Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-25
ALBEMARLB MINE
The Company Intends to Sink Its
Shaft to the l,000-Foot
Level.
MANY MEN GIVEN WORK
The Mill Is Running at Its Full Capacity
"A New Mill Is Spoken Of at
Bland-Sierra County
Mines.
COCHITI DISTRICT.

1t is reported in Bland that move
| ment is on foot to organize stock COM
pany to erect mill of liftyton capacity
in Peralta canon.
H. E. Fox, of Albuquerque, has let
| the contract for the annual assessment
work on his Monument claim at Bland to
T. S. Pulliam. The Monument is an ex-
| tension of the Lone Star mine, and is
located on the north side of Pine canon.
For the past two WEEKS the Cochiti
Gold Mining company has been employ
ing large number of experienced miners
and mill men for their plant at Abe
marie. About thirty men from Mercur,
| Utah, have arrived in the district and
are employed by the company. The com
pan, intends to sink the shaft in the
Albemarle mine to the 900 foot level,
and from the bottom will drive levels
and drifts on the vein. The mill is run
ming at its full capacity and treats about
$50 tons of ore daily. The recent heavy
rains so softened the ground under the
cyanide tanks that one of them contain
| ing about 200 tons of pulp went down
about eight feet. To raise this again to
| its proper level required large force of
men for about week
SIERRA COT NTY.
The Hoosier boy min" 1T Fairvew has
shut down temporarily but is expected
to reopen about the 1st of next month.
Forty tons of ore were treated last
week at the mill at Hillsboro from the
Robbins, Welch Burke's lease near that
place.
The Ell Orc mine at Andrews is re-
ported to be rapidly growing into an ex-
cellent producer The shaft is now
down ITO feet and the pay streak is get
ting better all the time.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
Some fine specimens OF copper ore
were brought to Ell Paso during the past
week from newly discovered prospects
in the Oscura mountains, where num-
Der of Ell Paso people are interested.
Regular shipments of ore from the
Lucky Boy mine in the Organs are now
being made to the Ell Paso smelter. The
shaft is down 70 feet and the output
amounts to $40 a ton in gold and cop
per.
John M. Ainesler has returned from a
prospecting trip in the San Andreas
mountains after locating two copper
claims and Is now having assays made
at Ell Paso If these are satisfactory he
will begin developing the property.
A sample shipment of ore from the
Posthole mine In the, Organs is expected
TO reach Ell Paso this week. Afour foot
vein with IL inch pay streak has been
uncovered that runs $40 per ton in silver
and gold.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
Goodwin Bros are continuing salts
factory work on their leased claims at
Organ.
Other parties are investigating the
Oriental property at the east foot Of
Mineral Hill.
John B. Thompson, of Ell Paso, Is pre-
pairing for work on his silver galena
properties at Organ.
Mr.. Allen Is rushing work on his
claims, including the Steam Pump claim
leased of w. w. Cox, in Black Noun
tain camp. ten miles northeast Of Or
gan.
G. A. Bennett is now showing his for
ty silver-galena claims on Bear canon
to probable purchasers from Colorado.
who will erect a huge concentrator If
the deal Is consummated.
Wallace & Kitchens have struck
fine body of ore on the Wallace, south
of the Graphic at Cooks.