Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-05-23
GRANT COUNTY MINES.
Extensive Improvements at the Silver Oity
Reduction Works.

Extensive improvements are contem-
plated at the smelter plant OF the Sll-
yer City Reduction works which Will
double the present capacity Ihese
have definitely been decided upon and
the plans are being prepared for new
furnace, with a capacity OF 700 tons,
work on which will be commenced the
first of June.
A rich gold discovery has been made
in the vicinity of Halls station, near
Central. For many years placer
ground there has been worked at
profit and it is now thought that the
mother lode has been found. Some very
rich assays have been secured, and the
general average will run between 10
and 20 ounces in gold.
1t will necessitate the employment Of
an increased force. When the new
furnace is completed, the total capacity
of the plant will be 500 tons daily.
new boiler is now being installed for
the purpose of increasing the steaming
capacity in preparation for the added
tonnage, and this will be finished the
present week. Another Improvement
recently made has been the erection of
large ventiators on the roof of the
smelter which makes a great difference
in the air in which the men work.
There are now 1S0 names on the pay
roll. This increase in the capacity of
the plant has been found necessary by
reason of the large ore receipts which
have been for several months crowdins
the plant to such an extent that near
ly one-half has been going to Ell Paso
for treatment A thorough investiga-
ton was made and it was found that
the ore was not only most likely to
come in as it has been, but increase,
and in order that all could be handled
at home, the addition is to be made at
once.
A strike of high grade galena ore was
made last week on the Beck mine at
STEMS Pass.
A. Wallis will shortly erect a small
concentrating plant at Stems, Pass, for
the purpose of treating the concentrat
ing ore, of which several good finds have
recently been made
Corbett. Wyman & Brandt are work
ing small force developing the Wyman
mine, which lies close to the property of
the Wilson Mining G. Milling company
at STEMS Pass. This force will be in
creased as soon as the work will permit
The new 900 foot tramway of the Co.
dorado Fuel &c Iron company at Fierro
was put in successful operation on laso
Wednesday. This improvement increases
the company's output Is cars daily, as
by its operation the ore is taken from
the workings and dumped directly upon
the cars. The character of the improve
ments being made by this company in
dicate that its officers are thoroughly
satisfied of the permanency of the ore
bodies, and now that the company's
operations are to be so greatly increased
by reason of the change in management
and increased capitalization, it is not at
all improbable that blast furnaces will
be constructed at Fierro in order to
permit of the reduction of the iron on
the ground and the saving of the heavy
freight charges to Pueblo, to which point
the entire output is hauled
The new ten stamp mill of the Wilson
Mining & Milling company at Stems
Pass, has been completed and test run
made last week was most satisfactory.
The five mile pipe line, however, from
the Animas valley by which the water
supply is secured, has been found to be
too light for the pressure, and before
steady operations can be commenced, it
will be necessary to strengthen and per-
haps lay an entire new line. In the
mean time, work has been temporarily
suspended on both mine and mill. The
new mill has capacity of twenty-five
tons daily. Mr.. John Rutherford of the
company is at present in Philadelphia on
business The plant is located about six
miles north of Stems Pass station.
Corbett, Wyman & Brandt are work
ing force of forty men on their Granite
group and making regular shipments to
FL Paso. The ore is lead carbonates
running by carload 1s to 25 ounces silver
and 20 to 40 per cent lead. This pro-
perty is the most extensively developed
in the district and is proving paying
proposition to the owners. Henry
Lesbos is the superintendent in charge
Of the work The mines are twelve
miles south of Stems Pass station.