Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-11-03
NEW MEXICO MINES
And MINERS
A Big Gold Strike Has Been Made
on the Ninety-nine Mine at
Rosedale.
THE SMELTER AT ALGODONES
1t Will Mean Great Boom for Bland
Good Ore Is Being Taken Out by
the W. H. Martin Company
at Rosedale.
DONA ANA COUNTY.

A carload OF 1lrSt-clasS ore mas been
taken out of the Excelsior at Organ.
The mine is in fine condition and con-
tinuous shipments are expected to be
made.
The pipes and connections have A.
rived at the Torpedo mine, and the work
of pumping out the south shaft has b :
gun. The new pump is giving entire
satisfaction, having pumped out IA feet
of water in 20 minutes.
Messrs. Allen and Keene. of Cripple
Creek, have 12 claims in the Black
Mountain district and three in the Or
gan district These gentlemen are cX-
perienced mining men and think very
highly of the district.
SIERRA COUNTY.
The Mcdonald brothers are prospect
ing near the head of Chloride gulch.
Horace Kingsbury is doing assessment
work in the U. S. treasury and White
Eagle claims near Chloride.
GRANT COUNTY.
The Stenson mines in the Florida
mountains are shipping ore to the Silver
City smelter and will make regular
monthly shipments hereafter.
soCoRRo COUNTY.
The ore now being taken from the
ninth level of the w. H. Martin com
pany mine is yielding returns of over
$500 to the ton. AS soon as the news of
the rich strikes gets abroad rush of
prospectors is expected.
The people of the mining camp of
Rosedale are much excited over the re-
suit of assays on gold quartz taken from
the Ninety Nine mine At depth OF
70 feet specimens of ordinary looking
ore were sent to the assayers and the
surprising returns were 1858 to the ton.
The vein is not wide, but gives every
evidence of being continuous.
COCHITI DISTRICT.
R. G.. Balcomb, the oldtime mining
man from Algodones, is in the camp
with eastern capitalists looking at min
ing properties, and so far the eastern
parties are well satisfied with the camp
and the properties. Work will com
mence on the Algodones smelter soon.
and within 80 days 300 men will be at
work. 1t is the intention of the com
pany to rush the work as fast as pos
sible. The prospects are very bright
for boom in the near future, and busi-
ness is very much better now than it has
been for some time.
The rebuilding of the mill of the Co
chiti Reduction & Improvement company
at Woodbury., about six miles from
Bland, the center of that mining district,
is well under way. The mill was des-
troyed by fire last June. 1t is expected
that the mill will be ready for opera
tions about the end Of the present year,
said Gen. R. w. Woodbury. in an inter-
view at Denver The iron machinery
for the mill was shipped from the Colo
RADIO Iron works of Denver about two
weeks ago. The cyanide tanks, of a
capacity to treat so tons of ore daily,
were shipped from Los Angeles last
week. A force of carpenters was sent
recently from Denver, and is now at
work on the buildings
The works will include the pneumatic
cyanide process, experiments under
which. on the Cochiti ores. showed that
the time of treatment would be much re-
duced by it.
The company is working the Iron
King and the Good Hope mines. both at
Bland. In addition to treating the
company's ores, the mill will do custom
work, and in fact, it is being built
mainly for the treatment Of ores from
other properties.