Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-17

aliQ We'll ueHHeu. 1HS assays aTSTag
$3.50 In gold, 48 ounces of silver and L
per cent copper.
A double compartment shaft ia beint
sunk on the Emma at F1erro.
A strike OF lead ore carrying som,
gold and some silver was made at Sal
Jose.
A shaft so feet deep has opened {
large body of sulphide ore on the Han
over Annex.
| On the Hanover several Thousand fee
of drifting has been done A double
compartment shaft has been sunk to 6
| depth Of 220 feet. Six prospect shafts
have also been sunk. Drifting has been
| commenced at the 200-foot level from
| the main shaft.
Henry CARTER has obtained a lease on
the Baltic, near Silver City, for two
years.
The Balbacks of New York made an
offer of $150,00O for the Superior mine
near Lorisburg. The offer was accept
ed at meeting of the stockholders at
Ell Paso.. The mine had been examined
for the Balbacks by George Mason, a
mining expert. The Balbacks are buy
ing up the entire camp, and have made
good offer for the Miser's Chest They
propose erecting a sme1lter ajt Lords
burg They own several smelters and
refineries alt Newark, N. j.
"A rich strike was made ON the Phil
adelphia, at Hanover, Frank c. Bell
owner. 1t was made in the south drift
in the winze, and consists of am i'm
mense chamber of high grade copper,
which runs 80 to 35 per cent in copper.
Charles Bell made a good strike on
the Jones group at Hanover, which he
has under lease and bond The body of
the ore WAS found in THE bottom of the
main shaft ait a depth of 80 feet and Is
high grade copper
H. c. lockwood made strike of high
grade lead carbona!tes and silver ore on
hills Commodore group of mines at
Cooks peak. The ore was found in
pocket, and six car loads for shipment
has been taken out.
Two Important strikes We're made at
Santa Rita on claims owned by Lyon
& Bradshaw and Heath Bros, lying
close together. The ore is native copper
and silver, and the assays show 1t to
run 10 per CENT in the former. The lead
is feet i'm width. Both strikes We're
made ait a depth of about 20 feet.
Robert Thompson has given work.
ing lease and bond on his Klondike
mine ait Burros to Manella & Shay, of
Colorado, for the term of one year. The
consideration is $4,000. The mine is a
copper property.
The Mangus Mining Company at
Mangus uncovered a good sized vein of
rich horn silver ore, which will run over
500 ounces to the ton.
Operations on the Mountain Key at
Pinos Altos are to be resumed this
month.
The Deep Down mill at Pinos Altos
has resumed work on ore from the At
lantic after several weeks of idleness.
The big concentrating PLANT of the
uFOS &AFtuS bOlu MllIlllS SOlIlptIly listS
BEEN successfully started, and turns
out seventy tons Of rich concentrates
per day. -
The work OF sinking the Gillette shaft
ait Pinos Altos has now reached depth
Of 500 feet. Over 100 men are now en-
ployed by the Pinos Altos Gold Mining
Company.
The work of rettmbering THE shaft on
the Dimmfck alt Pinhos Altos has been
to the depth OF 200 feet, and |
the shaft is now being sunk below that |
level.
Superintendent Brandis is NOW drift
ing on the 600 and 700 foot levels, work.
ing two shifts.
OTERO COUNTY.
The first bar of pig iron Of JarllIa iron
ore was turned out at Ell Paso last
week. J. A. Eddy is authority for the
statement THAT this is the forerunner Of
an inldsutry which will excel all other
Industries now in existence in Ell Paso, !
both in extent and Importance.