Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-03
NEW MEXICO MINES
COCHITI DISTRICT.

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Work has been resumed at the Bland
tunnel and rich body of ore encount-
cred.
Henry Lockhart and B. D. Wilson
have leased the Crown Point. They will
ship the ore of the mine to Ell Paso.
George w. West has sold to Thomas
+. Abbott for $500 one-third interest in
the John Shannon mining claim in Cola
canon.
The Washington mine, which has
been closed down for some time on ac-
count of litigation will resume operations
this month. 1t is one of the richest
mines at Bland.
The Canada de Cochiti grant survey is
almost completed and boom has set in
at Peralta canon, for none of the valu-
able properties in that district are
thought to be on the grant.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
-Four cars of machinery have been un-
loaded at the Buckeye Gold and Copper
Mining company's property at Water
canon. The company has set up one
40-horse-power boiler and another of 25-
horsepower; also one hoist capacity of
1000 pounds, 400 feet a minute; another
of 1000 pounds and 600 feet minute.
The company is putting down a 500-toot
shaft and working day and night shifts.
RED RIVER DISTRICT.
Joshua Dillon has run 26 foot tunnel
into the Leader.
At the Inferno lode another lead has
been cut in the tunnel at the depth Of
rs feet.
S. M. MaIette and Charles Compton
have opened q fine looking body of ore
on the Carlo.
Sharrard e. Goodloe have struck a
rich lead three miles from Red River
and are taking out some high grade
ore.
George Swain and son Frank of Red
River, have gone to White Hills, Arizona,
where they are putting up a mill for a
mining company.
The workings on the two Anaconda
mines are about 400 feet up the noun
tain side on Copper Hill. The lead is
about 40 to 60 feet wide and carries
gold, silver and copper in paying guam
titles. The propertyis owned by John
Conley and M. NJ Underwood.
Charles Harkins has organized a COM
pany to develop his mining property in
the Rio Hondo canon, near the Fraser
toll gate. Eight men have been put to
work and fine streak of pay ore which
assays $36 per ton has been struck.
Some of the rock runs as high as 2s per
cent copper and contains gold and
silver.
ELIZABETHTOWN.
The Montezuma Company is working
might and main pushing work on the
Blue Bandana.
The Kensington people have started
operations on their property with re-
newed interest. Their 200 foot tunnel
is now being driven into the mountain
at rapid rate. They have cut five diff
ferent leads, each one paying proposi-
tion. The company will put up mill
in the near future.
GRANT COUNTY.
Captain M. Cooney has started work
upon the Silver Bar mine at Cooney.
Owens Brothers, who bought the
waste dumps of Ashton, Roach Il Will
Jams at Santa Rita, are producing a rich
concentrate, principally shot copper.
Weatherly & Kilt are developing the
Florida group of mines on Mineral creek
and have large reserves of high grade
ore containing equal values of gold and
silver in sight.
The Romero shaft at Santa Rita has
been pumped out and retimbered to a
depth of 100 feet. Already immense ore
bodies are in sight. The 20O-foot level
will be reached soon.
Crawford & Derbyshire have body
of ore IA feet in width on the Yosemite
mine. The ore runs from s to 20 per
cent copper. The firms concentration
plant is working well and only high
grade ores are shipped by them to the
Silver City smelter.
On the Carasco mine, at Santa Rita,
the drift on the 150-foot level running
east from the main shaft has reached a
length of 800 feet and encountered a
great ore zone formerly worked near the
surface by the Spaniards.
Ashton & Roach are drifting on the
rs foot level of the Wild Cat mine and
are getting good orc. An offer of $l0,-
600 spot cash for the property has been
refused.
At the Hotels.