Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-31
REDUCING ITS FORCE
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Laid Off It's Unmarried Men
at Fierro.
STRIKES In FIERRO DISTRICT
New Machinery Being Erected at Different
Grant County Mines Mining Activity
at Red River City and Vicinity
Socorro County Mines.
GRANT COUNTY.

GRANT COUNTY.
Messrs. Waterbury and Gage, of the
Golden Giant company, have4s!t Pinos
Altos for New York to purchase a 20
stamp mill and other machinery.
On the Granite Gap group new gas
oline hoist has been in successful opera
tion for some time and greatly facilitates
the operations. They are regular ship
pers of from thirty to forty tons per
week, and are accumulating large
sized dump. Their deepest shaft is about
500 feet and also drift of the same
length. Their ore is lead caEbonates
running by carload 1S to 25 ounces silver
and 30 to 40 per cent lead.
In the Volcano district the Wilson COM
pany are putting in the pan amalgama-
tion process, with capacity of 25 to 80
tons per day, run by a 75-horse power
gasoline engine, which is being put in
place on the mine now. They hope to
be at work soon. They have three claims
in one group, with one 800 foot shaft
and one $50 feet. At the 200 foot level
in the deepest shaft, they have run about
300 feet of levels, showing up good
body Of silver ore, milling about SIS per
ton
BY a recent order all the unmarried
men employed by the Colorado Fuel 4
Iron company at Fierro have been laid
off. They number about so. 1t is said
| to be only a temporary suspension OF
operations. In order to prosecute its
work, the management of the company
has found 1t necessary to drive large
cut about twenty feet below the present
one, in order to tap the large ore body
which now composes the bottom OF the
present cut. This operation at the COM
mencement will only permit of the EN-
ployment of comparatively few men,
but as the ground is opened, more
miners will be added until the original
force is re-employed. Quite a number
0f men will also be employed during the
intermission for prospecting purposes.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron company has
sufficient ore in sight at Fierro to war
rant work for years to come. and it can
be stated authoritatively that it has not
the slightest intention of abandoning
operations.
Two good strikes are reported this
week from Fierro district. The first was
on the Mother Lode property which is
being worked under lease by ]. X.
Choate, Jr. While drifting at a depth
of about $50 feet, large body of copper
sulphides was encountered. The vein
as uncovered has an average width of
over seven feet, and assays show the ore
to run between 10 and 20 per cent cop
per. The ore body was struck beneath
the iron cap, as is the formation all over
the district Mr.. Choate has done con-
siderable development work on the
Mother Lode, and is naturally quite
elated to find that 1t has not been in vain.
The second strike was made on the
famous Iron Head mine, which has al
ready yielded fortune to Its owners,
Gilchrist & Dawson. While running
cross cut vein of high grade copper ore
over twelve feet in width was encoun-
tered. Men were ut once put to work
drifting both ways Oh the vein, and, as
development proceeds, the value and i'm
portance of the find is daily increasing.
TAOS COUNTY.
The Edison mill at the head of Bitter
Creek will be In operation soon. The
Edison mine has large body of miliag
ore.
Mr.. Bagley, of Cripple Creek. is at
Anchor examining the Little Gem at
Red River city with the prospect Of
purchasing.
Ed. Hamilton, sheep man of Trini-
dad, and B. f. Dunsworth, of Kansas,
are at Red River looking after Mr..
II m toms vnipipu in torootc
Hill and Benton are at the head OF
Bitter Creek placering. They are carry
ing the dirt 800 feet from the Little Gem
and washing it with rocker.
John and Chas Carter and two others
are sinking shaft on property adjoin-
ing the Midnight at Red River city.
They expect to sink 200 or 800 feet this
fall.
Ben Pooler has cut the vein on the
Cora Gibson. at Red River City, after
running a tunnel OF $50 feet. The lead
is six or seven feet wide and he believes
it Is the famous Memphis lead.
c. G. Cleland returned to Red River
last week and will begin work on the
Tom Thumb up Pioneer Creek. Last
year he cut the lead at depth of about
200 feet, and is we'll pleased with the
indications.
I l. B. Floyd has sold half interest in
the Joe Shelby mining lode which is
situated about three miles up the Co.
lumbina, to 7. G. Eubank. This
property has over so feet OF tunnel and
assays we'll in copper.
The Hemlock, about a mile above the
Stella property on Black Mountain, is
working two men. The owner Lionel
Tuck, an Australian miner, has run q
tunnel about ITS feet and from present
indications the ore is improving.
q. w. Payne, of Questa, made Red
River visit. He is one of the oldest
prospectors in this section of the country.
While there he located the Graybank
reports has lead so feet wide that
averages over $1,000 to the ton.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
| The Memphis at Organ is pushing
work with double shift.
i Goodwin Brothers are working the
Eclipse at Organ in two different places
and are doing we'll.
The Excelsior mine at Organ has dev.
eloped y large body of high grade copper
ore at water level.
George Anthony is pushing day and
night shifts on the Copper Bar property
at Organ with plenty Of ore to work
u on.
j. T. Evans Is opening up q new
prospect at Organ which shows fine
lead Of gold quartz south from the Nc
Kinley group. &
: Major Knox, OF the U. 3. army, from
Washington, and Judge Humphrey
passed through Organ TO Gold camp On
Wednesday.