Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-19
MINES AND MINING
The Ssnta Rita Mining Company In
tends to Do Some Extensive
Development Work.
MIMBRES hot SPRINGS SOLD
The Hot Water Is to Be Used In a Con-
centrating Aill-Mining Operations
In Grant, Socorro and Sierra
Counties.
GRANT COUNTY.


B. B. Thayer will at once proceed
with the development of the large in
terests owned by the Santa Rita COM
pany, the principal operation being to
sink the deeper shafts down several
hundred feet. The rich strike made by
a man named Islos, upon ground leased
from the company, has resulted in
many additional leases being taken, and
several new strikes, Messrs. Holman
and Burns having uncovered the same
class of high-grade ore near the Islos
claim and on the same lead
The Grand View Mining Company
has purchased the famous Mmbres hot
springs from their owners, Mrs. Carlos
Nerrero and Jesus Valencia, the same
being ten acres in area, and to be used
for millsite purposes. A 10O-ton per day
capacity mill is to be erected A val
liable feature of the new purchase con-
sists in the hot water which flows from
the springs the temperature Of which
is sufficient to be available for mill
purposes, with artificial heating. This
Will result in an immense saving in fuel
and corresponding economy on oper-
ating expenses.
P. T. McGrath has bought a copper
prospect in the Burro mountains, which
for the amount of work done makes an
immense showing. There was taken
from the shaft about 500 pounds of cop
per glance, assaying So per cent copper;
400 pounds Of copper carbonate, running
"A per cent, and 1000 pounds of lower
grade. which will go at least 1G per
cent
The San Jose Concentrating Company
in Gold gulch has closed a contract for
all the low-grade copper ore from the
St. Louis mine in the Burro mountains,
and fifteen teams are now engaged in
hauling it from the mine to Whitewa-
ter, where it will be placed on cars and
shipped to San Jose, and from there
taken to the mill for treatment The
in copper, and the concentrating prod
uct will go between As and so per cent.
There are immense quantities of this
ore on the st. Louis dumps, and the
San Jose company is considering the
advisability of converting the old New
comb mill at White Signal into a con-
centrating plant in order to more expe-
ditiously handle this output and avoid
the long haul.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
The White Cap and Bell properties
are no longer prospects. They are we'll
developed mines.
A tri-weekly mail and stage from San
Marcial to Rosedale carries the mail
and miners to and from the new gold
camp of Rosedale.
The Graphic mine and smelter is now
employing 200 men, and business gener-
ally at Kelly and Magdalena is flourish
ing, chiefly because of the great activity
at the mines and mills.
Rosedale is flourishing mining camp
situated in a beautiful gulch on the
eastern side Of the San Mateo range,
about thirty-flve miles southwest from
The w. w. Martin Mining
Company owns rich vein of gold bear
ing quartz and a ten-stamp mill with
cyanide tanks. The mine and mill EN-
ploy about sixty men.
SIERRA COUNTY.
]. P. Malette and son Harold. of Chi
cago. arrived at Hillsboro. Mr.. Malette
is largely interested in the Wicks mine.
John Scales and e. w. Dewey, of La
mar, Idaho, have been to Fairview look
ing at mining properties. and left for
the north last Monday.
w. E. Nelson manager of the Ell Do
RADIO. is pushing work on that property
with two shifts The old shaft has been
cleaned out, and good showing of ore
encountered.
The Oohoo Mining Company. which
organized last spring for the purpose
of working and developing the Oohoo
Shiloh mining claims in the Caballo
mountains. have abandoned further de-
velopment on the above named mines,
as the ore has played out. and nothing
can be seen ahead except debts. The
company has transferred its affections
to the Little Fortune group. which in
cludes the Yellow Jacket, Alabama
King and several other hlgh-grade
properties. and work will start at once.