Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-04-09
MINE TRANSACTIONS
A Number Of Mining Properties In
the Territory Changed Owner
ship the Past Few Days.
MANY MINES RESUME WORK
Mining News From Mora, Taos, Bernalillo,
Socorro. Dona Ana, Lincoln and Other
Oounties-A Rich Strike On
Cochiti Mine.
MORA COUNTY.

| The copper mines in Mora county, be-
tween Lucero and Guadalupita, on Coy
ote creek, are being energetically and
systematically developed. The principal
shaft on the Olympia, one of these
| mines, has been sunk 70 feet and at
that depth the vein is better defined and
the ore Of higher grade than near the
surface. Twelve hundred pounds of the
ore was recently treated by Denver
! smelter and the result was a check of
$3.50 to the shipper. 1t carried $3.50 per
cent metallic copper.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Edward Orthofer recently exhibited
| in White Oaks some fine specimens of
cinnabar and gold ore, which he claim
| ed he had taken from a we'll defined
lead in the Jicarillas. At depth of rs
| feet he has a vein of 1 foot of what he
calls coffee-colored quartz.
j. P. C. Langston, DeRosear and Mr..
Thompson are pushing work on their
copper mines at the head of Lane canon.
They have run tunnel of about go feet
IL.
The mine is five miles from White
Oaks
The South Homestake gold mine at
White Oaks, which has long been idle
on account of litigation, has passed into
the hands of Dolph, Robertson & Co.,
of Scranton, Pa, under a bond and
lease. The first payment has been made
on the bond, and active development
work has been commenced. Phenome-
nally rich pockets of high-grade free
milling gold ore were found in this mine
years ago, and no doubt is entertained
that it will soon forge to the front as a
constant and profitable producer.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
The copper and lead mines of Dona
Ana county are attracting more notice
than ever before.
Twenty men are now employed on the
Modoc mine in the Organ mountains Of
Dona Ana county.
The Torpedo mine, in the Organ
mountain district, is shipping a car Of
ore daily. The new working shaft on
the property went down rs feet last
week, and another shaft has been start
ed. The new hosting plant works well.
TAOS COUNTY.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
Copper Hill pipe line. 1t will be COM
pleted and conveying water to the mine
and mill in a few days.
Charles Purdy has bought third in
terest in the Norway and Big Swede
mining claims in the Red River mining
district. An assay of $9,56O8O in gold
was obtained from Norway ore last
week.
COCHITI.
1t is claimed that an exceedingly val
liable strike of gold ore has been made
lower Cola canon, Cochiti mining dis
trict. At a depth of 176 feet from the
surface a large and well-defined body
Of high-grade gold ore has been encoun-
tered, and the fortunate owners are nat
urally elated.
SOCORRO COUNTY. .. ~
Orrin Rice has sold his one third in
terest in the noted M. 6. X. mine in the
Limitars to Messrs Hill and Griffith.
The twenty stamp mill on the Last
Chance mine, in the Mogollon district,
will resume operations in few days.
A notable strike has been made in the
Cooney mine at Cooney. Five feet Of
ore has been found lying between walls
that runs over 70 per cent in copper.
The owners of the White Cap mine, in
the Rosedale district of Socorro county,
have let contract to sink an addition
al 100 feet on their property for $500.
Since the protracted litigation over
the ownership of the Lexington and An
drew Jackson mines, in the Mogollons,
has been finally disposed of, work on
both properties will be vigorously
pushed. They are regarded as the best
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