Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-04-19
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.

!" ".Mt "A your estimate Of the total
output Of the Ilillsboro mines, NIL
kinds, In dollars? Between two and
two and qunrttv mIlliops.
Has anyone mnde 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 up to 1903 made mn output Of
over eight million ounces Of silver, solti
ut nn average price of ~ cents per
ounce. All Of these mines ,unje large
profits. from twenty per cent. ON the
cray Eagle TO eighty and ninety per
cent on the Lady Franklin and others.
At Lake Valley from only three claims
there was mined In the space Of few
years and with very great proflt~over
x6.OO0,OO0. At llermosa and at Chic
ride there was also some very profit
able silver mining. No great fortunes
have been made yet IN the gold dis.
tricts, but from the Placers and the
1'rppc. Richmond and Snake mines
very respectable sums have been made
by lcssces.
To, h.. 1.nrrnc.t n sI nlttnt1 Http
to tho decline Ia silver, or to the eA.
hauslion OF the ore bodies? The very
rich ore bodies, NO far ns known. have
been practically exhausted, and the
search for more IL greatly dlscontii
ued The decline In silver operates
against the medium grades ana ths
want of proper reduction works pre-.
vents the profitable working Of the In.
exhnustiblo bodies OF low grade ores.
The experiments made In conccntrn.
tion hive not been thorough enough
neither Wilfieys, vnnncrs or jigs are
by themselves sufficient. In n modern
mill the ore goes through n series Of
processes and each process will save
from forty to sixty per cent. OF the
vnluc In the pulp that comes to II, no
lhnt the tnilings finnlly flow or with n
trlfling loss. In this field there IL u
fine opening and certain profit for
the Investment Of capital
Ia the mineral field thoroughly cx
plorcd, or is there stlli chance for
Intelligent Nuspectors? There nre hun
drcds Of square miles In the mineral
belt yet nnexplored. II IN not likely
that the first wave Of prospectors found
all the treasures that nature has stored
In the hills. The great deposits OF sill
yer chloridcs and sulphidc~ found In
the Bridal Chamber at Lake Valley
and In several Kingston mines have
their counterparts waiting for the
lucky man, but the hills, like the Scrip
lures. must be intelligcntly searched
before they give up their treasures.
The prospcctor can work all the year;
II anything, perhaps better In winter
time. Many Of the mines. also. are
open to lcnsing and the chances Of thus
striking rich deposits are worth con
sideration. Long time and very liber'
nj lenses are the rule.
What about tho recent discoveries no.
ported Of rich gold and silver tellurinni
orcsf They are found so far ON one
claim ON Trujiilo creek. about six
miles south OF Kingston. Between
S1DOOO and $4,000 has already been
realized on salo Of ore. All this h0s
been In small punches Of orc close tc
the surrace. Quite number OF miners
and prospcctors are going into this
new field. The section had been en-
trely ignored and beyond n little as
scssment work. nothing was dons
there. Now. with ore showing NJ
worth thousands OF dollars per ton, II
IN likely to be heard OF around thu
world. On Term Blanca creek. not
far from these new discoveries, nre a
number Of good mines. notably The Log
Cabin. n steady producer of good ore
which brings from 500 to $500 pei
ton.
Whit copper and lead mines and de
posts are there In Sierra county, Ncai
Chloride. In the northern part of thu
county. there are mines ~ high grade
copper ore. which are also rich In sil.
yer. from Ave TO sixty per cent. copper
and up 10 | 300 ounces Of silver per ton
The Silver Monument Of this grouI
has produced something over $l0O,VO
These mines also carry good gold val
tIes. Including the Columbus. Recent
developments on the Hoosicr Boy nj
Chloride, have disclosed fine con
tinuous vein of gold bearing ore
some OF which assays fourteen ouncct