Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-06-15
C0CHlTl MINING DISTRICT
Laura S. ard Sister c. Shipping Ore
Great is Peralta Canyon.
THE WATER QUESTION SOLVED.
From the Bland Herald.

From the Bland Herald.
Another a load of high grade ore
has been shipped from the Laura 8.
in Pine canyon, and the owners have
n more a load on the dump. IL is
no positively known what the average
of the first car amounted to, but II
Is almost certain that IL will run $50
to the ten.
II is understood that the Sister c.,
one OF the same group of claims, will
commence shipping sometime next
week, and IL is said that the ore In
this claim is almost. II not fully as
rich as that encountered In the Laura
8, and wonderful things are predicted
for this camp in the neal future.
WATER QUESTION SOLVED.
The question Of water has been the
one great drawback Of the Cochiti min.
ing district. but happily. the Navajo
company have solved the problem in
the long tunnel driven in the Lone
Star mine; the company have sunk
a VIM some 400 feet into the quartz,
where they struck the water and put
in a pump and a two-inch pipe, which
Is unable to take the water out; In
fact. IL hardly makes a showing. This
water is sufficient Of itself to run a
good sized mill as the quantity seems
ineXhaustible. IL Is now only a ques-
ton Of depth to supply all that is need
ed and this knowledge is worth mil.
lions to the camp.
GREAT CANYON.
Monday being pay day at the Abe
marie mill some of the boys dropped
in to tell the story of what they had
seen in Peralta canyon and they stated
that everybody out there was horning
the rock for gold. and the surface
dirt also, which shows up every time.
The crosscut is finished on the DeWett
and John Murphy showed these par.
ties seventeen assays made at Albu.
querque. Bland, Albemarle and other
placed that averaged si4 to the ton.
or course some of these were from
picked pieces, but taken out of the
different layers as they cut them. and
the general opinion is that Peralta will
make a great camp. Colorado men
were oyer and invested considerable
cash for a large supply Of provisions;
they are getting ready for their car
load shipment of ore which they ac-
cepted a. their pay for work recently
done and the ore has every appearance
Of carrying sufficient value to reward
Nhtlh wei lOi tntil tlOuDits lucy
have satisfied themselves where the
highest values are In the mine and
are now sinking a shaft so that the
ore will not require sorting.
THE PERALTA COMPANY.
The Peralta Gold Mining and Mill.
ing company are pushing the shaft
down as fast as possible and two
miners from the Albemarle mill are
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two other miners on the pay roll.
they ar, daily expecting some other
parties who have made a pool which
they intend putting into stock as soon
as their expert car examine the prop
erty. They have had an offer from
TWO different machinery concerns to
put in an air compressor and drills
lor stock, one Of which they will &C.
cept. but they must fix the road and
make suitable foundations first, so II
he assays of the ore keep improving
with depth the company will soon be
able to erect a small mill and treat
he daily output of ore. This show.
ing cannot be beaten in the Cochiti
mining district and the chances of
triking the ore chute that o%utcropped
ibove will no doubt o o be In
he tunnel. This will give them q
nance to stopping n the
hill not less han 700 feet high. There
IS ample room for several big com.
Janies with money to take hold of
some other properties in this canyon
that show well on the surface and Col
orado mining men are invited to come
and see for themselves, for all they
need is capital to make this the ideal
mining camp OF the district. Prac-
teal mining lei all agree on this
point; not II comes away with the
opposite view. Their prices are not
e~xorbitart and plenty of time can be
had to prove with depth.