Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-04
ORGAN MINING CAMPS
Mines and Prospects in the Organ,
the San Andreas and the Black
Mountains.
A RECENT Big MINE DEAL
A st. Louis Syndicate Buys severa! Good
Prospects in Sierra Oounty-Activity
Around Elizabethtown Miners and
Merchants to Organize.

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Captain A. B. Fall, who was in the
capital yesterday and today, gave the
following pointers about present mining
activity in the Organ and the San An
dreas mountains:
"The Modoc mine in the Organ min
ing camp was shut down for some
time while boring for water. A sbtfi-
cient amount of water was obtained to
run the concentration plant and advices
from the east state that machinery will
be put up at once and large force of
men employed.
THE Torpedo mine at Organ is devel-
oping into an enormous producer and
Is hoistng from 80 to so tons of ore per
day and shipping a car load of ore each
day to the I'll Paso smelter, accumulat-
ing large amount of $ to 10 per cent
ore on the dump as well as developing
large reserves from the mine. The
machinery for the new hosting plant
and pumping plant is Oh the ground and
will be at work within few days.
The Excelsior mine at Organ is be-
ing prepared for extensive work and a
large force will be employed in a short
time. An Ell Paso syndicate has just
purchased five claims between the Ter
pedo and the Bennet-Stephenso prop
erty.
THE Memphis at Organ is being
worked by the Bennett-Stephenson COM
pany and the new shaft shows indica-
tions of the same ore body which shows
such strength in the Torpedo.
The Torpedo at Organ also has ap-
parently the same body of copper ore as
the Torpedo and Memphis.
THE Jim Fisk claim at Organ is
also being worked and shows a six foot
breast of lead and zinc ore averaging
about 80 per cent lead and IS to 60 per
cent zinc with about 20 ounces of silver.
SIN the San Adreas mountains the
New Mexico Lead company is making
large daily shipments to the Ell Paso
smelter and also preparing to put
large concentrator on the ground.
'Several claims in the gold camp in
the Black Mountains have been bonded
and considerable work has been done
already on the Mormon, the Dundee
and other properties, and ON the whole
it looks as though the San Andreas and
Organ ranges which have experienced
small booms, are going to be fully deve-
loped at this time
COLFAX COUNTY.
Fl. H. Hankins, Of Springer. Cnlfax
was at Denver ON Siindayl He
spoke in glowing terms of the outlook
for the Moreno valley and Red river
mi nj no n icty ri into nf
THE majority of the mines in the dis
trict are doing definite work. said Mr..
Hankins. The Paragon, Iron Mask
and Mystic are making good progress,
and the other mines report that there
Is every indication of fiattering returns.
The Legal Tender has put in cyanide
watts to handle it's shines. There are two
big plants now going up in the districts,
and big dredge outfit will go in within
lodes, although there are many placers.
The placers have been worked for thir-
ty-five years. More than $10000,000 has
been taken from them, and it is esti-
mated that double that amount is there
now. Many people are coming in. The
average this year has been 100 per
Mr.. Hankins owns the stage
line from Springer to Elzabethtown.
and is we'll known in Santa Fe.
SIERRA COUNTY.
Considerable mining and prospecting
Is being done on the North Percha.
George Weber and Henry Siedenburg
are prospecting the range near Fair
view
A car load of copper ore from the
Grey Eagle at Kingston was shipped
this week.
A large body of lead ore has been
lately discovered five miles west of
Kingston.
James NJ Smith and Charles Skies, of
are on the trail of a reported
rich gold find. 1t is alleged that an
ancient Spanish mine has recently been
discovered near Hillsboro, the ore of
which Is literally bespecked with yellow
metal supposed to be gold.
James Dalglish and others have dis
covered and located the true weir of the
south extension of the Opportunity
mine at Hillsboro. This extension has
been prospected for many years with
out results. The new locators have the
vein in place, which shows good ore,
and they are going ahead with devel-
opment work.
A meeting of the mine owners and
business men of the several mining dis
tricts of Sierra county will be held at
Gales hall, Hillsboro, at 8 p. m. Satur-
mining association for the purpose of
and inducing capital to in
vest and develop the vast mining re-
sources of Sierra county.
Work on a tunnel in Apache Gulch to
tap the Hoosier Boy vein at a depth Of
about 500 feet below present workings
was commenced this week by Manager
Codding. The work will be started in
the porphyry under the lime contact,
nd ic IN Oh a
of the vein into the older formation be-
low. The car load of ore sent to Colo
RADIO for test, IL satisfactory, will insure
this tunnel being run by compressOrs.
Hosting machinery put at the shaft
and the prosecution of shaft to make
air connections also will open up
large block Of ground for stopping. Part
Of the ore shipped Is a telluride, and
runs high in gold It's continuation to
the tunnel level will give an impetus to
mining development in the section
around Falrview.
Through the efforts of W. E. Nelson
and associates, the jeff Hlirsch mining
claims, the Proper and the Cincinnati,
near Hillsboro have been disposed of
to a mining syndicate of st. Louis cap
italists. A cash payment was made on
the deal, which Is one of the most i'm
portant that has occurred in the dis
trict for some time. The properties sold
are rated as among the best prospects
in the camp, and possess considerable
development, and smelter returns show
the ore to be high grade. The proper
ties are situated in Grayback Gulch at
the foot of Animas Peak, and adjoin
the Chance group of mines operated SO
successfully by the Sinnamahoning
Gold and Copper Mining Company. of
Sinnamahoning, Pa. The purchasers of
the Proper and Cincinnati expect to
return within month prepared to push
development work.