Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-10-25
MINING MATTERS.
News About tho Great Industry 81 this
section Of the world.

as rapidly as possible. The machlnest
sent out by the company which made
the smelter, to put II up, was delayed
10 Los Angeles, TO do some work there.
Putting up machinery is slow work.
and it seems especially slow to the man
who is watching IL at a distance.
H. E. Hoffman has got as many men
at work at the Viola as there is room
for at present, which is not many. His
lrst job will be the unwatering the
mine, and that will take some time for
all the long drifts and large SLOPES are
alled with water, and 1t is no one days
work to pump this water up. This will
all have to be done before any Of the
real work can be commenced. or course
It is impossible to say in what condition
the drifts and Slopes will be found, but
10 is probable there is considerable
caving, the water having slsked the
rock which had been exposed to the
air. When the nine was unwatered
the last time IL was found that there
were many caves. Mr.. Hoffman will
have an advantage over Mr.. Hamilton,
who had charge when the mine was
unwatered before, 10 that he was ia
miliar with the mine before 1t flled,
while Mr.. Hamilton knew nothing OF
the interior Of the mine, nor did he
have a map Of the workings, Mr..
Hoffman expects to put IN the winter
here, although he may make a trip back
to Goldheld before spring, just to see
how the snow drifts look.
Word comes from Mt. Carmel,
Pennsylvania, that a man named
Bolach, who claims to be a civil engin-
eer, living in Gordsburg, or zeal here,
has been backcapping the Aberdeen
mining company, saving the company
was a fake, and had never put a pick
into the ground. The Liberal is pretty
well acquainted with the people 10 this
section OF the country, aud is quite
confident that no man could be en-
gagged in the civil engineer business for.
any length OF time without the Liberal
Knowing Of him, but it knows no man
named BOlach, nor can it lnd any
trace OF him among miners, railroad
men, nor business men, which leads IL
to belive that Mr.. Bolach, himself, is
a fake. The Liberal can say of its own
knowledge that il Mr.. Bolach made
any such statement be is a common
ordinary liar. During the past year
the Aberdeen company has spent
thousands Of dollars in development
of its claims, aud not only has a pick
been put in the grotnd, but likewise
the shovel the drill, the dynamite,
and all the various other articles used
to remove ore from tho bottom of the
shaft. 1t has erected a large hoist
over the Malachlte, installed an air
drill and a pump, and has put whlms
on other shafts which are too deep to
work economically with the windlass.
There are hundreds OF men in this
vicinity who know what the Aberdeen
has been doing, and would be willing
to testify TO It's work, il it should be
necessary. If Mr., Bllach should make
that kind OF a talk in the territory he
he would he liable TO a fine OF from
$500 TO $1,000, and ninety days in the
county Jail.
The following from the Copper Era,
published at Clifton, Arizona, sets
forth a very important matter to peo-
Pile who have invested or contemplate
investment in mining companies; Al
most every day the Era Is in receipt OF
letters from eastern stockholders OF
Arizona mining companies, many Of
which have been abandoned years ago,
and cannot now be located. In some
instances these companies did not die
their articles OF Incorporation with the
secretary, hence there is no way to
trace them up except by the name OF
the secretary and president, who in
most cases we're non-residents. Such
stock is usually absolutely worthless
unless issued upon patented mines.
Very few Of the smaller companies OF
those days thought it necessary to pat
ent their property, and when the com-
pany ran out Of funds-as companies
are apt to do occasionally-and failed
to do the assessment work, the prop
erty was relocated with all OF It's inn
provements by some enterprislug pros
pector, or reverted back to the govern.
ment. Had the mines been patented,
the stock holder wonld have been pro-
tected, aud had he kept bis stock IN
I'll the present time 1t would in many
instances be valuable. Many stock-hol-
ders do not care whether the property
is patented or not. They do not real
ize the Importance of a patent. They
expect that their stock will double in
value two or three times the Grst year
aud will soon be paying dividends. be-
cause the prospectus issued by the
company leads them TO believe than IL
will. The Era will venture the asser-
tion that there is not one prospectus
n1t NJ A oman that states Whethar or