Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-11-14
THE MINES OF NEW MEXICO.
From Red River to Lordsburg There is
Considerable Activity,

Kingsley and Ames have struck
rich copper lead on the Tough Nu
just north of the Excelsior at Organ
Dona Ana county
The new pumping plant for tn
Mountain Key plant at Pinos Altos
Grant county, has been received ant
will be Immediately installed. This IA
nous old mine is soon to be heavy
producer again. Nuggets of native
gold worth $17G have been taken from
it.
Thompson and Copp have increased
their force of men on the Virginia min,
in the Burro mountains, Grant county
expected to crosscut the vein.
| Thomas Shields has resumed work
on the Harris in the Cochiti district
John Murphy on the Julia and Elktor
and w. S. Sandon on the Little Bet
sey. Major Beaumont is working the
Ivanhoe and George Ostrander the
Old Hutch. Considerable work is also
being done in Peralta canon and Sc
| ton mill may be erected there next
spring.
The Copper King company has put
I in operation a $4,000 diamond drill on
it's properties in the Organ mountains,
Dona Ana county.
John Rutherford is putting in hea-
Wy wrought iron pipe line at STEMS
Pass, Grant county, to pump water
from depth of 700 feet to the Volcano
mine on which high grade chloride of
silver has been uncovered in large
quantities.
All the machinery for the Aberdeen
concentrator at Lordsburg, Grant
county, except the tables is now on
the ground and consists of an engine,
a crusher, steam stamp and other ma
chinery.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
new smelter at Lordsburg, Grant
county. The three smoke-stacks are
up. There are two cupolas, either or
copper The smelter will be blown in
next week. Ore bins are being built
and more than sufficient ore to keep
the smelter busy has been contracted
for.
The mining camp of Hansonburg in
Socorro county has received a new
lease of life. The Alcazar Copper COM
pany is running a day and night
shift and will continue to do so for 60
days, when it is hoped the development
will make the property producer.
J. J. Blow & Company are working
the Marion mine in the Caballos noun
tain in Sierra county. The tunnel is
now in 900 feet with about a three foot
lead of copper ore in the face. Two
carloads of ore per month are being
shipped, the ore averaging % per cent
copper. A new gasoline blower has
been put up to furnish air in the tun-
nel Eight men are employed.
The Las Animas Gold Copper Mining |
will increase it's force on the |
Wicks mine near Hillsboro, Sierra |
county. Work on the mine was resum- !
ed only ast'Monday.
The Thelma mine near Elizabeth
town, is producing about $1,000 worth
IF ore per day and new machinery is
being placed that will increase the
output.
The Smithfield company is pushing
work on its Senate -Bobtail mine near
The company owns 27
acres in the center of cluster of good
mines. Several large bodies of ore and
several small veins have been encoun-
ered.
An interesting test of the merits of
tables was made last
week on the Wild Cat mine in the
dillsboro district, Sierra county, the
esult of which has not yet been made
public. Two new Standard and two
lew Whitley tables were used. 1t is re-
ported, however, that the Standard
made cleaner concentrates with less
water, but the amount lost in tailings
Tor the number of tons concentrated
nto one has not yet been calucuated,
.lthough 1t was apparent that both
makes of tables ran almost even in the
est
More than one hundred freight wag-
ms and 1000 horses are now hauling
oal from the coal mines at Carthage,
'ocorro county, to San Antonio on the
anta Fe railroad. The daily output
the mines is four carloads and the
oal is shipped to Ell Paso and to Mex
20. Coal mines near Engle, Sierra
ounty, are also to be opened and
tationary engine and a diamond drill
nd other machinery for that purpose
rrived at Engle last week.
pay cash for clean cot
ton ragS suitable for machine mr.