Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-01-20
cocHIrI MINING DISTRICT.
Mining notes Of Interest Gathered Abou'
The Mines.
The PROPERTIES SHOWING UP NICELY.

From the Bland Herald.
Last week the new ore bins were com
pleted In the new extension 10 the grea,
milling plant In Cola canyon.
The Iron Cap claim in Media Dia
canyon, and owned by q firm OF Pueblo
Colo, has received Its lnishing touches
for the year Just ended.
The new Peletsn process which wss
recently installed In the 4lbsmsrle mill
has been put In operation and the re-
suits obtained are quite favorable.
Fletcher Smith, OF Denver, and MIR.
Mcclellan, OF Chicago, who located the
Ajax and Dora Elliott claims last July,
report that they have completed their
assessments for this year.
Information wac received In Bland this
week that Thomas Shields has opened up
q foe lead OF quartz that was found 10
assay upwards Of $50, In a new claim on
Harrison hill, adjoining the Harrison No.
2 claim
A short time ago David Springer ac-
complished his labors on the Del Norte
mine for the year 1899. The claim IA
situated In the west fork OF Media Dia
canyon and IL considered q good one.
The Queen OF Spades mine, below the
noted Crown Point group, has received
its annual work. The property IL owned
by W. @. Bletcher. OF Bland, and William
Sloan, OF Santa fe, and the work which
has been performed on II consists prin.
cipally OF tunnels.
q. Charter, one OF the prominent
share holders In the Cochi,i Gold Mining
company, and W. G. Uetele, an expert
mining engineer from France, inspected
the various departments In the famous
milling aud mining institution In Cola
canyon this week.
A new lead recently discovered on the
Master Irving was found to contain some
valuable mineral by John Murphy dur.
ing the past week. The owner IL much
delighted with the new ind as 10 wa dis
covered that the Essays show up we'll IN
both gold and silver.
All the polls are ct for the new electric
power line from Albermarle 10 Madrid,
The wire was ordered some time ago
from an eastern establishment, and its
arrival Is looked for daily. By the time
the wire Is extended the new machinery
will have been adjusted and the big mill
will be ready for operation.
Surveyor J. A. Rice OF the Navajo Gold
Mining company, was engaged q couple
OF days this week taking new surveys
for the exact location OF the new mill
which the company will build In Media
Dia canyon this year. The surveys will
be submitted to Superintendent n N
J hnson on his return from California.
Arthur Knsebel and NJ. J. Sherlock
came In from Boyle's canyon last week,
where they have finished their annual
work on the Mountain View mining
claim. The above named canyon, about
ten miles west OF Bland, has not received
much mention heretofore, but according
to the opinion of mineral experts II will
prove to be q valuable district In the
near future. The wealth Ia there and all
that Is necessary to sseure II is for a cap
itaiist 10 go there and begiu operations.
BY Saturday evening. John Hart ex-
poets TO have his labors completed on tina
new building which the Navajo Gold
Mining company IL having erected over
their new boiler and air compressor. The
dimensions OF the structure are about
20x30 feet George Hoiheins, who had
the contract for building the masonry
beneath and around the boiler, has in.
ished his work. and II IL probable the
machinery will be put In motion the first
OF next week.
Certificates OF labor have been received
by Oliver Springer for his assessment
work for the past year on tho Elliott, DC
cldentsl and Golden Rule mining claims,
lying about three miles above In Media
Dia canyon. The Elliott and Occidental
have shown up we'll under the recent de
yelOpment work and the prospects for
the future appear more brilliant TO the
owner. Rock has been broken for q dis
tanca Of fifty feet 10 a tunnel on the El.
thirty seven feet In depth, while the
Golden Rule has received only the rs
sessment work for n year.