Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1900-04-13
SIERRA COUNTY MINES.
GREA- CHANCES FOR PROFITABLE INVEST
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MENTS.
The Black Range looked at any dire ciicr, presents
curious aspect dark and smoky whose lin lercao pea
serrated line the horizon J he Black Rang
given Of the heavy forests OF pine ana pine
grow thicky all the country, Ibis range
extends northerly and southerly direction
and is length about miles and about forty miles M
width Water and game abound there in plenty and along
the flank Of the Range gre belt OF mineral gold
silver, copper iron and manganese.
1he section showing value is II great sis,i produc
. mines Of Lake Valley. he mires this section
enclosed and almost entirely lrdd l late al strata
quartze resting upon dolone. lis is tie location Of
the famous Bridal Chamber where sa aecooo worth o.
almost pure silver extfact d in onths.
North Percha and TERRA Ba'ea tNo o,her great ver
camps are located this Lake Valley belt rs miles
distant Gold also has been ord III fascinating qal ties
in both these latter camps.
The great silver camp Of Kingston at the foot Of The
Black Range eight mics rom tillsboro has produced
s7oooo 900 IN silver This camp has xpercncd booms
and viii doubt enjoy tlrd, with fair silver legislation
Black Range r'incra belt again shows richly at ier
,osa mie5 llsbofo in great lo,y OF limestone OF
doonite character. he silver camp Of licrmosa has
sippcd about s2,ovoooo in siNc and yet has hardly
reached prime. Free coinage would make probably one
. Of the most prosperous mining eahI IL the y est
From IIermosa camp the mineral belt can be traced int
Apache Mining Distilct OF Which the town OF ohloe
tn Here great VEINS Of mncralzed quartz
crop above the enc osing country formations Along the
"a the greatest amount OF work has been done
cenncncno al Bycrs kun Here vein place til.
tlin- nine shows width Of than five feet. hence
looking along the find all slong evidences OF work
Tie has done in piles OF ore ING al the mot tbs OF tun
ncls and shafts rich slNcr, and carry gou
enough make thci working profabcsa> from 50 to SIC
gold per ton.
rhe next camp IS the Itch lIillsboro gold district 1t is
located upon OF the mineral belt Of the
range L formation the district where the rich gold is
found being porphyry Ihe VEINS are tue issues The
Bonanza NINE alone in this district pad dividends amounting
10 about s. ilsboro also has large and very rich
gold paces which last al out to be made to give up
Their vast treasures to the Mesa del Orc Company
Iiillsboro is the Oldest camp in Sierra County
and has pro uced altogether about s9coo,oc CO II gold
The Midnight mine has been WORKED TO sen 81 H. suh
prove great value nc Colossal it iItn
Of equal worth.
poan group Of caims-the St loud Atlanta = ;. lreas
ury and White Eagle. On the Treasury shaft entirely in
ore opens the depth Of 4ofect showing the
foot body than feet wide running high
in silver and 10 IN gold
Crossing the belt We to the Silver Monument mine
which has sunk depth of 400 feet in bonite
rich in silver, with little gold
group Of claims are being worked Miner al Greek
the Of Chloride and small stamp mill operating
/ wo other claims Of this district worth mcntonngth
Rcadustcr and Nordhausen both containing good ore
In the Grafton mining district the Black Rang F.
the vanhoe gold nine Developme work cor al
$50 foot tunnel on the vein the first class OF
this property yields u gold per ton
The Ivanhoe vein the Emporia claim uron which
$50 feet Of work has been done in Shipment returns
Of tsmporia ore show gold per ton.
ne place along this vein which hs been prospectec
sufficiently estimation Of value is at Camp
Kin bury miles north of the Empora mine which
c'm? located the l'eat Republic sroop OF mines Ore
worth per pound in gold has been mined here in places
and general shipments from the whole group have paid hand
somely.
looking for country that shows
& the pua IN w. L n" , an M
placed The different mining sections Of Sierra County have
There is an sbunduce Of gold awaiting comne
bring to the surface 1t also
that these remote from sep'ers ut Of reduction % and
grade where they are mined