Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-21
MINING DISTRICTS
Brief Items Concerning the Work Of
the Men With Pick and
Drill.
INTERESTS In TAOS COUNTY
Tunnelling On Claims In the County of
0olfax-0perations to Be Resumed On
the Lady Godiva In Lincoln Ooun-
ty-Other Matters.
TAOS COUNTY.

Robert and Fred Hatton have located
fine free gold claim on Gold hill.
The Jayhawk is the second shipper
out Of Red River. 1t Is under bond and
lease to Abbott Bros. for s25,000
The banker lode on Goose creek is be-
ing developed. 1t is free gold propo-
sition, owned by P. George and Edward
Hatton.
The June Bug company has placed
number of men at work excavating for
their mill. The mlllsite is located
mile south of Red River City.
The Star is new location at Red
River, and was formerly known as the
Freeman 1t has a 1l5-foot tunnel and
4-foot lead of quartz. assaying IS to
$40 per ton.
The Memphis at Red River is work.
ing six men, and is the first shipper
from the camp. A mill will be put on
the property this spring for the reduce
ton of the ore
The Ajax is another claim at Red
River that has been bonded to Pueblo
parties for $4,000. Two shifts are being
worked on 1t. 1t Is located one mile
from the camp. in Pioneer gulch.
A patent has been applied for on the
Gold Queen, on the Rio Hondo, near
Amizett. The applicants are w. A..
Robbins, of Amizett; Thomas Grove.
Mary Grove, Guy T. Nash and Daniel
W. Osgood, of Pueblo, Colo.
The claim owned by David Hoosten at
the mouth of Bobcat gulch has been
baptized the Anchor. 1t has q tunnel
that Is in over 100 feet, and has cut a
lead of quartz full Of galena and pyrites
which assays we'll in gold, silver and
copper
A fine lead has been opened on the
George Washington at Red River The
property has over 300 feet Of work, and
Is owned by DR.. William Robinson,
James Bigelow, James Riff and William
Floyd. The lead is from two to three
feet wide, and Is mostly galena ore.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Lady Godiva, at White Oaks.
will resume operations next month A
mill IL to be erected at the mine.
sOCoRRO COUNTY.
Col. E. w. Eaton and Capt. M Cooney
intend to build new concentrator at
Kelly.
CoLFAx COUNTY.
John Thomas Is working rich cop
per prospect southwest Of Elizabeth
town.
John Johnson encountered a rich vein
in the Sunset tunnel on Comanche
creek.
Philip Schneider, OF Trinidad, has let
to I. Swartz another 50-foot contract or
his tunnel in La Belle camp.
The Victor No. Z, on Comanche creek,
owned by John johnson and Peter Lar
sen, has developed fine body of sui
phide ore.
J. w. Williams Is driving the tunnel
on contract for John Zwergel on the Le-
gal Tender extension near Elizabeth
town. 1t has passed the 250-foot mark.
The Black Copper, near Elizabeth
town, has resumed after an enforced
shutdown by the breaking OF the pump
The tunnel on the American Flag ex-
tension near Elizabethtown Is in 4S5
feet.
| GRANT COUNTY.
| An immense body Of rich ore has been
| struck on the Hanover mine. At depth
of 200 feet in the new workings a large
body Of water was encountered, and up.
on pumping this out drift was run ex'
posing the side Of the ore body. which
was shown up for nearly 30 feet. The
width, height and depth of the ore body
Is still undetermined, and it Is thought
to be the main ore body Of the mine
The ore Is rich sulphide, running bet
ter than 80 per cent in copper.
Copper Flat is sending twenty-five
tons Of ore daily to the Silver City re-
duction works.