Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-29
MINING NEWS.
Activity In the Mines of Grant, socorro and
Taos Counties.
COLFAX COUNTY.

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In the Carpenter district Henderson
& Hankin. Colorado mining men, who
have been working the Orient group of
eight claims since last December. have
uncovered immense bodies Of zinc and
lead ore, which, according to the COM
putations of experts, contain over 3OO,-
900 tons Of mineral. The ore averages
about 80 per cent in metallic zinc, also
carrying lead in good quantities. A 5000
pound shipment was made last week to
the San Jose concentrator for test pur-
poses Henderson & Hankins have pur-
chased a concentrating plant in Wyo-
ming, which will be shipped and in
stalled during the present summer at
their millsite about four miles below
the mines. A tramway will be built to
convey the ore from the mines to the
mill. After concentration, the product
will be hauled to Hudson, on the local
branch Of the Santa Fe, q distance Of
twenty-four miles. for shipment Hen
derson & Hankins have also uncovered
a large body of zinc carbonate, a miner
al which is comparatively unknown in
this section.
In the Shakespeare district a rich
strike Is reported in the Superior mine,
in the second level, where the vein Is
feet. The shaft Is down 300 feet with
16 inches of ore in the bottom. A car
load shipment Of the finest looking ore
ever sent out Of the camp was made to
Ell Paso. Another car will be shipped
soon. The stockholders of the company
are Ell Paso men, and they are feeling
highly encouraged over the outlook.
A lawsuit involving the right to take
water from spring within a millsite
locatio and convey it to mill in an
other valley has been commenced In the
district court of Grant county. The
plaintiffs. w. II. Newcomb ct al. have
a concentrating mill in Gold gulch,
near Hanover. The defendants, Joseph
Bible ct al, have millsite at the head
Of Gold gulch. and a concentrating mill
in Hanover gulch. Some days ago the
defendants began pumping water from
their millsite in Gold gulch to their
mill in Hanover Immediately after
ward Gold gulch went dry. and the
Newcomb mill stopped. Mr.. Newcomb
and his associates at once applied for
and obtained temporary injunction
restraining defendants pumping water
from Gold gulch. Hearing was set for
June 30.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
In the Mogollon district the Last
Chance mill will be started during the
present week. From twenty to thirty
men will be employed as soon as oper-
ations are under way.
The report published In the Silver
City Enterprise few weeks ago % the
effect that Governor Otero and H. o.
Bursum had disposed of their interests
In the B. o. B. Mining Company, oper-
ating the Deep Down mine. to A. e.
Craver, of Chicago. Is emphatically de-
MED. The B. o. B. Mining Company has
its mill nearly completed, and expects
to be crushing ore by the first Of July.
Some very high grade ore is being ex-
tracted from the new shaft being sunk.
The B. O. d. people have not hesitated
to invest money In developing their
property, and the result is that they
now have one Of the best propositions
in the Mogollon district. Both the mine
and mill have been equipped with mod
ern and labor-saving machinery.