Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-06-08
GRANT COUNTY NEWS.
The Bic Reduction Works--Pron j.
nent Citizen Found Dead,
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Special Correspondence,
silver CITY. a. NJ May 3i.-Thc Sill
Yer city Reduction works nt this place
have been figuring for some time past /
upun some very extensive improve. |
meuts al their works. and u is now
understood that In the near future the
work viii be- commenced From re-
ports the company viii put IN a large
new furnace. with a capacity NJ two |
hundred tons per day. The reduction |
works al the present time has three
furnaces with capacity ot about |
eighty tons a day per furnace which
b. not sufficient 90 handle the large
Increased shipments ot ores from the
ha,cs uf Arizona and New Mexico.
watch are now sent tu the reduction
works from the large mining com
panios in these two territories These
improvements were practically made
necessary by the company, az the
plpas Altos Gold Mining company are
greatly increasing the output of their
mines and also making extensive i'm
provements ON their concentration at
the Gnlett shaft, which will make the
shipments uf concentrates from this
company practically double what they
have been in the past The Santa
RIA Mining company, who have for
some time being doing only develop
meut work on their mines Ia that
camp. with the exception Of the ores
shipped by their lcuscrs, viii on the
FIRST Of june start 90 making large
daily shipments 20 the reduction
works as thCy intend 90 commence
taking out considerable ore. These
are two Ut the largest mining com
pnnios in the southwest and from the
present Indications they are going To
greatly increase the output of their
mines. which will cause large de-
mand for good miners IN this section
The Santa Rita properties are beyond
doubt the richest copper mines in
hc country aud the most extensive.
The rich copper ores which are now
In sight I'M some uf the mines viii run
CLOSE to ninety and even nincty.nvo
por cent copper one can imagine the
rlchucss at the ores nf this camp whom
car Of ore sent tu the Silver city
Reduction works by one Of the com
pauy lcascrs some time ugu. was
valued az $4,000.
The field day exercises Of the nor
NAL school will be- held ON Saturday
at th, athletic park Ia the morning
tennis will be- played and ia the az
tcrnoon basket ball and number OF
other sports.
Norman Prunger. who has the WORK
ln charge uB the new mines in the
Burro mountains. recently purchased
by an English company was la The
city to-day looking after some bust
ness interests Of the company
silver CITY was much surprised this
morning when getting up To hud th,
temperature down TO point that
would not bee expected at this season
OF the year
Lewis Wrstlakc. who has been con
fined AT the Ladies' hospital for sew
eral weeks past. ~ improving In ;
very satisfactory way II was though
by the doctors for a while that the
abcess In his ear from which he wa
suffering might prove serious.
On account of the windy weather
the base ball game which was sched
uled 10 take place between the Contra
CITY base ball club aud the silver Cit
team yesterday. was called on
Decoration day was not observed u
very extensive way In this city Tn
business houses closed nt noon for
half holiday Several picnic partie
were scheduled hut owing tu the ha
weather We're not very largely attend
ed
l.. G. Munger. who has been res
dent of silver CITY since 1857 wa
found dead Ia his chair by his son thi
morning at the water works. Tn
deceased has been In very fechl,
health for some time tie was @
years uf age and since be came Co thi
city has been employed as "ugiucc
al the water works. but of late bccHm
$50 {, chile that his son took his plac,
u BIS the opinion of the doctor tina
hc died Of hcHrt disease. tn, q,
ceased was "a member uf the Knight
OF Honor carrying $1,000 lnsuranc
in thai society. The funeral will TAX
place in this city tomorrow.
Thompson a Cupp have struck
vein at copper ore In the irgini
mine In the Burro mountains. whic
assays - per cent copper They ar
down only hfty feet
The doll fair given in this city Wed
ucaday by the ladies oi the EpiscupA
Guild was "A grand success. The pro
Cccds of the fair were S3lG3U, whic
goes tn the local Episcopal church
\ camping party will leave tomol
row for several weeks campln
trip ON the ella. constituting Mr. an
Mrs q. G. Hinman and children. Mrs
HALFWAY mEh, MtIilll MI Nlletl
In white and Ed Young
The local lodge OF Elks have ln
creased theig membership to quite az
extent in the past few months The
Elks in this city expect GO have ON,
~ the most iluuriHhing lodges iu th
west In u short time The member
ship almost reaches the hundred mari
at the present time aud the suCiotl
nov has about twenty-five new appli
CautH FOR membership
The scanoli for the hanging ul
Sanchez and Gales ON June ha.
been completed The platform meas
urrs IN9 feet ard viii be- Ns icc
above the ground when the Hcanul,
is in place A strip about 2ia fee
wide running along the east side %
The platform aud upon which tho con
domuod men viii stand while thD
moose ls being adjusted, constitute
the trap when the signal ls giycl
this strip upon which they stand sul
denly drops and the bodies shoe
straight down until brought Co az
abrupt stop when the length OF th,
rope has been reached The rope "a
suspended from CrosspieCc eight
feet above the platform The plat
form ls made accessible by "a stairway
which Will lead mp from the uurti
door of the jail
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