Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-04-12
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,

0nnr Is sour estimate of the ssial
output d the ilsllsborS snincs, all
kinds, in dollars? Between two and
two and n 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, Tenn
plar NlrgInius. keystone. Cumberland
Gray Eagle and few other properties
had up TO 1893 made an output of
over eight million ounces Of silver, sold
at an average price OF o3 cents per
ounce. All Of these mines made large
profits, from twenty per cent ON the
cray Eagle to eighty md ninety pei
cent. on the Lady Franklin and others.
At Lake Valley from only three claims
there was mined IN the space of n few
years and with very great profit -oveI
S6,0W.OOO. AT llermosa and ut Chlo'
ride there was also some very profit
able silver mining. No great fortunes
have been made yet IN the gold dis
ircts, but from the Plnccrs and the
rrippc. Richmond ana Snake mines
very respectable sups have been made
by lcssces.
Is the decrease IN silver output due
to the decline In silver, or to the cN.
harstion OF the ore bodies? The very
rich ore bodlea, SO far as known, hnve
been practically exhausted. and the
ucd The decline in silver operates
against the medium grades and th
want OF proper reduction works pre-
vents the profitable wording OF the IN.
exhnustibe bodies Of low grade ores.
The experiments made IN conccnirn.
tlon have not been thorough enough
neither Willleys, vanncrs or Jigs nrt
by themselves sufiicicnt, IN q modern
mill the ore goes through series of
processes aud encll process with save
from forty TO sixty per cent OF the
value In the pulp that comes to II, so
that the tnilings finally flow Off with n
trtling loss. ~ this field thore Is n
fine opening and certain proilt foJ
the Investment Of capital
Is the mineral field thoroughly OK
plorpd. or Is there stilI chance fnr
intelligent p;ogpcctors? There are hun
dreds of square miica Ia the mlnaFni
belt ye. nncxp!orcd II Is not likely
HAT tho first wave Of prospcctors found
nI the treasures that nature hns stored
in the hills. The great deposits of sil
yer chlorldes nnd sulphldeH found In
and In several Kingston mines have
their countcrpnrts waiting for the
lucky man, but tho hills. like the Scrip
lures, must be intclligcntly searched
before they give up their treasures
The rrospector cap work all the year
If anything, perhaps better In winter
time. Many VI the mines, also, nre
open to Ioasng and the chances Of thur
striking rich deposits nre worth con
qdelalion Long time and very libcr
Il leases are the rule.
Whnt about the recent discoveries rr
ported Of rich gold aud silver tellurium
ores? They are found so far on on,
claim on Trujillo creek, about six
miles south Of Kingston, Between
$50 O00 and $4,000 has already been
realized on sale Of ore. All this '.ns
been in small lunches Of ore close I.
the face. Quite n number OF miners
AMI prospcctors are going into this
new field. The section had beeu ~
tircly ignored aud beyond little as
sessnont work, ppihing wns done
there. Now. with ora showing VI /
worth thousands OF dollars per ton, NJ
is likely 70 be heard Of around tbs
world on Terra Blnnca creek. not
far from these new discoveries. are
number Of good mines. notably The Log
Cabin, steady producer Of good ore
which brings from 800 to $500 pel
ion.
What copper and lead mines and do
posts are there IN Sierra county, NcaI
Chloride. IN the northern part of thu
county. there are miIirs Of high grads
copper ore which are also rich IN sll
yer, from five to sixty per cent copper
and up 10 300 ounces OF silver per ton
The silver Monument Of this grouI
has produced something over SlUtD
These mines also carry good gold val
ncs. Including the Columbus. Recent
Developments on the IIooscr boy nj
Chloride, have disclosed fine con
nnuous vein ~ gold bearing ore
some ~ which assays fourteen ounces