Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-04-12
MINING MATTERS.
News About h Great Industry OF this
Section OF the world.

superintendent ZOO has started a
drift on the M~alachite, at the water
level. just high enough. so the men can
work In u without pumping. This
will keep the men busy until a pump
ing plan car he installed, when sink
ing will br cummenced.
The Lena Mining cunb my has died
incorporation papers in the Office OF
Territorial Secretary Wallace. The
capital is s36.OOO. Headquar ers At
L"rdShurg, Grant county. The incor
poratOrS and directors are j. q. Car
yera, w. W. Linscumh, J. 3. Dibrell,
Etnll Mosheim
After sinking ten feet below tn.
first assessment work dn the Ea
shaft o A. Simpson has run INFO
ine body uf galena ore. Il is thlru
inches wide, aud contains compare
lively little quartz. Work will he
continued on the claim, and II the
re confines a shipment will he made
A letter from the New York nfire
OF the Aberdeen company states that
the cpncentratnr for the cnmpany's
Shakespeare properties has he n rr
dered, and the day the lette' was
writ Ell the check Tor the initial nay.
ment IN the machinery had been for
warded. The summe will not Lr uvet
hernre the cuhcentra'0r will he at
work.
A little mining deal involving "a nice
bunch ~ money. has been cOuSummal
ed In Ariznna. E b. Gige and has
DartnerS'have sold inc Congress IN ne
for So. 0O0,O 900. Mr.. Gage has brought
the conflicting interests Al Tombstone
10 time. and viii proceed IT, rejuvinaie
that deserted camp rhe trOunlp has
been the water. II one mine was un-
watered AL would be, and the owners
Of the differen nine have not been
able To get together aud agree on the
proportional amount each Shnuid pay
for pumping the WAFER. It is said
that Mr.. Gage mas fnFuIpd "A J.. Pier
p0nt Morgan trust nf the Tombstone
mines which tru-t wi ! unWater the
mines, and set them tn again produc.
ing bullion, and again there may be
hot times in that town
1t is expected that the new mill ON
the Volcano mine, north Ut STEMS
Pass will commence work this week
or early next week. The company
has encountered difficulties that il
did not expect when it commenced
operations, especially with It's water
supply. It pumps water some si1
miles aud raises it snnie Ave hundred
feet IT, found that IT. was necessary
TO build a reservoir half way between
the we'll and the mill, and pump from
the we'll TO the reservoir and from the
reservoir to the mill. To pump direct
was too great a strain on the pumping
machinery and the pipes. Superinten
dent Saith has had hard work getting
his mill in running order, and 1t is u
be hoped that from now on there will.
be no more trouble. but that there
will he returns from the mill which
will he ample rPcnmpense for The time
labur and money he has expended.
Another big copper deal has beer
cnnsummatcd This week al CHfl n
IT. includes furty-two Claims at thu
upper end of the Grpenlee district
the Smart prnup being included and Il
one of The hest developed. The term
have not been made public. Col. Bill
Parish, who years ago examined tn,
properties bought by the Arizona cop
per company, aud on whose recon
mpndaliun the sale was made. has ex
aninPd these properties and advised
the purchase, as alSu did Mr.. G.. S
Pitcairn, a noted Scotch expert, VIII
was sent out for the especial purpost
of examining this group. The proper
tn will he under the management o
L. A. Dunham Some months ago
prominent Montana mining man, VIII
had been up 10 Clifton, anu lOnkel
the copper country over, told tn
LIBERAL that IN a few years "ClifJO
would he the BuJle Of the Southwest.
Since then the shannon company, III
General Electric company and tht
Company have purchased large pro-
critics in the camp, and The present II
dlcati0ns are that The man from Nor
tana was a prophet. For with a
these companies putting out copper I
addition to the Arizona and DetrOI
companies the out put Of the CHIT
country will exceed that 1T Butte
The Southwest New Mexico Cart
Protective assOciatiun met in Sllvt
; City last week and e ected the follow
ing Officers O serve for the ens,in
vaur w n Jark urasIdanl. Hanf