Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-06
SAN PEDRO SMELTBR
1t Is Being Rapidly Erected and Will
Employ Several Hundred
Men.
MINES In SANTA Fl COUNTY
A Big and Valuable Strike Made at Santa
Rita-hining Activity at the Rose
dale Camp In Sooorro
County.

County Commissioner T. ]. McLaugh-
| lin. who is also superintendent for the
Santa Fe Gold and Copper Company at
San Pedro, is in the city on official
business to-day. He brings good report
| of the mines and mills in his section of
Santa Fe county. 1t has been decided to
make the new smelter, which this COM
pany is now building at San Pedro, a
plant Of 250 tons daily capacity. The
| necessary grading has been completed
| and the stone foundations for the smell
ter and boiler house in place. Lumber
is being delivered, $50, 900 brick are be-
| ing made, and the work Is rushing
along as rapidly as possible. some 250
men being employed. When the smell
ter Is completed this fall probably 600
| men will be given steady employment
in and about the mine and mill. The
plant itself Is building after plans that
are as perfect and up-to-date as en-
gineering science can make them, and
the machinery is designed to treat ores
! running as low as 21s per cent copper
at a profit. Over 125,0O0 tons of ore is
now ready to be trammed to the smell
ter. Five car loads of machinery are
now at Ortiz station, and will be trans
ferred Immediately to the smeIter site,
W. L. Trimble being on the ground to
personally superintend this job The
300 horsepower engine, made by Nord-
burg & Son, Chicago, has already been
delivered
Mr.. Mclaughlin says there is great
activity generally throughout the San
Pedro district. Judge Mayo is pushing
work on his water supply preparatory
to erecting a 1OO-ton chlorination mill
this fall to treat the gold-copper ores
on the Cullen group. Mr.. Woodwork.
of Denver, is getting in twenty-stamp
mill to be placed on the Tuerto. west
Of Golden. Hon. T. B. Catron is de-
veloping properties In the copper dis
trict. The San Lazarus mill is running
fright along, and Hon. Eugenio Romero,
of Las Vegas, is preparing to fully de-
velop the J. I. c. claim, in which he
owns a one-half interest, the other be-
ing owned by Lewissohn Bros, Of Bos-
ton.
GRANT COUNTY.
A big strike has been made at Santa
Rita by leaser named Islos and his as
sOciates. An increased force of men
has been put to work taking out ore.
The Santa Rita company offered $1,000
for surrender OF the lease, but Islos
raft 81 fEa 10 vfah
and biggest body OF ore yet found at
Santa Rita The strike opens up an
entirely new district which Is believed
to contain large amount Of the same
grade of ore. In the vicinity of the
strike no work had ever been done, 1t
being supposed that no paying ore lay
in that portion Of the district. The
claims were located simply for the pro-
lection of the other large group OF
claims belonging to the company.
The Belts group In the Burro noun
tains is being developed by Herbert s.
Shaw.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
An additional hundred feet is being
sunk on the White Cap mine at Rose
dale.
B. NJ. Legg Is developing gold pro-
position In north canon near Rosedale.
Deputy Mineral Surveyor W. w.
Jones is surveying the Rosedale mine
for patent.
A new set OF stamps has been placed
In position at the Martin mill at Rose
dale, which is running day and night,
l.. M. Lasley has secured q. bond on
the Hama Bell mine at Rosedale. He
has commenced the work Of running
tunnels and drifts.
The MONDAY mine near Rosedae has
5O-foot tunnel through large body of
ore that assays over $4.70 per ton. A
shaft has been started to determine the
depth of the ledge.