Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-05-03
The Second Payment of $4,000
Made On the Cooney Silver
Bar Group.
COPPER STRIKE NEAR NOGAL
A New Boiler for the Silver City smeltsr-
Good Copper and Silver Finds In tho
Jarillas-A Discovery of
Tungsten.
GRANT COUNTY

"A ioi sc VIC pooy WAS Struck last week
on the Philadelphia at Hanover.
A 20OOO-pound boiler is being installed
at the Silver City SIN, ter In place of
two smaller ones
found on the Katie and the Maggie
claims at Pinos Altos.
Charles B. Morrill, and Edward Sow
ers have obtained an option and bond
on the Gulch and the Anna mines In the
Central City district.
1t has been found necessary to close
down the San Jose smelter at San Jose
to make few minor alterations, when
1t Will start again on long run.
H. c. Myers is working on a discov-
cry Of tungsten. four miles southeast of
Gold Hill. ledge of high-grade copper
ore has also been found in that section,
The Dimmick brothers have pur-
chased the fine smelling plant recently
erected by w. E. Mcmillan, and will
continue to operate their valuable sill
yer mines.
The Amalgamated Copper Company
at Santa Rita is making arrangements
to work all the copper ore from 10 per
cent upward. 1t is only a question Of
the best manner of treating the ore
and when that is decided a more extern
sive plant will be erected.
The vein Of the Superior mine near
Lordsburg is holding out we'll at the
bottom of the shaft, and is improving
with depth. The development work is
being pushed, and the main body of the
ore will be reached very soon. Three
car loads of rich copper ore were ship
ped last week to the Ell Paso smelter.
G. B. Brough located and worked
mine at Gold Hill five years ago to
depth of go feet. The ledge was large
and had several tons Of ore worked that
netted $40 per ton. He was offered $4,000
in cash for the mine. named Queen Of
Hearts, but refused 1t, asking $4,000. 1t
has been worked spasmodically ever
since. There Is a party at Shakespeare
now interested in 1t. and testing it by
the cyanide process. If satisfactory
they will erect a cyanide plant. There
Is an extensive area at Gold Hill that
could be made available If the gold
could be saved, as the mills generally
lose 60 per cent or more In treating 1t.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
H. Z. Bassett of Pasadena, Cal, and
H. c. McCreery, of Cooney. Socorro
county. were at Silver City last week
to make the second payment on the
Cooney Silver Bar group, in the Mo-
gollon district. The second payment
was $4,000, and that much Is reported
to have already been taken out of the
ground since the new owners have had
possession of the group. Colorado
Springs capitalists are interested with
Messrs Bassett & McCreery.
OTERO COUNTY.
Several claims have been taken up at
the north end of the Jarillas, where
large ore bodies exist. One assay ran
300 ounces in silver and 20 per cent of
copper to the ton.
Sheriff P. F. Garrett and Maj. w. H.
H. Llewellyn. of Las Cruces, have leas-
ed their prospect, the Midday, at Jarilla.
to Mr.. Luna, of Las Cruces. Mr.. Luna
intends to commence making shipments
very soon.
Good copper and silver finds are re-
ported In the Jarillas. The influx Of
miners has been quite heavy on that
account the past few weeks. The Gran
ite Gem claims of Hayden & Gibbs
shipped car load of ore that runs high
in copper
Samples of ore from the Nogales
claim, which was uncovered some time
ago by laborers, who were grading for
the FL Paso & Northeastern railway,
are shown to return 10 ounces in gold
and 20 per cent copper. Eastern capi-
talists purchased the property as soon
as discovered and have since been de-
veloping it.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
Several new veins of copper were dis
covered in the Organ mountains last
week. They give indications of becom-
ing valuable properties. Some of the
ore assays 40 per cent copper.
Invitations and programs for COM
mencement exercises at the New Mex
lean Printing Company's ONCE. Sam
pies upon application.