Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-04-16
The Superior Mine At Lordsburg
Is Turning Out to Be a
Bonanza.
OTHER GRANT COUNTY MINES
A Concentrating Plant Is Being Built By
Colorado Parties In Hanover Gulch-
Improvements Are Being Made
On the Texas.

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three and half miles from Lordsburg
The vein occurs in the 250-foot level
and covers the entire floor of the Ak
shaft. 1t is red oxide, and of a char
acter that may be treated at low cost
An assay of a large average samplinl
of the rock shows 80 per cent of copper
Drifting on the vein will be commenced
at once.
The Superior Mining Company wa
recently incorporated, and the following
constitute the officers and board Of di
rectors: D. w. Reckhart, president
George w. Hickox, vice president; Ran
dolph Lawrence, secretaryt treasurer
Directors-David Payne, w. s. Nc
Cutcheon, John Dean and ]. A. Bruck
all of FL Paso, and Don Kedzie, o
Lordsburg.
The mine was bought last Septembe
on a $4,000 bond, and sixty days afte,
the purchase a pocket of ore that raj
5000 gold per ton was struck that yield
ed $4,000. In the striking of a differen
ledge, and considering its character, i
Is possible that a great mine has beer
found.
HANOVER.
Work has been resumed on the Han
over No. 2 by the owner, Owen Hughes
He expects to ship car load o. ore dali
ly in the near future.
The Philadelphia mine at Ha mover
recently purchased by j. r. White fol
$4,000, is showing up well, and the ore
that Is being taken out runs high in cop
per.
Colorado parties are building con.
centrator in Hanover gulch. ]. w. Bible
has charge of the work. The Ell Pasc
Mill Supply Company is furnishing the
material for the mill, and it will be ir
operation by May Is. The parties inter.
ested have secured a lease on the Ivan
hoe mine, and will treat their own ores
Mr.. Bible has bonded the San Jose cop
per mine from George Mcmillan, and
will get large quantity Of ore for the
mill from that mine.
Considerable improvements are being
made on the Texas mine. The company
has fifty men at work. and the mair
shaft is being sunk another 100 feet
Several new buildings are being built
and also a large hoist over the mair
Oh two, fc avnortonoa6 tv
getting enough water to run the con
centrating mill, and negotiations are
under way for water right above Cen.
trail City. They intend to run pipe line
from above the town to the mill.
SANTA RITA.
Some very good properties are being
leased by the Santa Rita Copper Com
pany to experienced miners. The com
pany itself is not doing much mining a
present. The foundation for their new
store is being laid, and it will be com
pleted and the store opened by Angus
Is. Gilchrist & Dawson will then re-
move their store at Santa Rita to Fier
ro. The new company store building
will be 40x60 feet. w. s. Burrage, thu
superintendent, is building himself al
eight-room residence at Santa Rita. D
c. Killing has bonded copper mine ad
joining the San Jose at Santa Rita fol
a year. The consideration was $500.
The Santa Rita company at Santa Ri
ia has closed down its concentrating
mill for few days to do some repair
work. The crushing of ore for the leach
ing tanks, however, continues. The mil
will be started again as soon as SOM
shells for high-speed rolls are received
from Chicago. The company has LEASED
the Robert e. Lee upper mine to FREQ
Burns, and has force Of men on thu
property getting out some good ore
Considerable development Is being dom
by the company on the Booth shaft ant
the Montoya. They are about ITO fee
down on the Booth, and 1t keeps then
busy pumping out water to work.
COOKS PEAK.
There are now over 100 miners EN-
ployed at Cooks Peak.
William Cady is now operating tn
Mable mine on the west side of Cook
Peak.
The Taylor mine at Cooks Peak ha
resumed operations, and A. p. Taylo
has a good force of men at work on /,
The ore Is high grade.
Joseph Smith, Frederick Kitchens an
Lance Sinks have leased the Inez min
at Cooks Peak from Mr.. Lindauer, c
Chicago. A good force Of men has bee
put on by the lessees.
A large body Of ore was encountere
last week in the south extension of tn
Graphic mine at Cooks Peak. Th
strike runs 100 ounces in silver and a,
eraged IS per cent lead. A. Wallis
working the mine with a good force {
men.
The Contention mine at Cooks Pea
| is being steadily worked by Willial
Cotton, who Is taking out good grad
of ore and is making shipments frol
time to time. A. ]. Clark and J. A. Me
honey, of Deming, are interested in tn
mine.
The large properties Of the Ell Pas
Smelling Company at Cooks Peak al
being worked steadily. There is wei
nigh inexhaustible body of ore on Il
property, which increases rather tha
decreases in quantity or quality ;
greater depths are reached.
Charles Poe has leased his mimi
properties at Cooks Peak, and got
quantities Of ore are being taken q