Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-18
THE ELIZABETHTOWN
DISTRICT.
The End Of the Year Sees Great Activity
and improvements in oolfax and Taos
County Mines
RICH STRIKES And A MINE SALE.

its new pump. The water in this prop
erty is the hardest thing to conteld
with, and with its present pumping ia.
cilities the Blue Bandana will soon be
running it's usual force on development
lwork.
| The Yellow Bandana mine, located in
! Touch canon, Badly mountain
| district is a promising mine. The
| Wooster (O.) Gold Mining and Tunnel
Company is the owner, and this cont
pany is now placing large lot of ma .
chinery in position preparatory to ex-
tensive development work.
| The Black Copper is owned and oper
| ated by the Taos Gold Mining and Mill
ing Company, and is one of the greatest
properties in the Eizabethtown district.
1t is fully equipped with modern hoist
ing apparatus, has lately put in the
! finest obtainable air drills, and i
equipped with large pumps. This COM
pany has lately decided to put in addi-
tional machinery for the purpose OF
treating the output Of the mine on tile
ground. In accordance, it has ordered
| mill. The contract for placing this
| machinery on the ground has been let
to Fl. H. Hankins, of Springer. The
mill building will be erected at once.
This company is working large force
of men on development work, and pro.
poses to make this property one of the
leading mines of New Mexico in poln.
of a producer and shipper, r. Cline, All
old-time mining man of Aspen, Colo,
is the local manager H. w. Huntley,
of Elizabethtown. is secretary -treasuf-
er of the company,
AN OLD PRODUCER.
The MonteZuma, on Baldy mountain,
is being worked under lease by Harry
Finch. This mine has already produc ai
over $400,0 900 worth Of gold ore, and is
considered by mining men to be great
employed on this property, and VIII
spend the winter in doing development
work, preparatory to making regular
shipments when spring opens up.
Another property which promises to
return to its once famous record is the
Black Horse. The ore in this mine runs,
according to smelter returns from Pu-
eblo, from $40 to SIS per ton, with ricl
streaks which run as high as $100. The
present manager and leaser is p. Fl.
Van Zuylen. Some 1900 feet of develop
ment work has been done on this prop
erty already.
The Rebel Chies. Mountain Queen,
Aztec, Paragon, Smuggler, French
Henry, Black Joe, Mystic and McGinn4-
ty, all on Badly mountain, are class Fl
among the valuable mines, and as de-
velopment proceeds they are justifying
the belief that they will be heavy pro
ducers next spring. Good ore and lots
of it is being blocked out
The Denver, at Elzabethtown, is the
property of the Ohio Gold Mining Com
pany, and is a very promising PROPOSE
ton. The company is making prepara-
tions to erect a mill in the spring AMI
add much other machinery. Already
some 800 feet Of development work has
been done with very satisfactory re-
suits, and force of 100 men will b,
kept busy this winter pushing further
work along this line.
The Legal Tender, in Willow gulcl',
has force of ten men at work. This
property has a fine concentrator, VITA
a cyanide plant, and Is treating it's ore
''at home"
The Senate Bobtail, Grouse gulch, has
ordered a new mill, which will arrive
in the spring. The men are working In
good ore on this property, and new
mill is necessity. A force Of ten men
is employed.
AT RED RIVER.
The Memphis, Red River, Is opening
up a fine body of ore, and as the de-
velopment work progresses the ore be.
comes better and more abundant.
A rich strike has recently been made
in one of the June Bug properties, up
Bitter creek, in the Red River distrlctt,
which shows up some very fine ore and
| it is said that it is Of good grade. The
June Bug people have some splendid
properties in this district.
J. M. and A. w. Phipps have located
claim near the June Bug mill, Red
River, and have been engaged in dong
the assessment work on their new Local
ton. The formation is Quartz, which
assays well. -t
A new Dixon hand-power drill has
been put on the Jumping Jack mine, in
the Red River country, on Flag noun
tain. s. M. Mallette, the manager. is
very much pleased with the new ma
chine.
In the Amizett district many good
properties are going on steadily with
development work, and will be heard
from in a substantial way in the spring.
A group of ten properties has been
sold in the Amizett mining district to
eastern capitalists lately, and this
means machinery, employment and pro-
duction soon. The sale has excited con-
siderable interest.
Manager Logan. of the Golden Treas
ury is pushing development work on
| that property, and Is very much pleased
with the outlook. This property is one
of the promising mines Of the Red Rivec
district, and is in the hands of a ca !
pable manager, who will make a pro-
ducer of it in short time.
The Red River district Is certainly
one of the most promising mining
camps in New Mexico, and If intelii-
gent development work Is done there It
will prove to be great ore producing
camp.