Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-09-26
ACTIVITY In
THE MINING CAMPS
The Jura- -Trias Smelter IN the Algodones
District is Completed and Will Be
Blown in Next Week.
A DREDGE LAUNCHED ON
THE MORENO PLACERS

More mining machinery and supplies
have been shipped into the Elizabeth
town and Red River districts this sum-
mer than ever before in the same per-
iod of time.
Robert Hall, a railroader, has let a
contract to sink 10 feet. His prospect
is at Eagles Nest, four miles north of
the camp and has pay ore in sight.
The district is on the Arizona, New
Mexico boundary.
The new dredge boat at Elizabeth
town toawor' l..e Moreno placers has
been completed and launched. 1t Is
the intention of the owners to build
two more dredge boats like it. The
company has acquired 300 acres more
of placer ground. H. J. Riley, Esq, of
Chicago, is the promoter of the plan to
recover the gold from the placers.
A rich strike is reported on the Con-
fidence mine at Elizabethtown. The
width and character of the ore prove
the vein to be an extension of the cell
.ebrated Denver lead. The mill of the
company has been put in first class
condition so that when sufficient ore
has been blocked out the mill can re-
sumo.
Gaileyville, an old comp southwest
of Lordsburg, Grant county, is being
heard from again. At point two miles
east of the camp, in a 70-foot tunnel,
ore has been struck that assayed $122
in gold. o. c. Davis has a car of cop
per ore to ship which has been sam
pied and was found to run $10O per
ton On the Marmaduke is 4-foot
vein of copper which shows shipping
ore on the surface.
The Jura-Trias company has COM
pleted it's copper smelter at Senorita in
the Algodones district in Bernalillo
county The company has been oper-
ating it's own saw mill. On it's prop
erty are found several fine springs and
the Eel Senorita creek has good flow
of the purest water. Within 1000 feet
of the reverbatory smelter which is to
be blown in next week, the company is
mining its own coal from fourteen
foot vein. Limestone is near at hand
in abundance and iron claims near TIE
smelter will furnish all the iron ore
needed. The company has store in
operation. 1t owns four copper ore
claims with considerable development
work upon. them and has located 26
other claims. The ore ranges from 10
to IS per cent in copper. The company
has on its dumps or in sight 250,00O
tons of ore averaging Is per cent in
copper.
Development work is progressing on
the Aberdeen group near Lordsburg,
Grant county. There is a shaft on the
Arkansas as well as on the Manila,
the latter of which is down 150 feet
and over which a whim has been erec-
ted. 1t is as dry as bone. This shaft
had been sunk with the expectation of
striking a ledge Of ore that appeared
in the shaft of an adjoining claim and
which had slight pitch. The ore was
found as expected, but soon ran out of
the shaft owing to the pitch. At a
depth of $50 feet A tunnel was run to
strike this ledge again and this has
been accomplished. The vein is but a
foot wide, but is a very rich copper
sulphide. On the Malachite, the Orph-
ans Home and the Atlantic, good
deal of surface work has been done.
The boiler to furnish power is in po-
sition as is the hoist while the air
compressor engine is being placed. No
work can be done in the bottom of the
Malachite, the Atlantic nor the Or
phan's Home. until the water is taken
| care of. When the hoist is connected
| with the engine it will commence to
bail out the Malachite as it is thought
that it will be able to take care of the
water without the use of a pump.
When the Malachite is unwatered
the air drill will be set up, and sinking
will be continued as rapidly as posi-
BILE. At the Atlantic, the mouth OF
which is on hill, a hundred or so feet
above the Malachite and the power
house, and some 1900 feet distant,
there is more water than can be han
died with whim, and sinking has
been discontinued, but the miners are
drifting. Arrangements will be made
to handle this water. Superintendent
Cooke is figuring on building large
dirt or stone reservoir at the Atlantic,
in which the water taken from the
shaft will be stored. A pipe line will
be run to the power house, where the
water will have a sufficient head to
furnish fire protection. This water can
also be used in the concentrator. If
enough water is developed at the At
lantic, Mr.. Cook will put in a turbine
wheel, and thus furnish power for
some of his machinery. 1t certainly
| will be a novelty in the Virginia dis
trict to have water power used in min
| ing operations. The company has a
large Cameron pump ready to be put
in position as soon as needed.
Accompices Of Maggie.
In the arrest at Kansas City Of two
Italians, Nicola Alessi and francesca
| GoyernaIe, charged with counterfeit