Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-08-16
MINING MATTERS.
News About the Great Industry OF this
Section Of World.

News About the Great Industry OF this
Section ofthe World.
Mrs. Z. #. Pearson was up from El
Paso and spent a few days at Shake.
speare. Mrs. Pearson is a large stock.
holder in the Orion company, and is
always interested in the development
Of the Dundee mine, owned by that
company.
Messrs. Ed Simpson and j. II. and
J. NJ, Dougher, Of El Paso, were in
the city this week. They came over
land from lei Paso, with a prospecting
outfit, and intend to spend some time
10 the Chiricahua mountains looking
for a second United Verde mine.
There have been some ane discoveries
made in the C|hricahuas lately.
Messrs. Sherman and Winn, who
have been here from Chicago, looking
after the interests OF the Mineral
Mountain mining company, left for
the east Wednesday. Mr.. Sherman
returns to Chicago, and Mr.. VIM
went to Denver TO purchase pumps,
engine and hoist. He will also con-
tract for the erection of a 1fty ton
concentration, providing the labor
market is in such a shape as to insure
a favorable contract,
A. w. Clifford, manager OF the Orion
mining company, was in the city this
week, on one Of his regularly irregular
inspection visits to the Dundee. He
seemed to have no complaint to make
of the looks of the mine, but was ex-
tremely anxious to have the smelter
get here. With the smelter furnish
ing a market for the Dundee ores
which will not stand shipment Mr..
Clifford anticipates turning the prop
ertY into a dividend payer.
Superintendent Cook, OF the Aber-
deem, has his boiler in place, and the
new hoists and the pump are now on
the ground. AS soon as the proper
connections can be made between the
boiler and the machinery he will pro-
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sink it down at least FIVE hundred feet.
Work % the c%oncentrator will pro-
coed as fast as it arrives on the ground.
The Atlantic is showing a two foot
vein Of ane ore. The shaft is now
down l25 feet and is showing a little
water. Development work on the
other properties is going slow lately,
because of the foul air, caused by the
damp weather:
Q. w. Maxson, who has been on a
trip to Los Angeles and San Francis
co, returned Monday. He says he
met several Lordsburgers in Los
Angeles, who were having a good
time. At San Francisco he met DR..
Rohr and the other directors Of the
Pacific Union Smelling company, and
found the affairs of the company look
ing well. There is a heavy forfeit pro-
yiding for the finishing of the ina
chinery ordered by the company, on
the sixteenth OF next month, but he
thinks from the appearance Of the
labor question that there are strong
chances of the company's falling on
the contract. While this failure will
cause the payment of a penalty to the
Pacific company, it will be a disad-
vantage both to the company and to
the people of Lordsburg. Lordsburg
would much rather see the smelter
erected 90 the proposed time than to
see the company gather in a good
penalty, and this is true of the officers
of the company, they would rather
have the machinery than the penalty.
But no one can tell what will happen
when strikes are In the air, as they
are at present, and it is the strikers
who are likely to cause all the trouble.
DR.. Rohr writes thathe expects to be
in Lordsburg the latter part Of this
month, and says: eve will, barring
the strike, commence work on the
plant the first of September"