Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-05-24
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
About SIERRA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, and Its
Mines of GOLD and SILVER COPPER, LEAD.
IRON and COAL.-CATTLE, SHEEP and
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS,

unnt is your estimate Of the tota
output OF the IIillsboro mines, al
kinds. in dollars? Between two ant
two and a quarter millions.
Has anyone made big money at min
Ing In Sierra county? In the Kingston
district the Lady Franklin, Black Colt
Bullion, Superior. Comstock. Caledonia
Kangaroo Brush Heap. Illinois. TEN
plar, Virgnius, keystone, Cumberland
Gray Eagle and few other properties
had mp TO 1893 made an output o
over eight million ounces Of silver, sol,
at an average price OF u3 cents pc
ounce. All Of these mines made larg,
profits, from twenty per cent on th,
tray Eagle to eighty and ninety pc
cent. on the Lady Franklin aud Others
At Lake Valley from only three claiml
there was mined In the space of few
years and with very great proflt--ove
$6,00O,000 At Hermosa and at Chlo
ride there was also some very profit
able silver mining No great fortunel
have been made yet IN the gold dis
tricts, but from the Placers and th,
Trippe. Richmond and Snake mine,
very respectable sums have been mad,
by lessees.
Is the decrease In silver output du,
to the decline In silver, or TO the ex
haustion Of the ore bodlesf The very
rich ore bodies, 80 far ny known, have
been practically exhausted. and the
search for more IL greatly dlseontin
ued. The decline In silver operates
against the medium grades and the
want Of proper reduction works pre-
vents the profitable working OF the in
exhnustibla bodies OF low grade ores
The experiments made In conccntra
ton have not been thorough enough
neither Wilhcys, vanners or jigs are
by themselves sufficient. In n modern
mill the ore goes through series OF
processes and each process with save
from forty to sixty per cent. of the
value In the pulp that comes to II, SO
that the tailings finally flow off with a
trihing loss. In this field there Is u
fine opening and certain profit for
the Investment OF capital.
liz the mineral field thoroughly eI
plored, or is there still n chance for
intelligent prospectors? There are hun
dreds Of square miles In the mineral
belt yet unexplored 1t is not likely
that the first wave OF prospectors found
all the treasures that nature has stored
In the hills. The great deposits OF sil
yer chlorldes and sulphldes found IN
the Bridal Chamber at Lake Valley
and In several Kingston mines have
their coilnterparts waiting for the
lucky man, but the hills like the Scrip
lures, must be intelligcntly searched
before they give up their treasures
The prospector can work all the year;
II anything, perhaps better In winter
time. Many OF the mines, also, are
open to leasing and the chances of thus
striking rich deposits are worth con
sidernton. Long time and very libcr
al leases are the rule.
What about the recent discoveries re.
ported OF rich gold and silver tellurlum
orcs7 They are found so far on one
claim on Trujillo creek, about six
miles south Of Kingston. Between
$50 900 and $4,000 has already been
realized on sale OF ore. All this las
been In small punches OF ore close to
the surface. Quite number OF miners
and prospectors are going into thls
new field. The section had been en-
tirely ignored and beyond a little M
sessment work. nothing was dont
there. Now, with ore showing W
worth thousands 81 dollars per ton. "
Is likely 10 he heard Of around the
world. On Terra Blanca creek, not
far from these new discoveries, are a
number Of good mines. notably the Log
Cabin. n steady producer OF good orc
which brings from 500 to 500 pei
ton.
What copper and lead mines and de
posits are there In Sierra county? Neai
Chloride, In the northern part Of thu
county. there are mines OF high grade
copper ore, which are also rich In sii
yer. from FIVE to sixty per cent. copper
and up to 200 ounces OF silver per ton
The Silver Monument OF this grout
has pro luced something over 100000
These mines also carry good gold val
les. including the Columbus. Recent
developments on the HoosIer Boy al
Chloride, have disclosed fine con
inuous vein Of gold bearing ore
Tome OF which sssaxs fourteen ouncci