Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-05-03

gold per ton. The Mana Is making
Yooa showing cf ore, special vAlue'
gosng farty ounces gold per ton. The
Tunnel mine In shipper OF ore |
with a value az silver No ounces, cop
per twenty-five per cent. goid *V.cu
The May. also in the same district,
n good producer OF hlsh-grade silver
copper ore Of the hornlte variety
There II a revivns n txcsesf In this
district ana some good prizes VIII on
found In the many claims which have
been idle since 1Sa3. Among the many
uopertlcs that viii undoubtedly DO
heard from during the year II tho u
=. Treasury. In the Cnchllo range, q
few miles 60 the east OF Ch'orioe,
there are lime -shale contact uepos's
or lead carbonate and gnlenn, also OF
copper pvritcs, and there are posslbali-
ties OF very great rewards for SINH
Investments IN this direction, Al Her
mosa. between IIillshoro ana Chior1ue'
there IN one of the most steadily pro-
ductive mining camps In New Msx'eo'
small ns yet tut with n great r"'ure'
Az mt Kingston, the surfnee has Dessn
wrll prospcctcd for silver deposits ana
over 1000. 600 has been secured. sys-
teinatie development and proper reduc'
tIon works for the utilization OF lower
grade ores are now ne@aeA Tue low
grade ores are especially noticeable
ana there nre great masses Of such ore
IN sight In many OF the mines Copper
and lead ores ARE found In great guam
tlty in the Cabaiios, snst OF the mo
Grnnde. and about fifteen miles from
u,llsboro. Carload shipments OF
twenty per cent. copper ore, carrying
also gold ana silver. are becoming
quite numerous and increasing Inc
ore Ia found In both tlssure ana coh-
tnct veins and there is large hclu sun
only partially prospectcd Some very
large veins of lcnd-silver ore---forsy 10
. nfty feet wide and averaging over
0ve per cent. lead ore nrc being In
ycstirated. A Kansas CITY company
IA now nj work and building mill fos
one of these groups. Lead ore is aise
fonpd ip ricluar ,oandkion, solid gn'eha
bouldcrs Of great size are quite com
mon and indicate the possibility OF
great deposits In the contact VEINS. NO
fnr from these ore deposits there ar'
large and extensive veins OF coal o.
:. fine quality. These mines ana depos
lis have been known Ia exist for SOM
ycnrs. but Il In only lntcly that an
: real attention has been paid them.
y looks now M II the Cabnllos VIII be
come the foremost mining section .
the county The new owners OF III
. Armendnriz grant, which includes
norton Of the coal md mineral lands
urc going In for n liberal system o
- lease or sale Of their property, an
: they Will extensively advertise thel
:" Inducements. All Of this district
=" within n few miles of the A., T. a
:. +. main line railroad, with a fre'gi
:" charge Of about ~ per ton to the !
" paso smeltcr. No better market Il
:" ore than Ei Pnso can be got at pre-
- eut. as the smcltcr there meets .
F." rst.s offered from more distant point
:" and the great saving In time IL mue
y 10 the advantage Of the miner. oth'
" promising fields With extensive depo
20 lts Of lead ore suitable for concentr
/" tlon nre found In the carpeh'er Gil
~ trie.. six miles southwest OF King
:" ton. ana on the Mnchio. \ few nil
" south OF Lake Valley.
or T. there my good land still open
scttlencnt7 Fully $4,000 acres OF ~
md second bottom lands on the y
,n, Grunde and It's tributary streams. 4
:. Of the lands are susceptible Of irrig
"a, tion by reasonable money investme
~, or by community dItches and canals
40, What crops ARE raisedi All kinds
fruit, grain g,d vegetables, syefytha
that will grow IN southern knnt
and Oklahoma will grow here. !
80. southern latitude is mitigated ny
altitude. which IL 4.2O0 feet on the
Grande TO between 5000 aud 0.Ooo =
above sen level on the mouht'
:. streams. The supply OF water ir'
I, the rlyer IL ample and ~ the vh'''
-, enough can De oDtaiied ~. y ~
M, engineering.
What market is there for farm y
duce? There Is u good local mar
In the mining camps for yory WI
80, more than has yet been produced.
regular prices we can quote; AHA
=, $50 per ton; corn. 81 To $i.O pef
pounds; potatoes, ~ 10 ~ per
M as pounds; apples. 81 per barrel,
- Are the cattle ranges fully occuW
y" West Of the Rio Grande the rnng'
pretty well stocked, but east OF
'ps river there Is an extensive range
w. Yrassed, that needs only the disR
80 ~, OF wells aud pecessary pumping ~
49, ratux, Water beneath the surf
aa,, .a there is plenty, m proved by the