Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-04-23
new MEXICO MINES.
Progress In the Mining Camps Of Grant
Lincoln and Other Counties.

rouHulnS sectlon Iof ore TO De treated
The roads leading to the mill have beer
put in good condition. The water supply
is more than sufficient to supply the
mill. and the company has also dug 8
well near the mine, which will supply
considerable of the precious fluid. A
small dam has been built across the
creek, which has never been known tc
run dry. The company has 300 tons OF
lead ore out Of one Of their mines on
the dump, and has an 8-foot lead which
will turn out an excellent lot of ore. II
has leased the Humboldt mine, and IL
doing considerable work on it. About
800 tons of good lead ore are already or
the dump. The company will also rur
300 tons of copper ore for Bradley
Rosencranz as soon as the mill Is start
ed. With this there Is enough ore or
hand or in sight to run the mill for slz
months.
SIERRA COUNTY.
Messrs. Ryan & Hagan have made 9
rich strike Of ore in the Tanks district
Arthur Evans and John Wicks have
placed their Cumberland mine on the
North Percha under bond and lease to
eastern capitalists.
| c. T. Barr and partners, of Kingston
have disposed of their group of mines
on the west side Of the Black Range
Three thousand dollars of the purchase
price has already been paid.
The Porter mill, which has been idle
for some days, is in operation again. A
| new table, a hydraulic classifier and
some other additions to the mill have
been made during the shutdown.
The new water supply plant that Is to
supply the water for the Trippe mill is
now in operation. The water plant is
situated on the Animas, near Gregorio
ChaveZ's ranch. The water Is forced
through 3-inch pipe to the Trippe mill
at Andrews. The power Is furnished by
forty horsepower engine and an
eighty horsepower boiler. The water is
forced to an elevation Of $50 feet. The
new machinery works well.
Tomlinson & Co. are developing prac-
tically new ground on the Mary c., one
of the Richmond group at Hillsboro
They are now laying 400 feet Of track
to enable them to handle the waste and
the ore more conveniently. So far they
have had 81 feet of good grade sui
phide ore, varying from s to % inches
in width. The first car of ore will be
shipped the beginning Of next month.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The first coal opening at White Oaks
was made in 1880 at the Parker mine
Since then 1t has been demonstrated
that coal Is one Of the great resources
of Lincoln county. In 1881 Cornish min
ers, Thomas Williams and his brother,
located $40 acres of coal lands near
White Oaks and opened up fine body
of coal. The Parker and Williams
mines changed hands soon after that,
and supplied the local demand until
about year ago, when the Old Abe
Gold Mining Company purchased the
Cochran mine, located about at the
same time as the others, but much
nearer to White Oaks. Since then the
Old Abe company has supplied all the
coal, as mines lying further away could
not compete in price as to haulage.
In 1884 coal was discovered about
twenty miles south of these mines, and
later James A. Alcock and others did
quite considerable work in opening up
that coal, which Is now the Salado coal
field, and to which the Ell Paso & North
eastern railroad extends, and from
which about twenty cars Of coal is now
being shipped daily to FL Paso. and the
output Is constantly increasing as de-
velopment permits.
There are numerous openings and out.
groupings of coal from the Old Abe
lands on down to what Is called the
Angus v V ranch, distance of about
six or seven miles in width, so far al
openings now point. The indications, a!
interpreted by the coal experts. are tina
coal abounds far beyond the above lin
it's. Among the openings are the Wat
son & Lund, the James Morris. tn
Sawmill Canon, the Brooking. the Cox
the Buckner, the Langston, the Serana
the Aguayo, in all Of which good Goa
has been exposed. The Morris, partic
ularly shows excellent coal and ever!
indication of quantity and permanency
The work done on this claim followed
fault or roll or crush. and does no
follow an incline or coal body.
The White Oaks coal for about TWEEN
ty years has been in great demand, ant
especially for blacksmithing purposes
For 100 miles and more the coal ha
been sent for at an expense to users o
$40 a ton and over.
The analysis Of White Oaks coal b!
Prof. William B. Potter, of the st
Louis Sampling and Testing Works, i
as follows: Moisture. 2.S5 per cent; vol
i. atile matter, 1858; fixed carbon, 1924
ash, 11.SS; total, 100 per cent; sulphur
O61 per cent; calorific power, 11.756 pc
cent thermal units per pound Of coal.
This is very good coking coal, witt
high heating power, the only objection
| able feature about 1t being the percent
age Of ash: in other respects it Is q
admirable coal; special tests apple