Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-06-07
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,

wnat Is your estimate of the total
output OF the Hilsboro mines, all
kinds, IN dollars2 Between two and
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.
7 plar, Virginlus, Keystone, Cumberland,
Gray Eagle and few other properties
had mp to 1893 made an output of
at an average price of 93 cents per
ounce. All Of q ese mines made large
profits, from twenty per cent on the
cray Eagle to eighty fpd ninety per
cent. on the Lady t'ranlSli,2nd others,
At Lake Valley from only thIrs. claims
there was mined IN the space ofNs few
years nnd with very great profit-oS.l
] PostNW,VVot ~ ii'i hi'Hu hiu ~ stip-
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
1rlppc, Richmond aud Snake mines
very respectable sums have been made
by lessees.
J Is the decrease In silver output due
TO the decline In silver, or to the ex.
haustion Of the ore bodies? The very
been practically exhausted, ana the
search for more Is greatly dlscoDtin
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.
exhnustlble bodies OF low grade ores.
The experiments made IN concenirn-
ton have not been thorough enough;
neither Wlneys, vanners or jigs are
by themselves sufficient. In modern
mill the ore goes through series OF
processes and each process viii save
from forty to sixty per cent Of tho
value In the pulp that comes to It, so
that the tnilings finally flow off with n
triaing loss. In thE field thore Is n
fine opening and n certain profit for
the Investment Of capital.
Is The mineral field thoroughly OK,
plored, or Is there still n chance for
intelligent prospectors? There are hun.
dreds Of square miles In the mineral
belt yet uneXplored. II IL not likely
that the first wave of prospectors found
all the treasures that nature hns stored
In the hills. The great deposits of sil.
yer chlorides and sulphdes found In
the Bridal Chamber at Lake Valley
and In several Kingston mines have
their coiinterparts waiting for the
lucky man, but the hills, like the Scrip.
lures, must be intelligently searched
before they give up their treasures.
The prospector can work all the year;
IL anything, perhaps better In winter
time. Many Of the mines, also, nre
open TO leasing and the chances OF thus
striking rich deposits are worth con
sldefatlon. Long time and very llber.
al leases are the rule.
What about the recent discoveries re-
ported OF rich gold and silver tellurlum
ores? They are found so far on one
claim on 1'rujllio creek, about six
miles south of Kingston. Between
$4,000 and $4,000 hns already been
realizcd on salo Of ore. All this has
been IN small punches OF ore close 10
The surface. Quite "A number Of miners
and prospectors are going into thls
tircly ignored and beyond little as
sessment work, nothing wns done
there. Now with ore showing VI
worth thousands OF dollars per ton. II
Is likely to be heard Of around the
world. On Terra Blanca creek, not
far from THESE new discoveries. are q
number OF good mines, nothDiy the Log
Cabin, steady producer Of good ore
which brings from 800 TO 500 pei
ton.
What copper and lead mines and de
posits are there In Sierra countyi Ncai
Chloride, In the northern part Of the
county. there are mines Of high grade
copper ore, which are also rich In sill
yer. from five to sixty per cent. copper
aud up 10 200 ounces Of silver per ton.
The Silver Monument OF this group
has pro luced something over 100000
These mines also carry good gold val
ues, Including the Columbus. Recent
developments on the HoosIer Boy al
Chloride. have disclosed fine con
tinuous vein of gold bearing ore,
aonie of which assays fourteen ounces