Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1900-07-20
SIERRA COUNTY MINES.
GREAT CHANCES FOR PROFITABLE INVEST
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MENTS.
The Black Range, looked from any direction, present
curious aspect dark and smoky whose timber clad pes Ks
serrated line the horizon The Black Rang,
is given account Of the heavy forests of pine and pine
that grow thickly all the country, This range
mountains extends in northery and southery direction
and is in length about miles and about forty miles il,
width Water and game abound there in plenty and along
she flank Of the Range great belt Of mneralod
silver, copper, iron and manganese.
The first section showing value the great silver pucc-
mines Of Lake Valley. The mines Of this section arc
enclosed and almost entirely surrounded by lateral
D quartzte resting upon doomte. This is the location
the famous Bridal Chamber where S3'oooooo worth OF
almost pure silver extracted in six monhs.
North Percha and TERRA Blanca great silver
camps are located this Lake Valley belt some IS miles
distant Gold also has been found in fascinating quantities
in both these latter camps,
The great silver camp Of Kingston the foot the
Black Range, eight miles from illlsboro has produced
S7oooo)o in silver Tns camp has pericnced booms
and will doubt enjoy third with fair silver legislation
The Black Range mineral belt again shows richly Her
27 miles from sboro great body of limestone of
ID onite charactcr The silver camp of Hcrmosa has
Shipped about s. 900 in silver and yet has hardly
lched its prime. Eree coinage would make probably
OF the prosperous mining camps in the West
From iermosa camp the mineral belt be TRACED inc
tie Apache Mining District which town OF Chloride
Il. business center Here great veins Of mncraized quartz
crop above the enclosing country formations. Along the
the greatest OF work has been done
commencing Byers Run. Here the vein in place atht
Cliff mine shows width Of than five feet Thence
looking along the vein find all along evidences Of work
miner has done, in piles Of ore lying the mouths of
nes and shafts lhesc rich silver and carry gold
"ough to make their working proftabe-say from IS to SIC
gold per
The camp the rich I1sboro gold district 1t i.
lcated upon the of the mineral belt the
fnge the formation OF the district where the rich gold
found being porphyry. he veins assures The
Bonanza alone in this district paid dividends amounting
about $25o,ooo lisboro also has large and very rich
gold pacers which at last al out be made give up
their the Mesa del Orc Company.
Illlsboro IS the oldest camp in Sierra County
and has produced altogether about 100000 in gold
The Midnight mine has been worked depth suf1
cient prove its great value. The Colossal mine anohc
Of equal worth
On the northern slope of Hagans Peak located an i'm
rortant group Of camsthe St. Cloud Atlanta u S. Treas
uy and White Eagle On the Treasury shaft entirely in
opens the vein depth Of 40 feet, showing the
cve body than "A feet wide; running high
in silver and 10 in gold.
Crossing the belt to the Silver Monument
hich has been sunk depth of 400 feet, bornc
h in silver with little gold
~ group Of claims being orhtd Mineral Creek
the of Chloride and small stamp mill operating
Two other claims this district worth mentioning
Rcadjuster and Nordhausen both containing good ore
ia the Grafton mining district the Black Range
i the famous lvanhoc gold mine Development work con.
ssts Of $50 foot tunnel the vein the first class OF
hissproperty yields 7 gold per ton n
The vanhoc vein the Emporia claim upon which /,
30 feet Of work has done in Shipment returns
L n,oria ore show 8 gold per ton
The place along this vein which h:s been pospected
,Al ntly estimation Of valGc IS Ca ,
lngsblry three miles north Of the Empora nine at which
camp is located the Great Republic group Of mines Ore
worth per pound in gold has been mined here in places
and general shpnen the whole group have paid hand
somely 4
WORD looking country that shows