Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-06-14
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,

vnat is your estimate Of the total
output Of the liillshoro mines, all
kinds, IN dollarS2 Between two aud
two and quarter millions.
Has anyone made big money at min.
Ing In Sierra county? In the Kingston
district the Lady franklin. Black Colt,
Bullion. superior ComstoclS, Caledonia,
Kangaroo, Brush Heap. Illinois, Tenn.
plar, Nirglnius, Keystone, Cumberland,
Gray Eagle aud n few other properties
had up to 1893 made an output OF
over eight million ounces Of silver, sold
at an average price Of 80 couts per
! ounce All Of these mines made large
profits. from twenty per cent. on The
tray eagle to eighty aud ninety pet
/ cent. on the Lady franklin and others.
At Lake Valley from only three claims
there was mined IN the space Of II few
years and With very great profit over
/ S6,0oo,oO0. At Hermosa and at Gallo.
ride there WAS also some very profit
able silver mining No great fortunes
have been made yet IN the gold dis
/ tricts, but from the rlacers and the
Tilpre. Richmond aud Snake mines
1 very respectable sums have been made
by iessecs.
Is The decrease IN silver output due
TO the decline IN silver. or to the ox.
haustion OF the ore bodies? The very
rich ore bodies, 50 far as known, have
been practically exhausted, and the
search for more Is greatly dlscontil
ued. The decline In silver operates
against the medium grades and The
want Of proper reduction works pro.
vents the profitable working Of the In.
cxhaustiblo bodies Of low grade ores,
Tic experiments mnlp In conepnlia,
ton have not been thorough enough
neither Willeys, yauners or jigs are
mil the ore goes through series OF
processes and each process wtll save
from forty to siSiy per cent Of the
value in the pulp that comes to IL, 50
TINT The taiIiugs finally ilow or with a
triiiing loss. In this field ihore Is a
fine opening aud certain profit for
the investment Of capital.
II the mineral field thoroughly OK
plorcd, or Is ihcre etlll II chance for
Intelligent prospectofs? There are hun.
dyeds uf square mllas Ia the mineral
belt yet dncxplored II Is not llsely
that The first wave Of prospectors found
all the treasures that nature has stored
IN the hills The great deposits of sil.
yer chlordes ana sulpbides found IN
the Bridal Chamber at Lake Valley
their conntefparts waiting for the
lueay man, bat the hills, Hike the Scrip.
tlres must be intellgenily searched
before they give up their treasures.
Tie prospcctor can work all the year
II anything perhaps better In winter
time, Many Of the mines, also, are
open to leasing and the chances OF illus
striking rich deposits are worth con
sldeiatlon. Long time and very Iibeg
al leases are the rule
What about the recent discoveries r..
ported Of rich gold nnd silver tcllurlum
ores? They are found SO far on one
claim on 1ruJillo creek, about siX
miles south Of Kingston. Between
$4,000 and $4,000 has already boon
realized on sale Of ore. All this has
been IN small punches Of ore cloae d
the susfacc. Quite number Of mnefs
and prosrectors are going into tiis
new field. The section had been ca
tirely ignored md beyond little as
sessment work. nothing wns dont
49, w''h c-n efo,v'n~ ~
worth thousands of dollars per ton, Il
Is i'kely to be heard Of around ihe
world. On Tern Blanea creek, not
FIR from these new discoveries, are y
number Of good miues. notably ihe Log
Cabin. steady producer Of good orc
which brings from $i00 10 500 pei
ton.
What copper and lead mines md de,
posits nre there Ii Sierra couniyf Aeal
Chloride, 10 the northern part of tbt
county. there are mines of high grade
copper ore. which are also rich In I'll
yer. from five 10 sixty per cent. copper
aud up 20 200 ounces Of silver per ton
The Silver Monument Of this groHI
has pro iuced something over 100000
These mines also curry good gold val
ues. Including the Columbus. Recent
Il geiupmonie on the liVoslef liqS a.
Chloride, baye disclosed a fine con
unnous vein Of gold bearing orr
sone OF which assays fourteen oaneei