Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-12
Big MlNERALWEALTH
Strikes and Deals That Have Lately
Been Made in New Mexico
Mining Property.
The GOLD COIN COMPANY
It Has Secured Options on Property in the
Malone District Activity in the Ohlor-
ide Flat Oamp-Taos and Other
Counties.
SIERRA COUNTY.

E. ]. Murray went to Rincon to meet
Senator Andrews, who was on his way
from Pennsylvania to inspect his mines
at Andrews.
The Terry Bros. recently made ship
ment of silver-copper ore from their
New Era mine in the Black Range to
Ell Paso that sampled 1s4.4 ounces in sill
yer and 1872 per cent copper.
The Oohoo Mining Company has just
completed the erection of an ore crush
er, which is running full blast 1t has
a capacity of about ten tons per day,
and is being operated in connection
with their lead jig. They expect to ship
a car load of highgr lead concen-
trates every ten days.
| GRANT COUNTY.
Steve Corley and Chris Selman are
taking out pay ore from their lease on
the Grand Central. They are working
three men, and have done a great deal
OF development work.
There is more activity in the Chloride
Flat camp, lying only few miles from
Silver City. at the present time than at
any similar period since the fall in sill
yer back in 1893. The larger percentage
of the operators are leasers, but num-
Der are engaged in developing their
properties. While the ore as a general
| rule occurs in pockets, it is Of such
high grade that some very handsome
Stakes" are being made
The Gold Coin Prospecting and De-
| velopment Company, Of Colorado
Springs and Boston, is now in Grant
county, the company having recently
| secured an option on mines in the Ma
lone district. The first work will be
| commenced this week in the Malone
district on the Gold Brick, Gold Band
Summit, Black Manganese and Link
mines owned by Martin & Noel, on
which ninety days option has been
| secured. These mines have been sue
cessfully worked by their owners for
nat me have yielded between $75,0O)
,nl 100000. The ore runs high in sill
yer and gold. Eighteen samples were
taken and tested by Mr.. Terry's men
before the option was secured.
| A strike of considerable Importance
was made last week by John Hunter on
what is commonly known as the Hun
ter group, in Shingle canon. The ore is
free milling gold, and has been found
in several different veins, some Of
which are over IS inches in width. The
importance of the find lies in the fact
that the character of the formation is
totally different from that heretofore
uncovered, being granite and porphyry,
with almost an entire absence Of the
lime and iron SO marked in this vicin-
ity. The formation Is very similar to
that found in the Pinos Altos camp.
The strike was so promising that a
bond and lease was at once secured by
an investor on the group. The assay
returns show the ore to be of high
grade.
TAOS COUNTY.
Pugh & Enderman expect to cut the
lead they are driving for in Tenderfoot
gulch in few days.
| ]. l.. Dillon, whose leg was so badly
broken at the Leader mine several
weeks ago, is able to sit up.
| A. w. Gardner, assayer at Red River,
has discovered a cheap process for the
treatment of the copper ores of that dis
trict.
| One Of the largest deals yet made in
Red River went through last week.
Particulars are promised in short
| time.
James Riff received an assay last
week on ore from his Goose creek prop
erty, which shows over ounces Of gold.
He has a fine vein Of ore.
Patrick O'Malley and ]. Ashbaugh,
miners from Eizabethtown, have gone
to work on the Fraser property. Also,
four other Elizabethtown miners have
found good jobs with the Copper Hill
company.
In the case of James Bigelow VS.. w
w. LeGrande ct al, decree has beer
entered in the district court ordering q
sale Of the mining property for the ben
eft of the plaintiff, and designating
Frank Staplin special master to make
the sale.
g. d. Jordan and partners last week
sold the Copper King, which Is the old
Waterbury mine at Red River to
Pittsburg (Pa.) company, which will
begin operations at once. 1t is under
: stood that the sale was made through
o. B. Steen.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
John B. Crowl. of Ithaca, N. Y, has
settled near White Oaks and engaged
in mine operations with E. H. Pres
wick, an old business partner.
A rich gold strike was made at Noga
last week on the Rialto mine, property
of M. D. Gaylord. The ore assays $1O(
. per ton, and the body is extensive. No
gal Is wild over the new find. and
great prospecting stimulus has beer
created by It.
Judge J. Y. Hewitt. manager of thu
Old Abe mine, has promised Major Da
Wis about 200 pounds of the fine golt
ore now on exhibition in the bank a
White Oaks, for the Ell Paso minera
exhibit. The people will also furnish
blocks Of coal, pieces Of marble, rec
sandstone, cream sandstone, iron, fir
clay, lime rock, and other rocks ant
: minerals; in fact, White Oaks will itsel
have a very large and varied exhibit.
. Charles Spence states that he and M
d Lincoln are at work getting the Gal