Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-04-26
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,

wnat is your estimate Of the tota
output OF the llillsboro mines, nj
kinds, In dollars? Between two IN,
two and n quarter millions.
Has anyone made big money M nil
Ing In Sierra county, In thc Kingsto
district the Indy franklin. Black Col
Bullion, superior, Comstock, Caledonia
Kangaroo, Brush Heap. Illinois, Ten
plar, Niiginius. Keystone, Cumberland
Gray Eagle and few other prolprtle
had up TO 1893 made an output o
over eight million ounces OF silver, sol
at IN average price OF D3 cents pc
ounce. All of these mines made lnrg
profits, from twenty per cent. on tb
cray Eagle 10 eighty and ninety pc
cent on the Lady franklin and other,
AT Lake Valley from only three claim
there was mined in the space OF fe,
years and with very great proft--ovc
SG0Ou,00O Al Hermosa and at Chle
ride there was also some very prof,
able silver mining. No great fortune
have been made yet IN the gold dis
tricts, but from the placcrs and tll
Trippe. Richmond and Snake mine
very respectable sums have been mad
by lessees
Is the decrease In silver output dli,
TO the decline In silver. or to the ex
hanstion Of the ore bodies? The yer,
rich ore bodies. so far ms known, hay,
been practically exhausted and tn,
search for more Is greatly dlscontii
against the medium grades ana til,
want OF proper reduction works pre-
vents the profitable working OF the In
cxhsustible bodies Of low grade ores
The experiments made IN conccntra
ton have not been thorough enough
neither Wilneys, ynnners or jigs ar,
by themselves sufficient. In modern
mill the ore goes through series OF
processes and cnch process VIII save
from forty TO sixty per cent of tn,
value In the pulp that comes to IL. 50
that the tailIngs finally flow of with n
tritllna loss. In this field thorc is a
fine opening and II certain profit for
the Investment OF capital
Is the mineral field thoroughly cx
plorcd. or is there still chance ror
Intelligent pruspcctors? There are hun
dreds OF square miles In the minera,
belt yet dnexplorcd Ii Is not likely
that the first wave Of prospcctors found
all the treasures that nature has stored
In the hills. The great deposits or sil-
yer chlorldcs and suDphidcs found In
the Bridal Chamber at Lake Vnllcy
nnd In several Kingston mines have
their countefparts waiting for Tho
lucky man, but tho hills, like the Scrip
lures, must be intellgcntly searched
before they give up their treasures
The prospector can work all the year,
If anything, perhaps better In winter
time. Many OF the mines. also, nrs
open TO leasing md the chances OF thus
striking rich deposits nre worth con
sideratlon. Long time and very libcr
al leases are the rule.
What about the recent discoveries re-
ported of rich gold and silver tellurium
ores? They are found so far on on,
claim on Trujillo creek. about sls
miles south OF Kingston. Between
$4,000 and SAO.0O0 has alrendy beer
realized on salo Of ore. All this las
been In small buncbes OF ore close to
the sn face. Quite number Of miner
new field. The section Ind been en-
iirely ignored and beyond little ns
work notbing was done
there. Now. with ore showing NJ
worth thousands Of dollars per ton, II
Is Likely to be heard OF around fllf
world. On Terra Blanca creek, not
far from these new discoveries. are q
number of good mines. notably the -Lop
Cabin. steady DrDdnctr OF good or,
which brings from 500 To $500 pei
on.
What COPPER and lead mines and dc |
,osits are there In Sierra county? Ncni
Chloride. in the northern part Of TIN
county. there are mines Of high grad
.opper ore. which are also rich In sill |
yer. from five 10 sixty per cent. copper
md up TO .2Do ounces Of silver per ION
l'he silver Monument OF this grouI
,ns produced something over 100000
These mines also carry good gold val
les. including the Columbus. Recent
!, ,yelopnienfs on the Hoosier Boy ai
have disclosed fine con
lnuous vein Of gold bearing ore
ome Of which assays fourteen ounces