Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-24
MINING DISTRICTS
Considerable Development Work Has
Been Done on the Willard at
Red River City.
THE neutrality-suspicious.
There Is Much Activity Among the Miners
of That District-The Hanover Com
pany Has Purchased the Emma
Mine at Fierro.
TAOS COUNTY.

LAoO SoONl l..
I R. L. Pooler has returned to Red Riv
er City from Stonewall, and is again di
recting operations on the Memphi!
group of mines.
William Fraser will begin wark OF
the Rio Hondo Copper Companys grouI
of claims, on the south fork of the Ri
Hondo, next week.
A Dixon drill will soon be put to worl
on the Ragged Pants mine at Red Rlvel
City. With this machine one man car
do the work of four, saving in short
time it's cost, which is $125.
The Willard, in the Red River dis
trict has tunnel of 27O feet, which
will cut the vein with about 200 feet
more work, at 500 feet depth. The own
ers Of the property. Ed Westoby and A
Hedges, say they will run that dis
-ance this winter. A shaft has beer
sunk 80 feet on the vein, which is feet
vide. Two hundred tons of ore are or
he dump. This property has produced
some very highgra ore.
GRANT COUNTY.
The Santa Rita district is simply
humming. Husband & Co. have struck
pay ore in their tunnel north of Burns
& Foster after driving 200 feet, and are
now receiving some returns for their in
vestment. DR.. Guthrie and Schneider
have their shaft down to a depth of 40
feet and are now cross cutting. They
have already encountered a small vein
Of copper glance In the crosscut. Fritter
& Crawford have a fine vein of copper
31a feet wide at a depth of Is feet, re-
turns showing an average of 25 per cent
copper. They are also sinking two 9TH
ar shafts on their other leases, and
have found ore in each opening. They
have over IS tons of ore out ready for
shipment, and are employing a force of
twenty men. Adjoining Fritter & Craw-
ford on the southeast, Osman has
struck the same vein, and has over
feet of ore running IA per cent copper
It depth of 10 feet. Mr.. Arlot, who is
employed by the Santa Rita Mining
Company as an assayer, has taken a
lease and has struck good ore at depth
Of IL feet. Burns g. Co. arr .Orkirg
4uite large force OF men arg are tar
ing out some fine shipping ore. Burns
& Co. have secured a number of leases
on which they are pushing develop
ment work. McKeen. the Santa Rita
blacksmith. has fallen a victim to the
leasing fever, and has secured some
good ground, on which he Is sinking a
shaft and in which he already has some
good ore. Herndon & Co. have likewise
feet Mr.. Schneider has purchased a
one-half interest in the lease adjoining
Crawford & Fritter. and has put a force
IF men at work sinking shaft.
The Old Hanover mine is working
along quietly as usual. Large bodies of
ore are blocked out in. the lower levels,
and everything is in first-class shap,. 1t
is the intention of the company to erect
large concentrating plant at an early
lay. The Hanover company has pur-
chased the Emma property at Fierro.
A steam hoist has been erected, large
pump put in operation, and timbers are
now being framed for the shaft, which
will be sunk considerably deeper. The
water from this shaft will be used at
the concentrator shortly to be built by
the Hanover company. The new shaft
on Hanover No. has reached the tun-
mel level 140 feet, and is being sunk
deeper. The shaft will be timbered
from top to bottom with square sets,
and a steam hoist will be set up. A
wagon road has been graded around
the hill to the Old Hanover mine for
the purpose Of hauling timber, etc.
Prof. w. H. Seamon, the well-known
mining engineer, recently visited the
Dundee mine in the Lordsburg district
for the purpose Of making an expert re-
port on the property. 1t is owned by the
Orion Mining Company, headquarters
at Ell Paso. The report indicates the
Dundee to be among the most promis-
ing properties in Grant county. A vein
Of quartz is shown, carrying silver, gold
and copper, in every portion Of its
workings. The minimum width Of the
vein is 10 inches, the maximum 30
inches, and the average 20 inches. This
ore averages $3.50 in silver, 1920 In gold
and 1920 in copper, total of 1880 per
ton. There has been blocked ore to the
value of $2S, 900, shipped ore to the value
of 81, 500. and ore placed on the dump to
the value of $6,045, making total de-
,elopment Of ore to the value of $S9,145,
and ore proven to the value Of $10S coo.