Shipments Made to
SHELTERS,

The claims owned by j. Nj, Webster
located on the head of Trujillo creek. ID
miles from Hillsboro, are being worked
by leasers. The development work con-
sists of a l,000-foot tunnel, which gives
a depth of 100 feet at the breast, The
vein is located at the contact Of the
granite and lime and is % feet wide. a
quartz pay streak gives values of $3.50
per tor, one-third of which is in gold
and two-thirds silver. Three claims
comprise the group. The Webster prop
erty is really Il big mine. though the
workings are shallow. Richardson and
Knight, the l~easers, pack the ore on
burros a distance OF six miles, then
freight fifteen miles to the railway and
they make a good profit despite the ex-
pense attached to shipping.
The Sherman property, located IN
ready pay gulch, is one of the produce
ers of the camp and is owned by Long 4
Stitzell, 1t is developed by a S00-foot
tunnel and 100-foot shaft. A 50-foot
Wine has been sunk in the bottom of
the tunnel, A little drifting has been
done from the shaft and some shallow
surface workings have beer opened.
The vein is Is feet wide, carrying Il pay
streak varying from three to fourteen
inches in width. The property is work
ed steadily by Owens 4 Grayson. leas-
ers.
Ralph Halloran and T.. r. Strickland
are developing the Salisbury. The vein
shows from two to four feet of ore and
the values range from $40 to $3.50 per
ton. The pay streak is about eight
inches wide and is enclosed by two feet
of milling tale.
Il. f. Strickland owns and operates
the Gray Eagle, which Is the north ex-
tension of the Wicks mine. The prop
erty is being worked now and ship
ments of the product to Denver has re-
turned $40 per ton. About 1000 feet of
work has been done on the mine. The
working shaft is so feet deep and the
vein Is five feet wide.
A recent strike was made in the Nine
~ty-seven mine owned by Warren 4
Robins and located ear Andrews. The
discovery vas made in the bottom Of a
l6-foot shaft. The vein Is one and one
half feet wide. having a six-inch pay
streak which runs by assay, $50 to $240
per ton. The Ninety-seven Is about to
enter the shipping rank and ore Is now
being saved for transfer to the smelter.
The Copper King group, which is To-
Gated six miles northeast Of Hillsboro,
is owned by the Milwaukee & Hillsboro
Mining Company. John Ryan is super
intendent of the properties. Fourteen
claims comprise the group. The Ven
turia claim Is opened by a shaft AZ feet
and shows a six-foot vein inclosed in
granite and porphyry walls. The pay
which is IL inches wide, returns
SIS in gold and s per cent copper. The
shaft will be sunk to a depth of 800 feet
and prosecuting started. Several
veins converge in the fiat which Is COW
by these properties and the shall
low openings show an average In all OF
them of about IS in gold and 8 per cent
copper. The Eighty-five claim has a
400-foot shaft. Levels have been run
each 100 feet, exposing a good body Of
sulphide ore. IT Is doubtless the larg-
est ore body in the camp. The vein Is
four feet wide. A short distance east
of the saft vein another vein has been
opened, which Is believed to be the
Snake Bobtail vein. 1t Is located 81
feet from the shaft and runs parallel
with the other vein. The ore body Is
six feet wide. On the Republic a 1885,
foot shaft has exposed a four-foot vein
showing a ten-inch pay streak which
SIS per ton. The 60-foot shaft
on the Copper King claim shows an
eight-foot vein returning rs per cent
copper and 81 in gold. There are about
700 tons of ore on the Copper King
dump.
Thomas Lannon and John Ryan are
owners Of the Happy Jack mine, which
has beer a regular shipper of ore to Col
orado for the past ten years. 1t is de-