Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-01-30
CocHIrI MINES.
Lates, Notes About the Mines Of the
Ccchiti District.
WORK BEING PROSECUTED.

From the Bland Herald,
Thomas Abbott. the Cola canyon min
Ing man, visited with bis family In
Bland a few days.
Richard Meyers came up from Albu-
querque and will enter the employ OF the
Cochlti Gold Mining compsoy.
superintendent Y. NJ. Johnson and
wife, who have been In California for q
couple OF weeks past, returned to Able
marie.
o. p. Posey, the popular and we'll.
known mining man. came down from
Utah aud was inspecting the workings
In the great milling aud mining plant
at Aibemsrle.
The summit Ia the name OF q new
claim which was located by John Hart
and 8. W. Young on Tuesday OF last week.
The property Is q northern extension OF
the Uncle Joe. q claim belonging TO the
Lone Star group. Situated as IL is, aud
surrounded by some Of the best paying
mines In the territory. the owners have
every reason to be jubilsnt over their re-
cent discovery.
Rumors were stloat In Bland that ".
@. wynkoop, manager Of the Cochiti Re.
ductlon and improvement company. had
secured q bond on the Hopewell, Good
Hope, Allerton, Posey and Black Girl
miniog claims In Pine canyon. At the
present writing we are unable 10 affirm
or deny the report. No particulars could
be secured regarding the transaction.
Electricians and machinists are busily
engaged adjusting the mach merry Ia the
new 1900 horse. power plant at Madrid
for the Cochiti Gold Mining company,
and In all probability the great milling
and mining plant will be In operation BY
| electricity within a month or elk weeks.
Along this electric light and power line
will be strung q telephone and telegraph
line which il TO connect the company't
office with the p,wer station at Madrid.
Excellent work IL being vigorously
prosecuted by a force Of workmen on the
tunnel which Ia 10 connec the Lone StaI
mine with the tramwsy. The air drill,
have not been started a. yet, owing Il
several unavoidable delays. The eDgln,
and boiler room have been completed ant
a fire has been started under the bollel
for the purpose OF drying the brick ant
stone masonry. The air pipe line Is ex
,a,aad 90 tha varioua lavaia ~ tha min,
and all will be In readiness TO begin op
eratlons with the new machine drills In
q few days. II Is also expected that worl
on the tramwsy on the hillside will b
resumed In a short time. when all tn
idle men In the district will fnd employ
ment thereon.
Extensive development work Is bsinI
carried on by the Union Mining com
pany on their property, under the all
management Of N. j. Church. Since tn
Union mine Wa purchased two month
ago by this company, the property ha
undergone q great many changes, snt
the ore extracted has shown up we'll Il
the assays. Fifty. five feet Of new worI
has been accomplished In the north an
, south drifts, and the work Is beinI
, pushed rs rapidly a. possible. At th
. . present time q force Of men are engage
10 timbering and leveling the old shat
preparatory for hois,ing ore. When tn
timbsrs are adjusted the shaft will b
about 4x7 feet In the clear. In addition
, to various other improvements on thi
property. a new barn Is In course Of ere,
= ton and will be @ mpleted In q few day
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