Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-26
BLACK RANGE MINES
They Are Rich in Gold Ore and Are
Now Attracting Considerable
Notice.
SEVERAL DEALS ANNOUNCED
All the Water Has Been Pumped Out Of the
Opportunity Mine at Hillsboro-Mine
Notes from Several New Mex
leo Counties.

The Black Range district is little
known by the outside world. 1t is west
Of the terminus Of the Magdalena
branch of the Atchison, Topeka & San
ia Fe railroad, from which point Is a
good wagon road to the district, and
good roads to two-thirds of the dumps
of the camp. The district is situated in
the foothills on the east side and near
the north end of the Black Range. The
formation is porphyritic, principally
andesite, and occasionally belts Of ira
chyte show themselves running parallel
with the veins. Limestone occurs in iso-
lated places.
No camp in the United States, for the
amount of development, presents as
many promising prospects as can be
found along the mother lode of the dis
trict from Wild Horses creek to Dry
'reek, distance Of eight miles. Every
foot of this great mother lode is marked
by massive groupings. The vein is To-
Gated the entire distance of eight miles.
On this lode are many properties that
would of themselves make a live pro-
ducing camp if situated in Colorado.
The mineral belt is from four to eight
miles wide. There are four strong veins
running parallel with this great mother
lode, and until recently none of the lat
ter veins have had any attention. But
recent assays from all of them show
they are rich in gold values. Some Of
these prospect holes run very high In
gold. Some Of the principal ones are the
Camden, Philadelphia, Sunset, Silver
Dollar, Eureka, Effie and Olympia. AS
says from the Camden show returns of
over 5000 in gold and silver.
The Eureka shows shipping ore from
the grass roots down. So far the value
increases with depth. The Eureka vein
break, showing ore on the surface the
entire distance, and the ore is very uni
form in grade for the entire length of
the four claims The Gold Reserve. Eff
fie and Olympia all show enormous
bodies Of grade ore. The Great Re-
public, Keystone, Chicago, Emporia,
Braxton and Ivanhoe show, in addition
to large bodies of medium grade ore,
rich chutes of high-grade ore that will
stand shipping even with wagon haul
Of eighty miles.
Eight sacks of ore shipped from the
IGreat Republic gave returns of $42 per
| sack. Many of these properties with 30
| foot holes show smelter returns of 5000
in gold and silver.
One smelter return from large vein
gives 375 ounces of silver and AZ per cent
copper. Another gives 1874 ounces of sill
yer and 1917 per cent copper. But as for
the camp, one might term 1t gold
amp, as nine-tenths Of the properties
carry a larger value in gold than any
other material. The Black Range seems
to be the coming gold-producing camp
If New Mexico.
With the construction of the Black
Range railway, which now seems to be
IN assured fact, and an intelligent de-
velopment Of this district by the COM
panies which have recently become in
terested in several of the properties of
the camp, 1t will establish its just claim
to be called the Cripple Greek of New
Mexico.
SIERRA COUNTY.
Six men are working on the Hoosier
Boy at Fairview.
H,ho yUb;n Door Will op Truiillo creek
| is showing up good ore.
Several new strikes are reported from
the Apache district.
Operations will soon be resumed on
| the Cuchillo tunnel at Fairview.
A body of fine looking ore is being
worked on the Mana at Fairview.
| A strike of rich copper ore has been
made on the Golden Era at Hillsboro.
James Taylor and Fred Adams have
made two locations on copper ledge
near Fairview. Their ore also carries
gold and silver.
The 4O-foot crosscut in the Ell Dorado
of Hillsboro, at depth of 100 feet has
been completed. The ore carries to
ounces or gOlO per TON.
All the water has been pumped ou
of the Opportunity mine at Hillsboro
The shaft, which was in bad condition
has been retimbered, and everything II
in readiness to sink 300 feet deeper.
| COLFAX COUNTY.
C. A. Doran is pushing the Abe Lin.
coin tunnel, backed by Erie (Pa.) par
ties. some of whom visited Elizabeth.
town last week.
| All the Willow gulch and Ute creel
|placers have mined more gold this sum
mer SO far than during the combined
years Of 1898 and 1899.
A deal is about being closed whereof!
the Challenge mine at Hematite will
pass into the hands of eastern parties
at an early day, and worked for all Il
Is worth.
The Maxwell Land Grant Company II
strictly in line with miners, and is max
ing more favorable leases than at any
time heretofore, which Is certainly en-
couraging alike to the company, th'
prospector, the miner and to the terri
tory in general.
The Argue placers near Elizabeth
town have done more work this sum
mer than for any preceding year IN tn
history of the company. An abundance
of water was had up to the past tw'
weeks, since which time the SUPPLY i
decreasing.
In the Paragon claim, on Bald!
mountain, a large body Of high-grad
|. ore has been opened within the las
few days, and from which $500 pound
. Of nicked ore were shinned to Pueblo