Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-08-24

). w. VIM OF the Mineral mount
ain mining company, with the usual
Chicago push is preparing TO rush mat
tiers with his STEMS Pass properties.
They are said 10 he valuable proper
ties aud finely located. There is some
dve hundred feet of work la sha Us
and drifts on the property, and we
understand practically all or IL on the
vein, 50 that ain immense body OF ore
Is practically 10 sight. In the main
shaft OF n Of the properties there Is
a bountiful supply OF water This
alone 10 this country Is worth as much
as the average mine. There are sew
eral large dumps ui ore. perhaps 1900
tons, and It is claimed by people who
are acquainted win the property,
that this ore will average s2O per ton.
This Is an ideal place for "A concen.
trating plant. With a permanen'
water supply, fuel on the hills and
ore in evidence in veins from four t.
eight feet wide, opened down for hun.
dreds OF feet, no better combination
could be found in any country for the
making Of a great mine. 1t is seldom
that eastern people who come out here
looking for mines show such keen in
sight into the essential con litinns for
a mine as has been manifested by Mr..
VIM In this selection. He claims to
know nothing about mines or mining,
but there seems to be nothing OF the
tenderfOot about hun. He seems to
possess the rare faculty OF combining
extreme caution With dispatch. This
is something admired II not always
.practised in this southwestern country.
1t will win out, aud the lack Of this
faculty has often been the reason why
50 many really rich properties failed
To pay 10 an early day, and are now
lying here awaiting just such method
ical business men as he and bis com
pany seems to be. The company is
making no big promises, and In fact
claim that nothing beyond the prelim.
mary work may be done However
that may be we are looking for a big
out come for the company. The
company has a force Uf ten men at
work. Some samples from the hottOm
Of the Copper Queen and Manhattan
shafts are as 6ne ore as has been
brought into Lordsburg In some time.
The whole six feet OF the Copper
Queen Is a One grade Of copper. The
first shots 10 the DRIFT opened up a
rich eighteeO inch streak, next t. the
hanging wall shows high gold values.
The samples from the eight foot vein
Of the Manhattan shows about 6fty
per cent lead. This vein Is u puzzler.
Samples OF the groupings carried 1920
and $500 in gold, and the mine has
developed remarkably 10 silver, lead
and copper. Without a concentration,
in an early day, these elements we're a
bother. Now they constitute the
main value. The company now seems
inclined to con6ne It's work tn test
shipments. With such a body Of ore
in sight and on the dumps, and such a
rare combination OF water, fuel and
'railrHad facilities this looks like vast
ing time. Build your concentratOr,
and do not waste any time on 1t. If
you are not satisfied with what you
have there are men who will be glad
TO take your mine On a royalty, and
pay you big for concentrating their
ore, and besides this you can get
enough ore from the other mines in
the vicinity to keep your concentration
busy. Put up a plant, you need it and
the camp needs it.