Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-06-01
GRANT COUNTY NEWS.
The Big Reduction Works -Proml'
nent Citizen Found Dead.
SCAff0l0 FOR THE HANGlNGS.
Speclal Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Silver City, N. NJ. May 3l.-The Sill
yer City Reduction works at this place
have been figuring for some time past
upon some very extensive improve
ments at their works. and II Is now
understood that In the near future the
work will be commenced. From re-
ports the company will put in n large
new furnace, with a capacity Of two
hundred tons per day. The reduction
works at the present time has three
furnaces with a capacity of about
eighty tons a day per furnace, which
IL not sufficient to handle the large
increased shipments of ores from the
mines of Arizona and New Mexico.
which are now sent to the reduction
works from the large mining com
panies in these two territories. These
improvements were practically made
necessary by the company, as the
Pinos Altos Gold Mining company are
greatly increasing the output of their
mines and also making extensive i'm
proycmcnts on their concentration at
the Gillett shaft. which will make the
shipments Of concentrates from this
company practically double what they
have been in the past. The Santa
Il hltH MlnlNE Company WIN nav "
some time being doing only develop
ment work on their mines In that
camp. with the exception OF the ores
shipped by their leasers. will on the
| first of June start to making large
daily shipments to- the reduction
works. as they intend to commence
taking out considerable ore. These
are two OF the largest mining com
| panies In the southwest. aud from the
| present indications they are going to
| greatly increase the output OF their
mines. which will cause a large de
mand for good miners In this section.
The Santa Rita properties are beyond
a doubt the richest copper mines IN
the country and the most extensive
The rich copper ores which are now
in sight In some OF the mines Will run
close to ninety and even nlnety-five
per cent copper ono n imagine the
richness Of the ores of this camp when
A ear OF ore sent to the Silver City
Reduction works by n of the com
pany leasers some time ago. was
valued at $4,000.
The field day exercises of the nor
NAL school will be held on Saturday
at the athletic park. In the morning
tennis will be played and in the az
tcrnoon basket ball and a number OF
other sports. .
Norman Pronger, who has the work
II charge on the g mines In thu
Burro mountains. recently purchased
by an English company. was In the
city to-day looking after some bust
ness interests OF the company.
silver City was much surprised this
morning when getting up TO find tbs
temperature down to a point tina
would not be expected ut this season
Of the year.
Lewis W~estlakc. who has been con
fined nj the Ladies' hospital for sew
eral weeks past, Is improving In
very satisfactory way. IL was though
by the doctors for a while that thu
abcess In his ear, from which he WA
suffering. might prove serious.
On account OF the windy weatheI
the base ball game which was SEIZED
uled to take place between the Contra
City Ease ball club and the Silver Cit!
team yesterday. was called on.
Decoration day was not observed II
a very extensive way In this city. TIT
business houses closed at noon for
half holiday. Several picnic parties
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