Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-05-03
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.

vuur rs your estimate Of the total
output Of the Hillsboro mines, all
k,nds. In dollars? Between two ana
two and a quarter millions.
Has anyone made big money at min.
Ing In Sierra county? In the Kingston
district the Lady Franklin, Black Colt,
Bullion, Superior, Comstock, Caledonia,
Kangaroo Brush Heap. Illinois, Tem'
plar, virginius. Keystone, Cumberland,
Gray Eagle and few other properties
had up to 1S03 made an output OF
over eight million ounces Of silver, sold
~ nm average price OF 93 cents per
ounce. All Of these mines made large
profits, from twenty per cent. on the
cray s;agie to eighty and ninety per
cent. on the Lady Franklin and others.
At Lake Valley from only three claims
there was mined in the space OF few
years and with very great profit-ovef
xU. 600. 600. At Iiermosn and NJ emo
ride there was also some very prom
able silver mining. No great fortunes
have been made yet In the gold dls'
tricts, but from the Placcrs and the
grippe. itichmond and Huake mines
very respectable sums have been made
! by lessees.
Is the decrease IN silver output due
TO the decline In silver, or to the ex
houstion OF the ore bodies7 The yer!
rich ore bodies, no far as known, hh''
beeu practically exhausted, ana TN
search for more IL greatly dlscontin
/ ued. The decline In silver operate
era,nst the medium grades and tn
want Of proper reduction works pre-
vents the profitable working of the u
exhaustible bodies OF low grade ore'
The experiments made In concen'r'
tlon have not been thorough enough
neither Wilneys, vanners or jigs nr
by themselves sufficient. In a m0dcr
mill the ore goes through a series 9
processes and ench process VIII sav
from forty to sixty per cent OF u
value In the pulp that comes 10 H.
TINT the tailIngs finally flow on win
trIfiing loss. In this field thore IN
fine opening and certain profit Il
the Investment o. capital
Ia the mineral field thoroughly q
n,ored or Ia there still a chance Il
intelligent prospectors? There are hu
dreds OF square miles In the miner
belt ye, InexpioEs-i. Ii is not IKE
that tn. frat wave " Isospectors fouI
all the treasures that nature has stor'
In the hills. The great deposits OF
yer chloridcs and sulphides found
the Bridal Chamber at Lake Vail
and In several Kingston mines I'M
their counterparts waiting for
lucky man, but the hills, like the Ser
lures, must be intelligently search
J before they give up their Treasure
The xospcctor can work all the ye'
II anything. perhaps better )p WIN
time. Many OF the mines, Also,
open to leasing and the chances OF IN
striking rich deposits are worth g
sIdersiiop, Long time and very NIB
nj leases are the rule.
Whit about the recent discoveries
ported OF rich gold and silver tsllurl'
;, oresf They are found 30 far on
claim on Trujlllo creek, about
. miles south OF Kingston. Betw'
" $4,000 and 10000 has already b
- realized on sale OF ore. All this
been In small punches OF ore close
= the surface. Quite number OF min
:. and prospectors are going into
now held. The section had been
: ursly ignored and beyond a little
~ scssment york, nothing was q
there. Now. with ore showing
:. noliA Thousands = tc''"rs per tor
- ia likely to be heard Of around
:. world. On Terra Blanca creek.
- far from these new discoveries, nj
" number of good mines, notably the
" Cabin, a steady producer Of good
" which brings from 500 TO $500
!. ton.
- What copper and lead mines and
posits are there In Sierra county, ;
" Chloride, In the northern pnrt OF
:" county. there are mines Of high 81
copper ore. which arp also rich III
yer. from Ave to sixty per cent. col
- and up 70 200 ounces Of silver per
" The Silver Monument Of this g
y. :" has pro iuced something over SOD
NJ These mines also carry good gold
" ues. including the Columbus lie
developments on the Hoosler 30
Chloride, have disclosed nne
~" tlnuous vein Of gold bearing
xome OF which assays fourteen ou