Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-07-05
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
About SIERRA COUNTY. NEW MEXICO, and Its
Mines of GOLD and SILVER. COPPER, LEAD,
IRON and COAL.-CATTLE, SHEEP and
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS,

vn'it Is your estimate OF the tota
output OF the llillsboro mines. nj
kinds, IN dollars? Between two mn,
two and a quarter millions.
Has anyone made big money at min
Ing In Sierra county? In the Kingston
district the Lady Franklin, Black Colt
Bullion. Superior, Comstoek. Caledonia
Kangaroo, Brush Heap Illinois. TEN
plar, NirgInus, keystone, Cumberland
Gray Eagle and a few other properties
had up 10 1893 made mn output OF
over eight million ounces OF silver, sold
at an average price of 03 cents per
ounce. All of these mines made large
profits, from twenty per cent. on the
tray Eagle to eighty ana ninety PEI
cent on the Lady Franklin and others
At Lake Valley from only three claims
there was mined In the space OF Il few
years ana with very great proit~ovcr
S6,0oO0o0. At Ilcrmosn and ut Chic.
ride there was also some very proflt
able silver mining. No great fortunes
have been mndo yet IN the gold dis.
tricts, but from the placers and the
g'rippc. Richmond aud Snake mines
very respectable sums have been made
by lessees.
ls the decrease In silver output due
to the decline in silver, or to the ex.
haustlon OF the ore bodies? The very
rich ore bodies, 40 far as known, have
been practically exhausted, nnd the
search for more is greatly dscontil
ued, The decline In silver operates
against the medium grades and the
want OF proper reduction works pre-.
vents the profitable wording or the in.
eNhaustlble bodies OF low grade ores.
The experiments made IN concentra
lion have not been thorough enough
neither WllHeys, vqnners or jigs are
by themselves sufficient. In n modern
mll the ore goes through series OF
processes and ench process VIII save
from forty to sixty per cent. OF the
value In the pulp that comes 10 It, 80
that the talIings finally flow Off with
triiling loss. In this field there IL n
fine opening ana Il certain profit FOL
tie Investment Of capital.
Is the mineral field thoroughly OK
plorcd, or Is there stilI chance for
intelligent prospoctors? There are hun
drcds of square miles In the mineral
belt yet dncxplored II IL not likely
hat the first wave OF prospectors found
Ill the treasures that nature hns stored
n the hills. The great deposits of sil
yer chloridcs ana sulphdes found inl
he Bridal Chamber NJ Lake Valley
'Hd In several Kingston mines have
heir counterparts waiting for the
ucky man, but the hills, like the Scrip.
ures, must be intclligently searched
,eforc they give mp their treasures
Ihc prospector can work all the year;
anything, perhaps better In winter
lme Many Of the mines. also, are
pen to Leasing and the chances Of thus
trllSlng rich deposits are worth con
iderntion, Long time aud very liber
leases are the rule.
What about the recent discoveries re q
orted OF rich gold and silver telIurIum !
res? They are found 40 far on on, O
aim ON Trujillo creek, about sin !
llles south of Kingston. Between 0
20 900 and 10000 has already been
allied on sale OF ore. All this has =
zen in small punches Of ore close tc !
10 surface. Quite number OF miners u
nd prospectors are going into thit
sw Held. The section had been en- !"
rely Ignored and beyond little as y
work, nothing was don, "
ere. Now, with ore showing NJ =
orth thousands Of dollars per ton, II y
likely to be heard OF around ~,
orld. On Terra Blanca creek, not u
+ from these new discoveries. nre
lHlDer OF good mines, notably The Log
,bin, steady producer OF good orc ~
hich brings from 500 to $500 pei ~
u. ~
What copper and lead mines and Dc "
sits are there In Sierra county, Neai ~
Horde. IN tho northern part Of th, ~
unity, there are mines Of high grade :.
pper ore. which are also rich In sill I"
r, from five TO sixty per cent. copper ~
4 up 10 200 ounces of silver per ton -
e Silver Monument Of this group y.
: pro inced something over 100000 VI
ese mines also carry good gold val "a
!. including the Columbus. Recent ="
'elopmenfs on the IIoosier Boy Al w.
ioride. have disclosed a fine con
uous vein Of gold bearing ore "''
nc OF which assays fourteen ounces