Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-21
The Hillsboro District Is a Wonder
full Mineral Section in More
Than One Respect.
GREAT WEALTH PRODUCERS
Mines That Have Produced from 100000
to $l,000,000 Worth of 0re-The
Blacksmith Group sold-Mines in
Other Counties.
SIERRA COUNTY.

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center (the hub). That center is a basin
| about one-half mile south Of Senator
w. H. Andrews mill. The Andrews
| company owns seven claims south Of
the mill, all being opened up and block
ed out. Besides keeping the loot ton con-
centrator going day and night, the
company has a splendid mill, using four
Frue vanners and four Wiley tables.
They employ about 100 men at the mine,
and things look quite lively. This Phil
adelphia company has done much to
start the whole district up and give it
a dead camp can be made live one
with intelligent mining. When all the
dead camps in the southwest get live
men of means it will open up and sur
prise the people Of New Mexico. Sena-
tor Andrews has Just returned from
Philadelphia. The company will COM
mence the erection Of church and
school house, and also put in library
for the workmen.
South Of the mill, about one-half mile,
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claims that a number of these veins
must enter. The center is a basin OF
good size, where all the veins converge.
Over twenty-five distinct veins are
opened up, all going to the one basin.
The number of veins on each claim are
| about six, making in all about $50
claims in this one district. These veins
are not strings, but big, strong, healthy
veins, from to feet wide, with pay
streaks of inches to feet wide.
The leading mines located on spokes
Of the big wheel, average six claims to
the spoke. They are the Montreal, En-
terprise, Golden Era, Garfield, Eldora-
do, Richmond, Bonanza, Snake, Bobtail,
Opportunity. Mckinley, Wcks group,
Bull of the Woods, Blacksmith, The
Trip, Andrews, Ell Orc and Mrs. B.
The Bonanza has produced over ST.
100000, the Opportunity over 100000,
the Snake and Bobtail on the same vein
considerably over 100000 The Wicks
has produced considerable ore, and has
now blocked out over 5000 tons. The
Richmond has produced over $250.0O0
and the leasers at the 350-foot level are
in $3.50 ore. The Garfield is steady
| shipper to the Ell Paso smelter. The
last car shipped gave returns of 3.6
ounces Of gold. 16 per cent copper and
20 ounces Of silver. The Eldorado group
is the latest to enter the list of shippers.
a car load having been hauled to the
railroad last week.
| The Eldorado, the X. X. and the Key
West are on the same vein. The own
ers of these properties are C. A. Mel.
| C. L. Bonnet and F. l.. Buchanan, of st.
Louis; c. A. Jones, of Springfield, ILL.,,
and w. E. Nelson, of Quincy, Ill. These
parties have gone to work in earnest to
develop these properties in good shape
with the intention of putting on a con-
lcentrator of 100-t0n capacity as soon as
sufficient ore is in sight to justify it.
They have splendid concentrating prop
lerty. They have a shaft down 160 feet
and a drift in 300 feet, and are cross
cutting west, as their mother lode runs
parallel with the ore they have opened
up, and in cutting across they have en-
countered two veins carrying good
values They will in s or 10 feet more
be out of the mother lode near an old
lcaved-in shaft, where they were in $3.50
ore when it caved in on the parties in
1887. These properties will make big
money If they put in a concentrator, as
they can get all the water they want at
Is feet. They have opened up the veins
for the whole length of the three claims,
450O feet, and found ore the entire
length, and when they cut the vein in
the mother lode they have 4 feet Of solid
: mineral.
w. E. Nelson has just sold the Black
, smith group of two claims to ST. Louis
: parties, and they will start developing
| them in a week or so and push it for all
/ IT, is worth, as the purchasers are men
of means. The Wicks mine has pro-
duced several thousand tons of ore, and
is about 400 feet deep on the vein. At
present the property is under option. 1t
is owned by Chicago parties and w. w.
, Williams, of Hillsboro. The Solid Grip
! is looking we'll, and the assay returns
are "a ounces of silver and we'll up in
: copper. McKinny, of Lake Valley, has
charge of the property.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Compromise strike, near White
Oaks, is proving bonanza, and further
development is bringing to light great
quantities Of gold.
The owners of the Boston Boy, near
White Oaks, are expected to erect a
: 125-stamp mill at their property foi
' treating the ores from the mine.
t Frank I. Marsh, of White oaks, Is
: engaged in the development Of new
. gold strike at Jacks Peak, near that
y town. A large body of rich gold ore Is
o in sight, and returns from assays show
= something over $50 ton There Is 6
a well-defined vein visible so far as nov
I open, and the indications are that thu
n mine will prove an excellent paying
property when properly developed.
!, DONA ANA COUNTY.
Preparations are being made TO
starting the Bennett-Stephenson mil
n again at Organ.
j. Considerable building Is now going OF
Q at the Organ camp. Capt. w. r. Fal
D has completed a new residence. Jess
!. Brazel Is finishing new house, an
e will move his family from the Col
camp and Charles N. Anthony, assaye
T for the Torpedo. has about completsd
;. residence