Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-06-01
ORGAN MINING DISTRICT,
A General Write-Up in Brief Para
graphs About the District.
PROSPEROUS MINERS GOOD MINES.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondents.
Organ. N. NJ. May O.-Since the
recent discovery OF some good bodies
OF ore in the districts here and sur
rounding country, a great deal OF at
tention has been directed TO this local
ity by a nulnpe Of eastern capitalists
and ~proapectors. In the past three
weeks at least nifty men have come to
this point and located claims, erected
little cottages or pitched tents and be-
gan operations on their new properties.
The town of Organ is on the route
mapped out by the promoters for the
extension of the Hagerman railroad,
which will connect the El a &
Northeastern with the Santa Fe sys-
TEN at Las Cruces. II Is understood
here that the proposed extension has
passed the doubtful stages and In a
hort time active work will be COM
menced on the new road. In the town
OF organ several new houses are in
course of construction and the sound u
the saw and hammer IL heard from
early morn till iate at night. True II
is that all overland roads lead to Or
gan, but your correspondent does not
wish IL understood that there is work
for all who come. There are numerous
locations yet to be made and the man
with muscle and a grub stake may
strike IL rich in time. 1t will pay to
keep your eye on this place.
Under the management OF Superln-
tendent Mccormick two shifts are be-
ing worked in the Excelsior mine. The
shaft has been sunk to a depth OF 800
feet, but the principal work Is now be-
ing carried on in a drift which was
started from the iO0-foot level. In the
course OF the work several n bodies
of ore was encountered.
During the past two months w. II.
Lyle, the representative OF a Boston
syndicate, has had In his employ a
force OF miners who have accomplished
the assessments for the present year.
The claims are known as the Desire,
Paul Nancy l.. No. 1. Nancy L. No. 2,
Star of h East, Elizabeth, Star of
Boston. Martha and Pauline. Mr..
Lyle has sent in an order for a
full supply of tools which are expect
ed to arrive in a few days. when he
will resume active development work
He has In his possession some fine
looking rock which revealed very good
values In the assays.
The producer of this immediate vi
cinity II the well-known Torpedo mine.
Regular shipments have been made
daily for the past year from this prop
erty, and as the work progresses the
values In ore increase. Two shafts,
known as No. l n No. 2, are down
about 1870 n 100 feet respectively,
each OF which Is being worked by dou-
BILE shifts. The shafts are 500 feet
apart. A couple, OF weeks ago work
was began at the 100 foot level in No. 1.
for the purpose OF connecting the two
shafts by a working tunnel. AT a dis
lance OF 10 feet from the shaft a large
body OF high grade ore was struck.
The body was found to be 30 feet in
width. AT present the Torpedo Mining
company a two gasoline engines
working constantly. hoisting ore, but IL
is he intention of the to in
stan two 60-horse power engines, with
pumping plants and cages within a
short time. The mine has been deyel-
oped by means of shafts, wines and
drifts, altogether 1900 feet of work
having been executed. The ore values
vary somewhat but they average a lit
tie better than $50 per ton. Operations
at the mines are being carried on I'M
der the careful and able
OF II. o. Anderson.
A party of El Paso and Las Cruces
business men have a small force OF
miners employed in the Franklin mine
and are making good progress in de-
velopment work.
Yesterday the Copper Bar company
resumed sinking in their shaft with a
force OF nen. A drift was run In a
n~ortherly direction from the iO0-foot
level for a distance of so feet.
w. III. Mackey. Jr, superintendent OF
the Memphis mine. began work with
two shifts Ave weeks ago in a shaft. II
Is now down a depth OF LAG feet and the
prospects are very encouraging to the
owners. Recent assays how five per
cent copper The ore Is being hoisted
by a within which arrived "A short time
ago from California.
Henry Foy, who was the original To-
Gator OF the now famous Torpedo mine
but sold his interests several months
ago to the present owners, has not left
wv N"hhp DiNNtA puA II OuSily tnktktu
taking care OF some gold. silver and
lead properties across the range which
he recently staked out. He reports
some sgood finds in that section.
j. NJ. Fuentos, the old reliable shoe
maker OF the Mesilla valley. has decid-
ed to locate in Organ. He moved his
shop TO this place last week.
T. Il. Metcalf, of Las Cruces. was
among the visitors in camp yesterday.
V. l.. Castillo. who has been conduct
ing a liquor establishment for a num-
Der OF months past In Rlnoon, removed
his stock OF goods to this place yester-
day, m will also make hls future res
idence here.
A new store building was erected last
week by J. Dagley. in which he now
has a fine display Of fancy groceries.
William Vizcarra. a former we'll
known resident OF Las Cruces, and A
b. Cowan, have formed a partnership
and are conducting the Organ saloon