Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-11
MINES AS
| MONEY MAKERS
Mine Owners in the Fierro District
Adding Handsomely to Their
Bank Accounts.
WORK RESUMED ON MODOC
1t Had Been Idle Several Months
eral Taos County Mines-New Strikes
of Good Ore in the Cooks
District.
TAOS COUNTY.

j. M. Moad has begun work ON the
Bitter Creek placer, near Red River
| The owners of the Ragged Pants Dicl
at Red River have struck the pay
streak.
| Webber & Brown have brought ir
| King at Red River.
I The Laura B. and Mamie l.. mining
| lode claims in the Red River district
have been advertised to be sold by the
court.
| Charles Compton has put several men
10 work on the Silva, near the Golden
Treasure, in the Red River district He
| 1as an incline of over so feet and lead
feet wide.
GRANT COUNTY.
| Terrell Bros. have struck a fine body
III ore on one of their claims at Cooks.
| A new strike has been made north
| EAST of the postoffice at Cooks by George
md Theodore Philips.
William Rogers has struck a large
body Of low-grade ore on one of the
Summit group of claims at Cooks.
The Hanover Boomerang at Fierro Is
being worked again, one shift being
employed, and it makes good headway.
The old Hanover mine at Fierro has
been idle for some time, and the full
force of the mine has now been trans
ferred to the Emma mine.
hoe fpo do
nection with his tunnel at Fierro at a
lepth of S. feet. He will commence
taking out ore Immediately.
The big tunnel of the Colorado Fuel
md Iron Company at Fierro is in 400
feet, still the ore body has not been
reached The ground is changing for the
better, however.
Leasers on the Modoc, at Fierro, have
struck good ore in considerable bodies.
r. l.. Lafranz made a tifteen-ton ship
.nent of grade ore from the north
md of the Humboldt, at Fierro.
Andrew Johnson, of Fierro has sever
IL car loads of ore on several different
jumps, awaiting chance for shipment.
lhe ore is Of good value and exists in
quantity. He employs ten men.
Reinbold & Hoskins, at Fierro, struck
some fairly good ore on their Modoc
ease some 800 feet south of the COM
pany's workings. Not sufficient devel-
opment has been done to predict results.
McCargo & Henderson have shipped
three or four car loads of good ore with
n the past fortnight. A mixed car load
from the Jim Thayer and Heartburn, at
t'ierro, shipped recently, gave hand
.ome returns.
George E. Resley has fine body of
o.3 per cent copper on his Katie Dare
dunter properties in Shingle canon,
which created considerable local excite
ment last summer. He has couple of
ons of surface ore on the dump.
Work on the Emma mine at Fierro is
being pushed vigorously. Three shifts
are being employed, but the progress
made in sinking is slow, as the ground
S unusually hard. The works have been
inclosed for the winter operations, and
Two pumps are kept in operation. There
is no diminution in the amount of wa
ter.
The Modoc group at Fierro is again
n operation after an idleness of several
months Superintendent White, of the
Philadelphia, at Hanover, is in charge.
Rich ore has been struck in quantity in
drifting from the incline shaft at a
depth of 200 feet. The ore averages 20
per cent copper. Sinking is in progress.
Only small force of twelve men is be-
ing employed at present.
Bates & Brinkman have lease on
the Snowflake, at Fierro, from which
they are extracting some good ore.
They have opened up new place which
shows brown oxide ore nearly 8 feet
thick. They expect to ship car load
shortly. In the old West workings a
narrow vein is exposed, which is esti-
mated to carry about 25 or 80 per cent
opper.
McCargo & Henderson have concen-
trated all their energies on the Heart
burn, at Fierro. They are putting in a
whip, as an improvement on windlass
hosting. They are down 65 feet on an
incline shaft, and top, bottom and both
sides are in solid ore, which will run Is
to IS per cent in copper. They are ship
ping three car loads a week. and could
ship car load daily II they could get
the cars.
The output of the Iron Head at Fierro
is phenomenal. Gilchrist & Dawson,
the leasers, are swelling their bank ac-
counts at the rate of $4,000 day. A
steam hoist has just been completed,
which will greatly facilitate the ham
1ling of the ore. All the teams obtain
able in the country are being pressed
into service, and still the cry is-more.
A survey has just been completed for
spur to connect the mine with the
Santa Fe branch near the Anson S.
bridge. The spur will also be utilized
by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
in handling the ores produced by the
company's mines on Union hill, The
leasers in the vicinity will also be ben
Gifted thereby, as their haulage will be
greatly )essened.
Alex. McLachlan is sinking a new
| shaft on his Anson 8. lease at Fierro,
alongside of the wagon road, and imme-
| diately under the eastern edge of the
old Anson s. Stag dump. He is down 25
feet, and has out ten or twelve tons Of
good ore, some rich black copper being
mixed through the lot to leaven it.