Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-03-24
C0CHlTl DISTRICT.
Topics Of Interest Gathered from
Most Reliable Sources.
EVERYBODY IN the DISTRICT HAPPY.

Work is being pushed on the victo
, group
Z Development work has been com
menced On the r. s. X.
The Victor group ana 4. =. X. ar,
under lease and bond to w. j. Cartan
Fletcher smith has disposed OF th,
Dory Elliott and Ajax. situated In
Media canyon. to W. G. Woodland.
Jacob Tarzciore has Transferred 4
sulsIa oW al issislu uiusslxls-auo
sun chain to 4. Korpbulh. Conaid.rs.
ton not made public
The statement comes from upoues.
uonablo authority that the Crown
foint deal was not contaminated last
week, az was mentioned in various sec.
tons Of the territory.
While making the rounds gatur.i,,
morning We we're shown some good
specimens Of lead and copper taken
from mines near socorro By Judge 8.
w Young, who with a party of friends
was down IN that district last week.
Ihrty men are now employed In the
Lone star mine aGd cross.cut tunnel.
Rock has been bropen aud extracted
Tor "A distance OF over $40 feet in the
working tunnel Fifty feet OF shaft
haa been sunk from the lower level ana
VIII soon connect with the cross cut
| tunnel.
The work of stretching the electric
wire from Madrid TO AIbemarle ls be-
ing pushed az rapidly az possible. ara
unless delay is caused by a scarcity
| OF material the line viii De- finished
next week. A large part Of the neW
machinery has been adjusted In the
mili ana u II expected that on or be-
fore the 10th of April the entire plant
VIII be In operation by means OF cleo
trio power
The Northland claim, situated in
Peralta canyon. has been transferred
by George Ostrander to "A party Of
cripple Creek capitalists. The rock
now being taken out is said by miner
hlogisth 10 be the same as Is worked
al cripple Creek. Development viii
commence at once The dIscoyery
caused quite ilttic excitement In min
ing circles Indications point to a great
future FOR the mine.
Ihe latest Of the big enterprises re-
cently projected In New Mexico NV
eastern capitalists is that OF the co.
ehlH tunnel The purpose OF the pro-
Jeetors II To follow the main vein.
which averages nifty feet In width. into
the center Of the mountain. and |
through this tunnel work all nelghbor-
ing mines. The company expects that
before $4,000 has boen expended the
tunnel VIII pay It's own way. from the
DIX veins and numerous sIurs. some OF |
them heing very rich. a. Il. Gibson /
VIII 20 10 the eastern cities To enlist
further Interest In the big scheme.
The Bland mill ls in the midst OF a |
'est rhh, concentration of the tallngs
ne'ng the main item under consldera-
ton This run. as well as those recent
y made by the Navajo Gold Mining
Co, IL for the purpose OF determining the
BEST method to be sued in the treat.
ment of ores in the new mill which will
soon De under course OF construction.
The company began this test on the
bth OF the present month and will con
unue until the 2tst, after which a
teaching test viii be made. The ores
from each level Of the Lone Star mine
are mixed and when the tests are com.
pleted the company will be able TO de-
eide which process OF treatment Will
be Installed In the new iO0-stamp mill
Last Saturday the Coohit Reduction
ana Improvement company purchased
the Iron King mine Ia f'ino canyon
There were several bids made. The
price paid by the above c0mpSEy was
$4,000. This mine is among the nrst
producers In the district, and while no
great amolnt OF development work
has been executed the values obtained
from numerous assays show remark
able returns Manager w G.. Wynkoop
Df the COchitl Reduction and Improve
ment company. was IN bland the early
part OF this week and let a contract
10 parties 10 run 200 foot drift In "A
soulherly direction from the bottom of
the shaft in the Iron King The ore
thus extracted h being hauled to the
milling plant at Woodbury., which viii
keep the machinery In constant opera
Hon. According 10 previous announce
nent the company stands ready to pay
The Cripple Greek schedule for al Gus
tom ores
on his claims Ia Media Dia canyon
oliver Springer has accomplished a
considerable amount OF development |.
work. He IN the owner 81 three good
mines. the Elliott Occidental and Col
zen Rule. About 90 feet OF tunnel has
been driven on the Elliott. and during
The last few feet splendid looking
quartz was encountered. II resembles
In color the ore taken from the famous
Lone Star, and IN all probability when
he owner has driven about 100 feet In
his tunnel the owner will have reached
, vertical depth Of 600 feet Mr. sprin-
ger has sunk a shaft on the Occidental
about 30 feet and the values in mine
rails increase very materially with
depth. AZ a point several feet north Of
The shaft and at a depth OF less than
wo feet from the surface, the owner
uncovered some excellent looking
quartz. This strike was made about
I've weeks ago. and several specimens
" the rock were Immediately shipped
10 experts for Investigation. Nothing
more was learned until a few days ago
when Mr. Springer received che cheer
ng Information that the specimens as
iayed si.i5 IN gold and three ounces
silver The iubilant owner iH very
much encouraged with tho results and
n an probability he viii soon com
nence operations az that point with
orce OF practical miners.
PAssIs0 away.
Eighteen years is but az a momen,