Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-05-10
or MINING INTEREST.
interesting Topics About the Pros
porous Mines Of Grant County.
RIO hRRIBA COUNTY MINES.

The Citizen culls the following In
teresting items from the columns OF
the Silver City Enterprise:
The Pinos Altos Gold Mining com.
pany are putting in new large bins to
receive their mill tailings as the old
ones are filled up.
II IL understood that o. b. Hardy,
who has taken charge of the Noun.
tain King property at Pinos Altos. will
start work on the Manhattan mine.
Sam Weeks. who Is working the Lit
tie Arizona mine at Pinos Atos. Is get
ting good values by the arastra pro
cess. which he is operating.
The Pinos Altos Gold Mining com
pany Is hauling a thousand tons or
more OF ore which has been piled up
close to the old mill In Pinos Altos to
the Stanley mill for treatment. The
ore is the product Of the company's
group of mines.
Superintendent Frank j. Buck Ia do
ing quite n little development work on
the Houston a. Thomas properties Mt
Pinos Altos. which were recently Sc
cured under bond and lease by VIII
lam Kent and Henry l.. Hollis, Chica'
20 parties. The result Of the prelim-
mary operations are proving satlsfac'
tory.
NJ. Montague arrived in Silver City
last week from New York city and AT
once commenced the work OF ADJUST
ing the affairs OF the Golden Giant
Mining company, preparatory to the
resumption Of operations ON the Gold
en- Giant and Mammoth mines at Pi
nos Altos. Arrangements were made
for the second payment upon the pur'
chase price of the property. Mr.. Mon
tague states that work will be re
sumed within a week or 30 now. just
AZ soon as the necessary prelimlnaries
can be completed. and will be con
ltinued steadily. under conservative
business-like management.
The Dover mine at Pinos Altos
owned by the McGregor brothers. II
making good progress In development
the work being very materially facili
tated BY the new hoist. The SHAFT II
being sunk To the l00-foot level. which
depth has almost been reached. From
This point drifts will be run. The veil
IL increasing in size and value will
depth. and the showing Is n first class
one In every respect. A small force
il employed under the superintend
ency Of George A. Easton. The or
Is q sulphido, carrying good values l,
gold, silver and copper, and VIII aver
age $35 to the ton, the richer streak
running very high.
A deal has been consumm mated b.
which O, u. Hardy will take charge o
the Mountain Key property at Pine
Altos in the interest OF Kansas Cit
capitalists. The preliminary arrange
ments have been made and the ma
ter Ia expected TO he closed not late
than May IS. Mr.. Hardy left for tn
east last week on business cOnnecte
with the transaction. but will retur
in a few days. His work will be I
put the 7O0-foot shaft In good SHAPE
after which the property will be syi
Dramatically developed. The Moui
: tain Key for the amount OF develop
=. ment has produced more than any ot'
' or mine In the Pinos Altos distric
and has always been regarded as on
of the best properties. II has bee
idle more or less the past ten year
Its product Is a sulphide. carryin
gold, silver and copper. but runnir
high In the first named value.
The operations of the Alessandl
Copper Mining company at Red Roo
are n matter OF considerable interes
for the reason that 1t is the only woi
of any moment being done In the di
trict. and upon its success or failul
to a certain extent depends the d
yelopment Of the camp. This cor
pany is combining It's entire attentic
to the development Of its propertie
with the idea Of ascertainins the
true worth. A force OF twenty me
Is employed under the direction
George ID. Ried, an experienced mi
ing man from Colorado. Shaft No.
has reached a depth OF 200 feet, viii
shaft No. 3 has been sunk 1875 feet,
v addition to which there have bee
/ 40 feet driven In the tunnel oper
ton. rhe showing all along has bee
r such a. to encourage the company
continue, and II the present outlo6
/. is maintained. there Is every prob
It bility that a plant for the treatmel
a Of the ores will be- erected. The min'
carry principally copper values.