Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-19
IMMENSE ORE BODY
The Lone Star Mine At Bland Has
Wonderful Wealth of Ore
In Sight.
A S6O-TON MILL TO Be BUILT
The New Railroad Project Seems to Be a
Oertainty-Water Works Are Being
Erected for Bland-Business
Is Prospering.
Special Cor. New Mexican.

Bland, N. M, March 18.-There Is
enough ore now revealed in the work
ings Of the Star mine to run 100 tor
mill day and night for four years. In
about sixty days this insight supply
will have been doubled by the compile
ton of the big tunnel now being driven
to intersect the main shaft, which is
sinking through the great pay vein. The
| junction of this shaft with the tunnel
will open the mine to depth Of 103 feet
below the apex of the vein, and it is es-
timated that there will then be exposed
ten years. This estimate is based on an
average width for the vein of 20 feet
but as it's actual average, as shown in
the present workings down 500 feet, is
fully 40 feet in width it will be observed
that the estimated ore supply is most
conservative. Some idea Of the i'm
mensity of the property may be con-
veyed to the lay reader when he Is in
formed that on the third, or level c,
| there Is crosscut of the vein which
| shows pay values 1865 feet in width
EXPERIMENTAL TESTS.
At the mill twenty-four tons of as
sorted ore are now being treated daily
by the Palatin-C -Clerici process, and a
force of three expert metallurgists is
engaged under the supervision of V. v.
Clark, the accomplished superintend-
in, II ,Sf
i've series of tests to establish the best
combination of methods to be adopted
in the large new mill to be erected by
the Navajo company. For some weeks
ress, and the results have been highly
gratifying, but the final results will not
be figured out for about two weeks, or
until after the teaching tests have been
made on the ores. 1t is likely that both
the teaching and Palatin methods will
be adopted, and 100 stamps will be used
instead of crushers.
THE NEW STAR MILL.
This new Star mill will occupy site
on the "hog back" half mile southeast
Of Bland, between the Pine and Media
Dia canons, the poisonous tailings to be
stored in q side canon Of the latter
Work on the mill will be commenced In
few months, just as soon as the pre-
liminary details can be fully worked
out. There has been current a report
that a mill of but 100 tons daily capac-
ity would be built. to be enlarged from
time to time, as necessity required, but
this Is not correct. The ore body in the
mine has been so thoroughly proved up
1T averages about s14 to the ton-that
it has been determined to make the mill
capacity at the start $50 tons daily. 81.
ELECTRIC TRAMWAY.
From the big tunnel at the mine to
the mill the ore Is to be transported by
electric motor cars, distance of nearly
mile and the tramway to be built for
this purpose will run along the west
face of the canon wall, some 300 feet
above Bland. The gauge Of the tram
way will be feet, and the cars will
probably carry ten tons each. The elec-
trio power is to be supplied from the
800 horsepower plant at Madrid in
southern Santa Fe county.
THE BLAND RAILWAY.
1t is learned from an authoritative
source that surveyors will be in the field
in ten days to permanently locate the
route for the proposed Bland railroad,
which is to give the Golden Cochiti COM
munication with the outside world. For
the past week Messrs. Gillispie of New
York and Bartellson of Minneapolis, ac-
companied by other capitalists, have
been examining the country between
Bland and Thornton. Yesterday G. Fl.
Howard, United States attorney for the
Pueblo Indians, went over the pueblo
grant with the promoters Of the rail-
way on right -of-way business. To-day
j. w. Akers, Of Santa Fe, who owns
large interests on the Canada Cochiti
tract, is down toward the Rio Grande
making surveys with Surveyor Will
son, which means that they are prop
erly on" In fact. Mr.. Akers said he
knew for dead certainty that the rail-
road promoters had received every en-
couragement to go on with their prof.
ect The new road is to tap the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe two miles
above Thornton, run off toward Laba
Jada hill and the mouth of the Rio San
ia Fe. and cross the Rio Grande at the
old Moore ferry, thence taking a
straight shoot for Bland. The matter
looks so good that the people Of Santa
Fe cannot afford to sleep on any rights
they may have on the premises.
THE WASHINGTON GROUP.
The Washington group Of mines,
among the greatest exhibitors Of man.
moth ore bodies in the camp, has been
organized into stock company with q
capitalization Of 100000 and limit
ed quantity Of the stock is offered for
sale at s1.25 per share.
THE NEW WATER SYSTEM.
AS soon as the necessary, 4, and 8
inch water pipe can be got upon the
ground Bland will be provided with a
wafer system quite Su1nclent TOT Hre
and domestic purposes for some years
to come, unless the camp booms beyond
all expectations. About mile of pipe
will be laid to tap reservoir fed by
springs near the Crown Point mine, and
which are 300 feet higher than the city.
The promoters are ]. w. Akers of Santa
Fe, g. w. Johnston Of Albuquerque, s.
w. Young and other residents of Bland.
A GOOD GROUP.
p. J. Barber and George G. Smith,
erstwhile Santa Fsans, have group Of
six claims north and east Of the Abe.
marie. which viii some day make q