El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-25
WONDERFUL
RICHNESS
Described BY Major Davis
Near hiIIsborO.
DEVELOP ENT ONLY
Is Needed to Make this District One
Of the Best in the Southwest
millions Have Been Taken
Out of the Ground Thefeabnuts.

Following is Major 8. M. Davis sec
ond and concluding letter on the Hills
boro, N. M, mining district:
J. M. Webster and Colonel Parker
are mining at the head of Trujillo
Creek In the foot hills Of the south end
of the Black Range. There are q num-
Der of leasers at work on their proper
wagon haul to Lake Valley and has
big money left. Assays of over $50. 900
have been obtained. Their last chip
ment Was selected lot of ore that gave
q return of 451 .13 ounces of gold, q
little under SiO,0 900 to the ton. Billy
SOlase, Rlckerson and Knight are
leasing the Lookout mine in the came
district. They are down $50 feet and
In very rich ore. The boys will come
out with a pooketful of money.
A lot of ore Is being taken out OF
this district that is avera yinR 500 per
sack in silver and gold. On the TERRA
Blanca Kinney Bros. and Ley Sly are
mining in rich ore but not very ex-
tensively. They are taking out ore and
shipping to Ell Paso, running from e5,-
900 TO &c, 900 carload. Miller & Knight
of Hillsboro, are mining at TERRA
Blanca, and have shipped considerable
ore to the smelters.
Al the South Percha, three miles
south of Kingston, which Is eight
miles from HILLSIDE 10 the old Grey
Eagle property that was worked until
1898. II was sold to st. Louis parties.
Here lie q big concentrating property,
copper and silver ore. The St. Louis
parties paid $500, 600 for the property.
They have large bodies of ore 10 the
Grey Eagle and IL should be q big pay
ing property with q concentrator on IL.
The Middle Percha district, six miles
north of Kingston, is a rich silver
camp and quite q number Of claims
would pay big now. About IS, 600, 900
was produced here in 1882. Senator
TABOR OF Denver, owned some good
property in this district, and in 1882
over $40 600 WAS picked up off the top
of the ground, almost pure silver. Jef
Reynolds now owns the property.
Eight miles north of Kingston are
lot of big, strong assure veins, but no
depth has been reached in this District.
No hole In the district Is over $50 feet
deep. But the district has produced
about 90, zoo, 900. Rich ore was shipped
from the grass roots. These ores could
all be concentrated and made to pay
big money. Mining men should look
bonanza makers lying around waiting
for capital to come in. The placers |
northeast of Hillsboro have produced
about %, 000. 900 In the last thirty years |
and she Mexicaus are etill at work with |
dry placer machines, and also hsuliug !
the dirt to water and rocking It.
In the Hillboro district the Opportu-
nifty and Bobtsil are under bond. They
consist of ten claims. They are owned
r. ade goes through, . 125-ton smelter
will be erected at once to treat custom
pre- besides their own ores. Over ST.
500, 900 has been taken from these pro-
persies. A 250-ton smelter can be kept
going in this district alone. Mr.. F. L.
IAN experienced mining and
mill man man, formerly OF Colorado.
,ss gone to st Louis, accompanied by
}. A. Neil of the Eldorado group, TO
buy machinery for their concentrating
plant, which will be of 100 ION capacity,
md up to date In every respect They
ire making q wise move, as they have
/ fine, easy concentrating ore.
Mr.. Buchanan is an up to date mill
nan, and they will make the enterprise
! success. st. Louis people generally
make q success Ia their mining adven-
ures, and with three mills going In the
district 1t will give new life 20 the camp
md the surrounding country. 1 met
Mr.. r. 81. Happier, an old timer in the
district. He will be O pusher and assist
q doing all he can to help Ell Psso
,ring the mining interests of New
Mexico before the mining world.
1t was In 1893 when silver went down
md this whole camp was crushed. But
Ter day is coming again and she will
,limb higher this time. and will be-
come a big, regular producer of the
precious metals. You can look for a |
lice display from Hillsboro and the |
mining camps surrounding il. These |
people appreciate Ell Psso's effort on |
behalf of the whole southwest.