Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-04-19
MINING MATTERS.
News About the Great Industry 6F this
seotFcn OF the world.

0upCAAhbCuuCu NUOA uhb attuSH SIX
inches VI ane ore on the Atlantic
claim, owned by the Aberdeen com.
pany. IL has widened out from a
streak e. six inches. An assay shows
that IL run ten per cent ia copper aud
carries 1913 ounces Ia silver to the ton.
Tue II Paso Herald last week con.
tained a very interesting arLlcle re
EardiuR the caMp at Snakespearr. IL
Was from tho pen Of A. w. Clifford,
VIM is as well acquainted with the
prospects aud possibilities uf that
camp as any body, aud who is able to
show that the camp has aRreat future.
The drift on the Malachite is beiug
pushed huth east aud vest rrum The
shaft. IL is INV twenty icet ee.t aud
twelve feet east. In taking out the
material shot duwn thu other day Mr..
UOrk took out forty fur huckets nf
ore aud thir,y .hine OF waste, This
would show Jnat al east ualf Ol the
drift is In Ore. tie Is nu~ sorting a
Car to he shipped t, the smelt,r.
Mr. r chard H,cSshrr. Of Luudon,
England, accompanied BY ul. Duu.
nam, we're III the clty Tuesday. return.
ing from Clifton, where they had cen,
pleted the negotiations for The lar-e
copper property, mention 1T which 81 e
was made Ia the las LIBKRAL. Tn,
expect To have a large number OF men
at work on the properties In a >hurt
time. Col Dunhani will have charg
OF The work.
@. A. r IS, the hea lest stakeholder
In The Standard copper cpmpIny ~
Clifton, aud nne uf the prime pal stuck
holders OF the Meddler company. ~
the same place; was in In city Salur
d ~, en route frnm Clifton Ia his home
Ia London. Mr. boss anticipates
that the Meddlrr company, ~ rather
the COMPANY that will he organ ed to
taNe over the properties aud business
at the Meddler cDmpany, will tie n
Of the largest producers Of copper in
Arizona, aud will tie able TO produce 1t
as cheap. Or cheaper, than any other
company working in the territory.
Professor Carrera was 10 the city
she drst VI the week from tie mines
owned by the Lena Company, He has
heen working a large force OF men on
these mines for several weeks, aud In.
forms the LIBERAL thai the more
work there is done The more faLtering
are the prospects of the property turn
ing out tn he a great producer. The
company will put up a %cnncenlra or
In the near future, but its exact To-
catinn has not yet been determined.
lie will push the sinking as fast as
possible, in the hupes ~ develaring
enough water In the mine itself 10
supply the c0ncehtratof. e m is not
able 10 d. this he will have 10 put the
concentfatur at some point nearer
town where the water can be de.
velOped.
Thds. O'Keefs, secretary OF the
Orion mining Company. recently SD, ~
some time IN Deming. He returned
TO El Pas0 and advertised in the Dem
ing Herald that he had Inst a pnckel-
b6ok containing two ten dollar bills.
for the return uf which he offered n
reward. After heinR home "A day ar
80 ne told The FL Paso papers that h
had made a Wonderful oil strike near
Demihg. IL is not very clear tn rht
reader just how he happened IOtind it..
but he is satisfied that he has got II.
He has organized a COMPANY which
has taken up 1900 acres IT Land. when
IL thought Il he thu cream 0f the III
district. The people in FL Paso have
hecume greatly excited over the strike
in oil and are buying the com.
pany stock. very freely. Mr.. O'Keefe
has refused to tell JUST where his l"-
cation is until he has secured all the
rights he needs for hrs Company. The
money derived from the sale Of tho
stock will be used in drilling the frsi
we'll The development of IN ni
6eld neal Deming wuHld mean "A great
boom for Luna county. May she con
tinue to boom aud prosper.