Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-08-27
GRANT COUNTY MINES.
New Locations Are Made Daily and Ex-
teusiye DEVELOPMENT Work is Done.

Ed. Brinkman has shaft down 20
feet on his Last Chance vt F'ierro, but
he does not expect to get ore in quanti-
ty until he reaches water level, some
80 feet deeper than at present.
Owen Hughes on his Sunburst has a
10 foot shaft near the center Of the
claim which has produced considerable
good ore.
Manuel Taylors Carson and Flag
mines show up probably better than
any other in the granite belt, owing
mainly to the fact that greater
amount of work has been done. Open
ings innumerable all along the two
claims show up good ore, and in some
places very rich ore. He is at present
working prospect near the south end
of the Flag. He is down rs feet in an
incline shaft which Is all on vein mat
ter, the richest of which is found lying
next to the walls. The vein matter is
concentrating and improving as depth
is reached. The ledge is four feet in
width, with good ore scattered clear
across. A trial shipment of two tons
was made recently, returns from which
showed II per cent in copper, $6 in gold
and ounces in silver. Considerable
delay has been occasioned by the var
ious works being flooded during the re-
cent rains, and no little loss has been
suffered thereby.
The Carson at Fierro, also the prop
erty of Manuel Taylor, has been extern
sively developed during the past two
years. All the work done has shown
up ore bodies varying in size from a
few inches to several feet in thickness,
and which invariably increased in val
ue as well as in size, with depth. 1t is
popularity of the veins in this belt.
that with small surface showing,
sometimes with little more than a
stain, the ore bodies enlarge rapidly
with depth and, it was this popularity
which first attracted outside capital
and led to extensive investigation. At
a depth of so feet, as Mr.. Taylor was
developing one of his claims a year
ago, he struck the apex of what ap-
peared to be blind lead, and as he
followed it downward he was surprised
to find that the ore body increased in
size rapidly The news was soon scat
tered all abroad. The result was as
usual. Claims upon which work had
been done regularly every three months
with new location notice, now COM
menced to loom up as probable pro-
ducers. Capital has been induced to
take hold, and shafts are being sunk
in all directions, and invariably with
good results.
The Phelps-Dodge company who have
bond on the Beaver-B Bolton proper
ties at Fierro, are crowding work day
and night. They have built black
smith shop, set up a whim and now
have their new double compartment
shaft down 60 feet. A carload of tim
Der has been delivered on the ground,
and the shaft is being timbered in good
shape from top to bottom. 1t will be
sunk to tap an extensive ore body
known to exist below. In sinking the
old shaft body of good copper ore was
found, which was cross-cut so or 60
feet without finding the hanging wall.
1t is for the purpose of working this ex-
tensive ore body that the new shaft is
being. sunk.
The Iron Head at Fierro, Is again
shipping after an enforced idleness,
due to the almost impossible condition
of the roads, from the effects Of the re-
cent rains. Additional teams will be