Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-26
GRANT COUNTY MINES,
Reports From Many Properties In the Varl-
GUS Districts.

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F. Preston Jones has begun active de-
velopment work on the Langston mine,
located in the Pinos Altos district, near
the Gillette shaft, and the mill of the
Hearst estate.
The Hanover Mining Company failed
to make the second payment on the Mo
doc group of copper properties at Han
over, and the mines reverted back to
Messrs. Bragaw, Potter and johnson,
the original owners A new deal was i'm
mediately effected whereby the proper
ty passed into the hands of Alfred Leo
pold and associates, of Chicago, with
Stuart Croasdale, Of Denver, as general
manager. Vigorous work by the latest
improved methods has been commenced
by the new owners
The Oxide Copper Company, owning
the Santa Rita mines. has completed
arrangements to resume work on a
large scale in the early spring.
Weems & Anderson, operating in the
Hachita district, are making regular
and profitable shipments from the big
body of high-grade copper ore in the
9oo-foot drift on the 1oo-foot level of the
Copper King mine.
The Copper Dick at Hachita is ship
ping carload lots of high-grade ore.
10 Z. Sheridan shipped a car load of
ore from the Carbonate King mine, in
| the big Hatchets, to Corbett & Wy
man, at Deming, last week, n will
hereafter make regular shipments. He
is developing a f1rst-class water supply
on the property.
The Orion Mining Company, owning
| the Dundee, at Shakespeare, has let a
| contract to sink 30 feet more on the
property. The rich ore that is being ex-
| tracted near the surface will o be
shipped.
Work has been suspended on the onyx
quarries at Bedrock, pending returns
from the test shipment made to Paris
j. S. Courson, of st. Louis, has bought
an interest in the Doonan at Carlisle,
and a force of men will soon begin de-
veloping the property.
L. y. LI"N i SoAA Ahhy Wv
and associates, who are working the
Emma mine at Hanover under bond and
lease, are constructing chutes and ore
bins on the property in order to more
conveniently handle the output. They
recently shipped two cars of good cop
per ore, carrying an excess of iron.
An ore body so feet from contact tt
contact, running u per cent copper ant
40 per cent iron excess, has been struck
at the bottom of the 80-foot shaft on thu
Hanover Annex. The property Is owned
by J. X. Mckinney, OF Colorado Springs
"A strike of 20 per cent copper ore ha!
been made in the Iron Queen mine o.
the Southwestern Coal and Iron Com
pany at Hanover. This mine has ship
ped thousands of tons Of high-grad,
iron ore to Pueblo, and % unexpected
lily comes to the 'front.' as a copper pro
Iducer.
The San Jose Concentrating Compan.
will soon begin the erection of "a plan
in San Jose gulch for the concentration
of lead ores
T. j. Grover & Co. are obtaining goot
results in high grade silver ore from
their lease on the Wilson property a
Hadley.
The new shaft on the Texas, in tn,
Central district, has reached a depth o
80 feet, and a steam hoist will soon be II
use. Sufficient new machinery to in
crease the mill on the property to 10
tons per day has also been received
from Chicago. The same company IL
sinking the main shaft on the Rit
Grande, which shows a large body O
high-grade lead ore, carrying fair val
ues in gold and silver.
Messrs. Hood & Worthen have takel
an interest in the Rio Grande No.
with Newcomb & Woodward, and ar,
putting in a new sixty-ton concentrate
on the property.
The FL Paso Smelling and Refining
Company continues extensive develop
ment work on the Othello and BESIDE
mona mines at Cooks peak with mos
encouraging results.
The Webster mine at Cooks peak /
shipping three or four cars of high
grade ore per week, besides openin,
much new ground.