Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-25
MINING INTERESTS
A Deposit Of Alum Has Been Dis
covered in the Black Noun
tain District.
GYPSUM FIELD AT SOCORRO
California Capital Will Develop 1.-THE
Old Abe Nine at White 0aks-Activity
in the Organ District Other
Mine News.
LINCOLN COUNTY.

About 100 miners are now employed
at White Oaks.
Mr.. Taliaferro. of White Oaks, is de,
veloping some fine properties in the
Gallinas. forty-five miles northeast OF
White Oaks.
The Homestake at White Oaks has
200 tons of ore on the dump Only devel-
opment work and no stopping is being
done at present.
The Spence brothers have good
property in the Gallinas. They have
erected concentration, concentl ating
five tons of ore into one of concentrate.
The ore carries copper, lead and silver.
The Rockford. the Clipper and Cash
Ter mines in the NogaI mining district
belonging to Theodore w. Heman, were
sold at sheriff's sale last Saturday to
satisfy judgment Of $1,93S.45 in favor
Of August Schinzing.
Austin & Peterson have closed down
their copper mine in the Gallinas noun
tains. They shipped several car loads
of high-grade ore to Ell Paso, but the
cost Of freight ate up all their profits.
The Old Abe mine has a twenty
stamp mill pounding away day and
night on fine grade Of ore. A finely
equipped cyanide plant is also at the
mine. Every level of the mine, which
Is 1900 feet deep, is perfectly dry.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
Learned and Curry are pushing work
on the Merrimac at Organ.
Mr.. Jewell is working up new ore
bodies on the Excelsior at Organ.
T. B. Enoch is working a small force
of men on the Mormon mine at Organ
Newton Edison and Guy Jenkins will
clean out the James Fiske at Organ and
put it in working order.
A deposit Of alum has been discov-
cred in the southern end Of the Black
mountain mining district.
A Philadelphia company owns three
claims adjoining the Memphis at Or
gan, and they will soon put on a force
to develop the properties.
w. H. Mackey, who has lease on the
Bennett & Stephenson at Organ. has
struck fine body Of lead ore. New
machinery will be put into the mine.
Bennett & Friedeublum will begin
work on their lead properties at Organ
about September 1. They contemplate
the erection of reduction works in Bear
canon, OF the Black mountain district.
The Ruby and the Eclipse mines at
Organ, owned by G. w. Hufford, have
been bonded by the Four Metal Mining
Company, of Villa Grove, Colo. AS soon
as the shafts are tlmbered they will put
in day and night shifts.
A car Of high-grade ore was recently
shipped by the Excelsior at Organ,
which is now working two shifts of
men. The Excelsior and the Memphis
are both drifting to strike the same ore
chute that has been struck in the for
mer
The Torpedo mine at Organ has, at
depth of $50 feet, run crosscut and
opened up 30 feet Of good ore. The two
shafts are connected with 5O0-foot
tunnel in good ore. The upper shaft Is
265 feet deep. Plenty of water for all
purposes has been encountered. The
mine Is hoisting about thirty tons
day. The Torpedo now has mineral on
both sides Of the iron dixie. There Is
now over 1000 tons of low-grade ore on
the dump that will run Z or per cent
copper.
SOCORRO COUNTY.