Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-21
TALK TO MINING men
F. L. Buchanan Addressed the Pros
peotors Of the Black Range in
Sensible Terms.
GOOD FIND AT TRES PIEDRAS
Work on the Whale Mine, in the Bromide
District, Has Been Resumed-The Old
Hanover Copper Mine Company
Mine Notes.
SIERRA COUNTY.

F. l.. Buchanan, superintendent of
the Ell Dorado mines at Hillsboro, has
been giving the prospectors of that
camp and the Black Range generally,
a talk that will fit in almost any mining
district in New Mexico. Says Mr..
Buchanan: During the past fifteen
years I have visited most of the big
camps of the west, making reports for
eastern capital and l can truly say
that l have never seen more favorable
conditions for the profitable investment
| in mining than is to be found in this
| district. l can show you claims in this
camp that are literally cut up with
shallow shafts and open cuts from one
end to the other. All of these openings
and cuts show the vein plainly. When
)nce they found the vein in such open
ings, why did not they go down after
the ore? To a casual observer or in
experienced man looking for a mine
their property is condemned, when the
time and money spent on it would have
made mine of it If properly handled
When you desire to locate the vein on
your ground, open cuts and shallow
| tunnels are all right, but as soon as
you know where your vein is, do not
waste your time or money in further
work of this kind. If you desire to sell
your mine, you must show what Is to
be found at least 100 feet below the
surface. Many prospect that now
shows fairly well at 100 feet. would, if
carried down to the 200 foot level, triple
in value. There are two lessons to be
learned in this camp. One is that deep
mining will seldom fail to find the val
ues of very high grade. Theo ther is
| that nine-tenths Of all the ores here
are concentrating ores. Mind, you can
mine and concentrate about three tons
for the same 1t costs to hand sort one
| ton to make it high grade shipping ore.
Hand sorting is an imperfect, slow and
expensive method of concentration. We
have the finest concentra ting ores here
I have ever SEEN"
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.
Wells & Hall have made new strike
l6-to-1 that runs 1923 ounces in silver.
Judge Royal has on the cars in Pueblo
new hoist which will be sent to Tres
| Piedras by rail from where it will be
carried overland.
The Strawberry, near Tres Piedras,
owned by Wisconsin company, has
just installed a new steam hoist and a
full equipment of steam pumps.
York Brothers of Pueblo, who own the
Sardine mine, near Tres Piedras, have
a couple of carloads of fine sacked ore
ready for shipment and expect to put
in some new machinery.
A valuable find has been made on
Rock creek, near Tres Piedras, by
William Peet, of a 19-inch vein of tale,
between quartzite and birds eye ror-
phyry walls, the tale assaying $22 to
/ $50 in gold per ton. Mr.. Peet has seven
claims in this group, including tunnel
and mill sites. and has begun active
operations on the property.
The New Mexico Gold and Copper
Mining company, composed of Milwau-
kee capitalists, are putting in 10000
pound boiler and holster preparatory to
beginning active shipments from their
property west of Tres Piedras. This
property Is gold-copper, and they are
now down nearly 100 feet, with large
ore body in sight. Assays on this prop
erty give $3S two feet from the surface.
Work on the Whale mine in the Bro
mide district, which was discontinued
in February, was resumed about a
week ago, some eight or ten men being
put on the job. Twenty thousand gall
Ions Of water had gathered in the prop
erty during the five months, but this
Is being disposed of, and no trouble
was experienced. This is the property
OF Judge Andrew Royal and associates
Of Pueblo, Colo, who were recent visit
ors in camp. ..
GRANT COUNTY.
At Cooks Peak Jesus Lopez has open
ed up a large body of high grade lead
carbonate ore, and is shipping on an
I
Joe Hitchins and A. Wallis have also
encountered good ore body. AS con-
sequence Of the work being done, the
Teel & Poe mines are looking up in
first-class shape.
]. r. McKinnie, of Colorado Springs,
Hanover Copper Mine Company at
Hanover. Grant county. This corpora
ton owns one of the richest copper pro-
ducers in New Mexico. and Is the center
of mining district in the southwest
ern section of this territory that Is full
Of promise. This company has shipped
since January 5000 tons of copper ore,
which has run from 70 to 2S per cent
copper. In addition there are 10000
tons of ore blocked out in the mine of
the higher values besides several thou
sand tons Of rock that has been put
over the dump. This mine has a rep
utation Of its own, and at this time
about $2,500 month is being expended
in doing development work. The mine
has been opened to depth of 300 feet
and is being developed quite extensive
| ly. Mr.. McKinnie is the owner of the
Hanover Annex, a property of great
promise.
The Kansas City Smelling & Refining
Icampany continues its extensive opera
tions on its Othello and Desdemona
| properties at Cooks Peak. At present
over fifty men are employed, and the
output averages about fifteen cars per
month. The ore being shipped is al
most entirely lead carbonates. carrying