Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-09
MINES ROUND ABOUT
Alleged Re-Discovery Of a Rich Old
Mine Reputsd to Be in the
Sandia Mountains.
WORK IN COCHITI DISTRICT
Activity in the Oerrillos District I'm.
provements at the Oerrillos Smelter,
Which Is to Be Made Win
ner-Mine Notes.

uoI Mlu6 NOt6S,
A man named Jose Paz brings sam
Piles of rich galena ore into Bernalilt
and states that he has discovered tn
ancient Ventanja, an alleged lost mine
for which the miners of San Pedro an
Golden, who believe in "lost mines,
have been searching for forty years, i
the Las Placitas region of the Sandi
range. The ore is rich, and If Pa
whether 1t comes from lost mine o
one that was never lost. But thai is
very interesting locality. which has no
been much prospected. There are sew
eral caves in the Sandals, one Of whicl
extends through the mountain, ant
years ago it was thought that thes,
openings led to the workings of the ira
1itional Ventanja mine. Old Captain
Hutchinson tried to explore the caves
but was encouraged" not to do so b!
| band of Santo Domingo Indians. II,
'ays the Indians in former years KEEP
l constant watch on the caves, but hi
loesn't know how it Is in these days
He was induced to go into the Las Pla
eitas district. he states, by finding pilet
up in secluded spot about two bushel.
of ore, which was one-third pure silver
and sought to find the spot whence II
came, but he never succeeded.
COCHITI DISTRICT.
On the Boston mining exchange last
week, 106 shares of the Cochiti Gold
Mining Company sold at $S.13 per share
rs against $8.25 per share July q. There
was no stock of the Santa Fe Gold and
Copper Company offered, either at Bos-
ton or New York.
The Iron King mine has been orened
by shafts, tunnels and drifts, altogether
about 1,5OO feet of work having been
accomplished. The present contract
with Smith & Carpenter calls for a
lrift 4x31ax6k feet in the clear. A large
Of hlgh-grade ore is being
loisted daily by Common Sense whim
md piled upon the dump. This ore will
De treated in the new mill at Woodbury.
when the structure is completed.
The work of drifting in the third level
If the Lone Star Is progressing nicely
lnder the management of Buck & Ship
ey, the contractors. Double shifts are
employed.
The Navajo Gold Mining Company
has awarded a contract for 300 cords Of
wood to Van Allen & Schoonover, to be
delivered at the air compressor in Pine
,anon.
A good many changes are going on in
he managerial departments at Albe-
narle. The latest move Is to let out E.
:. McNab as superintendent Of the cy-
lnide department at the big mill. His
successor is s. Hubert Williams. late
# Utah.
o. w. Weller one of the directors of
he Cochiti Gold Mining Company, and
lcting in the position as general mana
,er during the absence Of o. P. Posey
n France, has reached Bland, and was
net there by Duncan McVichey, super
ntendent Of the Golden Gate mine at
Mercer, Utah, and also the general
Of the DeLamar properties in
Nevada, Utah and Idaho. Important
and the new Star mill
rings them together.
THE CERRILLOS DISTRICT.
The discovery work on the group of
roperties owned by the Gibson syndi-
ate is nearing completion, and the
mineral showing on all Of the claims is
ighly gratifying. A representative Of
he syndicate from Toledo, O., has re-
emily visited the claims and gone home
0 make report to his associates. He
eemed to be extremely we'll pleased
18th the mineral showing. and said the
Onditions surrounding the property,
ood roads. accessibility Of fuel, near
ess OF Cerrillos. which undoubtedly Is
0 be great smelling point, gave the
laims added value. A party of EASTERN
RS are expected out next month to ex-
mine the property and determine the
est method Of treating the ore. A. r.
'ibson is now at the east in connection
18th this enterprise.
The Cerrillos smelter is making sub
tantial improvements that mean
luch for the future of the Cerrillos dis
rict Finally it has been determined to
ut in a roaster SO that the more re-
FACTORY ores can be treated. Additional
rackage room Is also being provided,
nd the ore Is to be handled by gravity
rom the cars to the elevated ore bins.
IN his recent visit President Thomas
'rown, who Is the head of the Galena
III Company at Franklin, Pa, assured
w. H. Kennedy that the peo-
lie of Santa Fe county need have no
ears but that the smelter would Twin
ut" and prove a complete Industrial
lccess. He said the company had all
ne money at its command needed to
lake 1t a success, and that after the
improvements now in hand are finished
second stack would be added to the
liant. President Brown went with Mr..
-ennedy to the Glorieta iron mine, and
lated that the smelter company would
AXE up their option on 1t this month.
heir option calls for the payment of
1000 cash for the iron mine to the
resent owners, Kennedy & Fox.
Big Cattle Sale.
The 1900 head of 2-year-old and 1000
cad of yearling Hereford steers sold
y H. M. Porter. Of Denver, to A. D.
Of Converse county. Wyo.,
ave been loaded into cars for ship
lent from Folsom, Union county, to
Tr SnauRh's Wyoming ranch The