Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1900-06-08
SIERRA COUNTY MINES.
GREAT CHANCES For rRoEITABLE j
NlENTS.

MENTS.
The Black Range look from any direction present
aspect, dark and smoky whose tmbcr-cad pe
cut serrated line on the horizon he name Black Range
given of the heavy forests of pine ana pine
that grow s. thcky all the country bis range
mountains extends in northery and southerly direction
and in length about miles and about forty miles III
width Water and game abound there IN plenty ane along
he eastern flank Of the Range great belt OF ominera--god
liver, copper, iron and manganese.
The first section showing value is the great silver pucc
i mines Of Lake Valley. The mines Of this section
elco5cd anl almost entirely surrounded by lateral strata
# qaarzte resting upon doomite his IS the location q
the famous Bridal Chamber, where S3'oooooo worth Of
almost pure silver extracted in SIX monhs.
North Percha and TERRA Blanca other great liver
camps are located on this Lake Valley belt some IS mile
distant Gold also, has been found IL fascinating quantities
in both these latter camps
The great silver camp of Kingston the foot o lie
Bllck Range, eight miles from iilsboro has produced
s7oooooo in silver This camp has Sperencrd two hooms
and will doubt ~ third, with fair silver egsaton
The Black Range mineral belt again shows richly at ler
,a ~ from iiisboro great body of limestone Of
doonite chlracter Inc silver camp Of Hermosa has
slopel b,ut 900 in silver and yet has hardly
reached its prime ree coinage would make probably ont
oi the prosperous mining camps IN the y est
From lermosa camp the mineral belt can be traced int
Apache Mining Dtict, Of whch the town o 0Aofee 81
business Here great veins Of mineralz, quartz
c-op above enclosing country formations Aone th
the greatest amount Of work has bee donc
commencing Byers tun Here The vein in place atht
CaH mine shows width Of more than five feet lhenc'
il ing along the vein We find all along vdcrces OF work
iii miner done piles Of ore lying atc mouths OF un
nes aad shafts These rich IN SILVER ard carry gold
On ough make their working prohiabosa> from Is y aic
o. )t.t)l
The next camp is the rich Hlsboo gold district i i
located upon the lie mineral bet Of shc
range formation Of the district where the rich eoid
found being porphyry he VEINS are true hssues me
bonanza ane alone this district paid dividends amounting
about S25oooo. iilsboro also mas large ard Nen rich
cold pIacers which last al out be made give Up
ihsir vast treasures the Mesa del Orc Company.
IiiIlsboro is the oldest camp in Sierra County
and has produced altogether about oooo,oco IN gold
The Midnight has been worked TO sont III sutl
ccnt to prove great value. The Colossal nue -
Of equal worth
on the northern slope Of Hagans Peak is located i'm
ortan Group Of caius-thc S.. Cloud Atlanta y $. Treas
rv and White EAGLE. On the Treasury a shaft entirely IN
ore opens the depth Of I4oee showing on hc 100
foot level ore body more than "a ieel "ae running s
in silver and in gold.
CROSSING the belt we come tic Silver Monument mics
bjch has been sunk depth Of 400 feet in bonitc oes
ch in silver, with little gold
A GROUP of claims being orkec Mineral Creek
near the Of Chloride and small stamp Mil operating
Two other claims Of this district worth menonngth
Rca lstcr and Nordhausen, both containing good
In the Grafton mining district tic Black Range
the famous lvanhoe gold nine Development work con
sisis OF 80 foot tunnel the vein the hrstcas ore q
tbs property yields II ozs. gold per ton
The Ivanhoc vein enters the Emporia claim upon which
75o feet work has been done in Shipment returns
0 ilmporia show oz. gold per ton
The place along this vein which hss been pospcced
sufficiently warrant estimation OF value is at Camp
Kin bay three miles north of the Empora mine at which
camp located Great Republic group Of mines Ore
and general shipments from the whole group have paid hand
omely.