Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-17
LAS CRUCES NEWS.
Record of the Torpedo and Modoo Mines
Current Events of the Town.


derson Is the Superintendent of the Tor
pedo Mining Company. This mine Is ir
a fourishing condition, and shipped last
month upward of 600 tons of ore to the
smelter at Ell Paso. Additions of ma
chinery and all required improvements
are being made from time to time. and
about forty men are employed in the
mine.
The Modoc mine is developed to a
depth of 200 feet. A new compartment
shaft 4xS has recently been sunk to a
depth of 100 feet to connect with the
work done in former years. The shaft
is properly timbered for working cage
and for putting in a pumping plant
when required. The shaft will be sunk
to depth Of 400 to 500 feet. 1t Is now
equipped with a twenty-five horse-pow-
er Morse-Fairbanks gasoline engine,
air compressor and power drills. The
ore body in the deepest development is
from 1S to 20 feet thick. and at con-
servative estimate has at least $4,000
tons of ore developed. The company has
erected an office boarding house, lodg-
ing house and all other necessary build
| ings for the accommodation of the en-
ployes, Of whom there are now about
! twenty Within six months fifty-ton
concentrating mill will be erected at or
near the mine.
In social circles the past week has
| been quite lively and entertaining. Mrs.
| Hagarty has given a party at her home
| to a number of ladies in honor of Mrs.
Metzler, visitor from Trinidad, Colo.
The Wednesday club convened at the
| beautiful residence of Mrs. Newcomb
| with a full attendance, and paper on
Henry Nv. was read by Mrs. Lyon, in
her usual happy style, and Mrs. Hos
tetter read paper on that famous
| woman, George Eliot which was warm
ly applauded by the ladies. Mrs. New
comb read from a book an article from
Adam Bede, which was we'll received
very much commented upon and Ell.
Joyed.
Mrs. Frenger. who is probably the
best performer on the piano in Las
Cruces, gave a party, also in honor of
Mrs Metzler, of Colorado, to number
of intimate friends at her residence on
Griggs street, at which music, cards
and refreshments were paramount.
There will be Mother Goose" en-
teruainmenU Tonight at McFie hall,
Do o,1r, nd rey;o oxx,;nl =, e.,
nished by the mandolin club.
There will be a hot time In Las Cru
ces tonight. A grand cake walk and
ball will come off at the rink by home
talent under the direction of Professor
Helmer. The characters will be: Pro-
fessor Helmer and Mrs. Hill, bad Mig
ger and Emma Back Back" Mr.. Tyson
and Miss McKinlock, Mean Niggers,
Sixteen Chickens" DR.. Roger and Miss
F. Llewellyn, "Parson Jones and Han
nah Shortpeak;" Walter Danburg and
Gladys Llewellyn, "All Coons A-Pranc-
ing;" Miss New'comb and Miss Fall,
Step High, Niggers, but Keep Your
Distance" The performance will be in
three acts, and will close with the ball.
The professor Is master in dane
ing, and is teaching class of about
fifty of the best people in the town. His
coming among us is "a great acqulsi-
tion.
The bank robbery of last Monday has
been the talk of the town all the week,
and nothing has been accomplished In
the way of apprehending the robbers,
and probably they are far away by this
time, in Texas or Mexico. Eight men
UP to this writing have been arrested,
imprisoned, examined and released.
Sheriff Garrett and posse continue the
mountains north and beyond Organ. A
horse Of dun color with black name
and tail, has been found hobbled some-
where in the mountains and brought in
to town, and Is on exhibition at livery
stable. A great difference of opinion
exists among the people as to the color
Of the horse, and as to whether the
thieves rode him. One thing seems to
be generally admitted, and that is the
men and money are gone, likely not to
return. The amount Of money stolen
has been ascertalned to be $1,10O.
These are the arrivals at the Don Ber-
| nardo hotel for the past week: DR.. J..
e. Courtney and wife, Poughkeepsie,
N. r.; B. Hudson and family, Frisco, N.
M; 8. H. Newman and son, FL Paso;
John Franklin, Ell Paso; F. T. Ander-
son. r. Y. Anderson, Denver; J. N.
Lackomback, Raspberry, Tex; Ell Car
ter, Las Vegas; Carolyn Townsend, Or
gan, N. M; Judge Parker, Hillsboro, N.