Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-06-23
ARIZONA MINES.
The Chloride District Written Up
bya Prolific Writer
GENERAL RESUME or THE DISTRICT.
Special Correspondents.

HiarI FORCE nl men NNiH was ON AhN Il
General Grant group of fne claims. ~
ing on the west slope of the Cerbat |
range. three and "a half miles south /
east of the city A majority OF the |
g1rce OF men at present employed. VIII |
pui in their time developing the Oen-
crA Grant. which. Hke JOS lliustrious
ga mefhke. De- The central figure Of the
group The main Worklng shaft was
down only sixty feet when work began
ON a thirty foot drift from ~ level.
The ore ln sight is a Superior high
grade silver Ralcua. ANA while u is not
large. % iH known to Boz continuous
throughout the group VI claims. The
dr.fi from the sixty foot level is plan
ned Tor 900 foot of work, and this 20
br pushed with both day and night
shifts of miners The balance % the
fufce ~ men that went to work az the
b. ginning Of the week. VIII De allotted
in doing new development work on
various parts 90 the surface groupings
across the group, hence 10 b. possible
that che force of operutinE miners mas
bp largely increased in very short
t.mr
Great are the prospects of the new
Silver Age mine. ana great is The rich
ness of the ore now coming up by Che
nov steam hoist The shaft is going
down at she rate of three feet n day.
aud the ore body beside the smooth
aud perpendicular hanging wall Is
worth 500 ounces silver 90 the ton. The
management AIR Wulsten and the
owners 1f the milne are much clatcd
a @.
tune. ANA they are letting no expense
pass Co. make 60 one of the Erandest
suecesses in mining enterprises In Mo-
have county f not Doe Arizona
Tire management 90 che Juno mine
has the man shaft down almost TO
Doe 600 foot mark Tho ground ls break
Iug hard AMI Iouble-headod work on
Bu sh,fia has been put on 80 finer
1r smoother wallis are known in the
district. aud avefy iota OF the interview
ing spaue between them is good rich
ore. \ large amount OK this ore b. now
already sacked 1ud more Us being got
tom .n readiness for shipment that Will
bring bonanza returns At q depth OF
eco feet. which Us soon 90 bc. u NORTH
west drift VIII bc commenced Go open
T
vciopmrnt has Goo continue Tor the dis
tanop 90 $50 feet or the limit OF the
claim.
The Blue Pod is another new mine.
as was so generally predicted that q
would he when work commenced a
month ago The orr body .s more than
[ three Ice, Wldc. but 90 ouiy ordinary
grade in ts silver value. However,
l che shaft is not down set more than a.
I feet. Tor work only began "a month ago.
| Dnly day shifts are being employed
Just now, hut within another month
or less time ihorc viii be- two. ANS
t b. property lately ACQUIRED by Mr..
/ Rockford the mining promoter and
broker who has done SEQ much iu open
ing up ami causing % pe opened up
/ the minos 90 Muhave county that the
I people think ho rs entitled TO "a silver
monument 30 is the Intention Of Mr.
/ Rockford 90 soon install steam hoist
az be- has 600 feet OF prospecting and
development work chalked 90 which
be Wishes to push as rapidly az posi-
BILE
The now and rich ore yet coming Cai
at the Lucky Boy mine j. the joy ans
I theme of conversation This nne bOdJ
| of metal ls set pointed directly TO-
ward the samoan mime, gnd an doubts
are noN al rest that both mlnei
have ono aud the same body Of bonan
~ ore. 10 is yot "mAhogany' ore, a
thit class uf ore which is not exactly
/ aI native silver 10 called by old tim
efs. &, being OF dark brown colO
D D. . !.
piece cannot be picked 100 go random
from on thc dump. no matter hos
large ur boss small but what The puru
! white metal can be seen apuuk'ei al
Through Co. d s being sacked with bu
ltue sorting bat "a dolicately an,
carefully that nome is lost Bs the mos
expert diamond cutter would prDsrcua
hiss work lu This ehnpc it will SO q
the great smeltug ceuiers to ustonisl
tBe people there with iis richness a
well as thusc that are here
Both the owners 81 the Distan mine
ST. Cnas. sherman, ana HE leasers ol
th. property are shipping ore. Las
week Martin Grouse shipped bi
consignment of his leasing ore @
the Haley sampler at king
] NilNNs ~ lAfiHfN NANNNiNH iifNNf tf t'.'A "
and $500 tothc tom. "a this time %
not definitely known what Fred Leon
ard, ahothcr one OF the leasers has gol
but up TO few days ago, be- wa
known TO have "a large shipment al
most ready Tor Pueblo. Mr.. Sherman
Is also shipping with as much regui
arliy as the loaaerf.
Work s soon to commence on bot
tha silver knight ana Johnny Blu
mines under one management an
company The cunuguOuHness of thes
tWo prnmislns properties 90 such mine
us the p-Htan. Bryan and Tennessee
make ID highly possible mat they w
develop into az good min ng prupertie
az any or their nelshbofs
The late Oscar simmons had when IA
died mining claim situated close {
the Payroll and Tennessee minel
which was known To be good, bu
which had never been worked lu
b clenuy 90 show its great possible va
ucs up OF late IA, administrator d
. tbe estate had fine oftor Tor a. an
thls piece OF Chuiee property Is likel
Gao pass into other hands ana be work
] cd. Ton thousand dollars IS the prize
Z upon the claim. and should the sale .
contaminated. be- VIII be quite largel
! worked
Times are good in town and cam
I and money plentiful ana many has
E taken advantage OF the unpreccdente
p prosperity OF the past few months an
> bundled themselves on TO the "a
I breezes Or mountains 90 Colorado Z,
he summer
aa
Sc Footed the surgeons
AIR W. a Hines, of Manchester Ia
writing OF Ms almost miraculous 81