Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-10-11
MINING MATTERS.
News About the Great Industry OF this
Section OF the World.

uOne unuer Uhe direction OF Henry
Brixner, who arrived here from Silver
City, for the purpose Of attending to
1t. AS soon as the buildings are far
enough advanced the machinery will
be put In shape. Some OF IL has ar.
rived, and the remainder is ready to
ship from Tucson. Besides the Sagi-
nav mill, which the company pur.
chased 10 Tucson, IL has purchased a
great deal of new machinery.
The strike of petanque, sulphide OF
silver, 10 the Miser's Chest, reported
last week 10 the LIBERAL, promises to
be the biggest strike ever made in
Grant county. Work has been con
tinued 10 pushing the tunnel through
the ore, and the end has not been
reached. Yesterday the tunnel had
been driven 10 Eve feet, aud the solid
sulphide Of silver was still in It's face.
and the bottom Of the tunnel was alsr
the same material. The petanque
does not Oil the tunnel, being hut
three feet wide. The ore taken out
is carefully sacked ana kept unde,
lock and key. Piling such ore on the
dump would he a good deal like pilinp
dollars there, and Professor
Carrera is not given to exposing his
vaiuables in that manner.
W. q. Mcdonald, Of New York, and
A. r. Gibson, of Santa Fe, officers Of
the American Consolidated Copper
Company, were 10 the city the first Of
the week. They gave their properties
at Shakespeare, the Atwood, a
thorough inspection, or at least as
thorough a one as is possible, and
were we'll pleased with what they saw.
The ladders 10 the mine are old and
not thoroughly safe, and at the bot.
tom Of the shaft there is a cave, which
includes ladders aud timbers. that
makes it impossible to inspect the
bottom. They set a number OF men
at work doing Jobs that are necessary
before the work Of repairing and put
ting 10 shape the main shaft can be
commenced. Mr.. Mcdonald Informed
the LIBERAL that as soon as the com.
pany could get matters in proper shape
1t would have at least fifty men at
work on this property, and as o as
the best and most economical method
Of working the ore could be deter.
mined the proper reduction works
would be erected.
]. Fl. Cook, superintendent of the
Aberdeen company, started up the
new hoist on the Malachite the first OF
the week. The machinery worked
smoothly. 1t did not take long to
hail the water out Of the Malachite,
with the big bucket and fast hoist.
There is at the bottom OF the shaft a
body OF Cue ore, five feet wide, and
now that the water can be handled
will proceed, and an effort will
be made to learn the extent OF the
ore. Drifting is being done on the
Orphans Home at the water level,
and no effort will be made to sink
further until it is ascertained whether
the unwaterlng Of the Malachite will
also unwater this mine, which Mr..
Cook hopes will be the case. In the
Atlantic, at the water level, which is
ll6 feet, a drift has been run west
fourteen feet, and now une is started
east. Development will be continued
in this ann until arrangements
are made to handle the water. A
cross cut has been started from the
bottom Of the shaft to strike another
ledge, which appears on the surface,
and is supposed to 20 down.
j. F. Wardner came down from
Clifton Friday, and took the east
bound train TOR New York. While 10
Clifton he negotiated a deal for the
Heating properties, which lie between
the Horseshoe, one of the Coronado
group, and MOrenci, lying parallel
and some six hundred feet from the
Horseshoe. There are some SIX
claims in the deal, the Queen Lii,
Blackboy, St. Paul, Commassee, Deep
Dawn, and keystone. There is a five
foot assure vein, which runs high ia
copper. The last shipment made from
the mine was of ten tons, which ran
thirty.ave per cent in copper. The
deal was made on a basis OF $50, 900,
The people whom Mr.. Warden repre-,
sents are Massachusetts capitalists
who are largely interested 10 the
Shannon company, and want TO invest
still further ia the Clifton district.
Mr.. Wardner expects to be back nexl
week and will take charge OF the work
on the properties purchased, and push
development on them. Mr., Wardnel
Is an an experienced miner, and under
stands that development is the Trims
that must FIRST be done,
S. ". VIM writes that his daugh
ter has nearly recovered, and he MAJ
be expected back to lock after the 10
terests Of the Mineral mountain min
ing company at an early date.
ChorfR porlra ~ Geo no. o.- =.