Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-04-10
GRANT COUNTY MINES.
The Santa Rita Company Continues to Do
Constant DEVELOPMENT Work.

Constant Development Work.
The Clear Lake Mining Company, OF
Carlisle, of which A. w. Tenant IS
manager has temporarily suspended
operations in order to make a change
in their plant, it having been decided to
install the cyanide process, in order -
better handle the product.
Steven Corley has returned to Silver
City from Carlisle, where he has been
doing development work on his May
flower group of twelve claims, three
miles southwest of Carlisle camp. MI
Corley has struck a big ledge of low
grade copper ore, and at present Is
sinking a shaft, the value of the mineral
showing gratifying increase with depth
A rich strike is reported on one of the
properties owned by the Steeple Rock
Development Company at Carlisle
now being operated under lease. A
stringer of high-grade gold ore has
been found, which assay returns snow
to be worth from $4 to S. per pound.
Thomas Tong made a big strike on
one of his claims near the properties OF
the Steeple Rock Development Com
pany at Carlisle. The ore which he is
taking out is very rich.
There are a great many prospectors
at work in the Carlisle camp, and the
recent finds promise to bring that dis
trict once more prominently to the front
within The next few months
Bayne, Portwood and Moses, who
made a big strike on their lease on the
Arbuckle claim al Santa Rita, owned by
the Santa Rita Mining Company, are
pushing operations on quite an eX-
tensive scale. They have reached a
depth of 1876 feet, and are now cross
cutting, employing a force of twelve
men. Ten cars of ore were shipped
during the month of March, yielding
the fortunate leasers very handsome
sum. The ore is a copper sulphide, av-
eraging about Is per cent.
Burns &Co. are making shipments
right along of highgrade copper ore
from their lease on the Chino mine al
Santa Rita. Extensive development op-
erations are being conducted, and the
property is showing up in excellent
shape.
While it is not the policy of the San
ia Rita Mining Company to make any
shipments of ore, all operations up to
the present time being confined strictly
to development, it was found necessary
last month to ship fourteen cars OF
high grade copper ore from the Hearst
formerly the Carasco shaft, in order tc
get the same out of the way and to en-
able the men to work to advantage
Superintendent Thayer is rapidly push
ing the work of connecting drifts be-
tween the Hearst and the Santa Rita
shafts at a depth of 300 feet. While the
company is very secretive as to the re-
suits which are being accomplished by
the immense amount Of development
work which is being done, enough is
known to warrant the statement that
the results are proving highly satisfac-
tory, and that Santa Rita is certain tc
verify the predictions which have fire.
quently been made that it will very
soon be one of the greatest copper
camps in the world.
The lease at Santa Rita upon whict
Mariana Isles and his partners made
such a rich strike last summer ha:
been secured by a company composed
of Messrs. Riney, Herbert and l.. B
Robinson, Bartlett and Winslow. The
new leasers are now putting UP a steam
hoist in. order to sink the shaft from
its present depth down to 250 feet. aft
er which they will cross-cut. This lease
has already yielded a small fortune, ant
all indications are that it will do fully
as we'll for its new management. The
company has had the foundation laid
for new boarding house, which Will be
made one of the most, substantial build
ings in the camp. Very favorable re-
ports are being received of the opera
tions of the Clifton Copper Company al
Santa Rita. Nothing but good concen-
trating ore is coming out of the mine
The whole dump will pay to concen-
trate, and while the ore as a class Is
low-grade, the mine is producing con
siderable high grade ore. The mine i.
located almost adjoining the railroad
and is easy of access. There is al
abundance of water near the mine, ant
fine oak and juniper wood can be hat
for 81 per cord delivered. The machin
cry for the new concentrating plant ha!
commenced to arrive. The cost of ship
ping ore and concentrates from thu
mine to the Silver City smelter, and thu
charge for smelling, is only 1926 PEE
, ton.