Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-05-11
OF MINING INTEREST,
interesting Topics Abe. the Pros
porous Mines q Grant County
RIO ARRlsA COUNTY MINES.

The Citizen culis the following In.
torcFtiuu items from the columns 81
the Silver city Enterprise.
The pinos Altos Gold Mining com.
pany are putting ln new large bins to
receive their mill taiiings as the old
ones are filled M
10 ls understood that o. " Hardy
who has taken charge 81 the Noun.
tain king property at piuOs Altos will
start work on the Manhattan minc
Sam Weeks who ls working tire l.it.
tle Arizona mine at pinos Altos. ls get.
ting good values 10y the arastra pro
cess. which he o. operating
The Pinos Altos Gold Mining com.
pany is hauling thousand tons or
moro of ore which has been piled up
close Co tho old mill boo piuus Altos 90
the stanley mill for treatment The
orr is the product of the cumpanys
group of mines
superintendent Frank Buck b. do
INK quite a little development work on
the Houston a Thomas properties at
pinos Altos which were rccpltly SCI.
cured under bond and lease by VIII
lam Kent and Henry T.. Hollis. Chica
go parties. The result ~ the prciim.
mary operations are proving satisfac
tory
N. Montague arrived IN silver city
last week from New York city and at
once commenced the work ~ adjust
ing the affairs uf the Golden Giant
Mining company preparatory 90 the
resumption of operations on the Gold
cu Giant aud Mammoth mines az pi-
nos Altos Arrangements were made
Tor the second payment upon the pur.
chase price of the property Mr. Mon.
tague states that work will be- re-.
sumod within week OF So now. just
az soon az the necessary preliminarics
can be completed and will be- con
tinuCd steadily. under conservative.
buglnesE.like management.
The Dover mine al Pinos Altos
owned by the McGroEor brothers rs
making good progress la development
the work being very materially facili'
tatcd hy the new hoist The SHAFT is
being sunk % the lOO.foot level. which
dgpth has almost boon reached. From
this point drifts will be- run The vein
is increasing iu size and value with
depth. and the showing is "A first class
one in every respect 4 small force
Is employed under the superlntcnd.
cncy ~ George A. Easton. The ore
s. n sulphidc, carrying good values in
gold. silver aud copper and viii aver.
age SIS 10 the ton the richer streaks
running very high
4 deal has been ruusummatcd by
which o. % Hardy will take charge Of
the Mountain Key property at pinos
Altos loo the interest ~ Kansas CITY
capitalists. The preliminary arrange.
mpnts have been made and the mat.
ter o. expected tU be- closed not later
than May No. Mr. Hardy left for the
east last week on business connected
with Ga, transaction. but will return
in "a few days Ills work will be- tO
put the I0n.fuot shaft in good shape
after which the property viii hr Hys
tcmntically developed The Noun.
tain Key FOR the amount OF develop.
mont has produced more than any 9th
err mine la the Pinos Altos district
and has always been regarded as ono
81 the best properties. u he's been
idle more ur less the past ten years.
~ product be- sulphidu carrying
gold, silver and copper but running
high he the FIRST named value.
The operations OF tho Alrssandru
Copper Mining company AT Red Rock
are "a matter Of considerable interest
fer the reason that II Is the only work
trict and upon It's success OF failure
to a certain extent depends the de-
yelupment ~ the camp. This com
pany rs combining its entire attention
Co the development ~ its properties.
with the idea Of asccrtaining their
true worth. force of twenty men
is employed under the direction ul
George - Riod an experienced min
ing man from Colorado Shaft No I
has reached depth of 2Ue feet while
shaft 80 has been suns l25 feet lu
addition 90 which there have been
$50 feet driven 10 tho tunnel opera
ton The showing AN along has beer
such Hs Co encourage the company O.
continue. and IL the present outlook
H. maintained. there is every proba
hility that "a plant for the treatment
at the ores will be- erected. The mines
carry principally copper values.