The copper era., 1901-09-19

NEW MEXICO NEWS

Silver City.
 The total indebtedness Of Grant county is $254, S5O.1l.
 A new shelter will be in operation in the San Andreas mining district in fifty days.
 There is something of a mining re- vival in and about old Kingston camp in Sierra county.
 Alamogordo is feeling very proud these days over the prospective s2O, hospital and s25, 900 court house, not to mention a s2jO, 900 sanitarium.
 The county commissioners Of Sierra county have closed deal by which the bonded indebtedness Of that county is to be refunded at lower rate Of interest.
 The attendance at the Agricultural college at Las Cruces this year is so large that much difficulty is being eI- perienced in finding accommodations for the new pupils.
 Antonio Maggie, noted Italian an archist, was arrested at Santa Rita last week Maggie had made the statement that President Mckinley would be killed before October. He was arrested by United States marshal.
 The St Louis Globe Democrat pre- diets that New Mexico will be admitted to statehood during the life Of the con- gress of 1901 2, and says that the terri tory's l95, 900 population gives it more than the congressional representation ratio.
 Sierra county leads all the counties in the territory with a taxable valua- tion of s3OO per head Of population; Grant county is second with $2i6 per head; Luna county is third with S22S per capita, and then come the other counties in the following order: Col fax S21s; San Miguel S1I5; Bernalillo SliO; San Juan SOS; DOna Ana Sl05; Santa Fe sS9; Mora $75; Rio Arriba S33 per capita.
 The territorial grand jury at Santa Fo returned four indictments for crim- inal libel against Wm NJ. Berger, publisher Of the Capital, ex-president of the New Mexico editorial assOcia- tion and ex-receiver of the federal land office. The indictments are based on SC nsational newspaper attacks made upon Governor Otero and the terri torial administration, The same ;nl Snnnrui-nr Sanchez and his chief clerk Mariana Sena on embezzlement charges.
 Superintendent Cook Of the Aber- deen reports that the new hoist is up and the machinists are busy on the air compressor, and the miners are busy timbering the shaft of the Malachite. Tho whim that was used on the Malachite will be moved and used on tho Orphans Home which is now down eighty feet. He is crOsscutting on tho Atlantic, to strike the other lodge on the same location, which is about fifty feet north of the one on which tho shaft was sunk. The cross cut on tho Manila has been run eighty feet, but the ledge has not yet been reached. The Silver King shaft is now down 75 feet. The Earl shaft is fifty feet deep and continues to show eighteen inches of fine ore.-Liberal.
 Probably one of the best, if not the greatest strikes ever made in this dis trict has been made in the Fl Gro mine, operated by the Philadelphia Mining and Milling company, at Andrews. On tho 300 foot levels an ore body, ranging from two feet to sixteen feet wide has been encountered, possessing value of from SS to S13S gold per ton. One man alone is knocking down ore sufficient to keep the mill running. The best of this ore when crushed and banned produces nuggets varying in value from few cents to S6.00 and S7.00. This is certainly more than en- couraging and shows what persistent and logical development will do and will encourage other mine owners to go ahead and develop their mines. -Hillsboro Advocate.
 Nepomu Ancheta of Grant county, New Mexico, has brought suit to con- test tho sale of the Mulatos mines, of Sonora, Mexico, which were recently sold for S3,000,000. Thirty-five years ago Ncpomu Oenoy Ancheta was one of the most prominent men socially and politically in the state of Sonora, Mex ico, and was reputed to be a man of considerable means. By some means he had acquired knowledge of tho fact that out near the Chihuahua state line in Sahuaripa district there existed an unheard Of deposit of gold. By actual development he found the reports to be true and although the mines have been worked in a desultory manner by primitive machinery, yet many thous- ands of dollars have been taken from them. Ancheta had scarcely began to realize the magnitude of his discovery when he became deeply involved in some political intrique which was dis covered and he was forced to leave the country in the night and make his home beyond the confines of Mexico The property which consists of three concessions granted by the government and known as the Pinos Altos, Batopi- las and Alario mines were left in the care of Ancheta's brother-in-law Don