Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-10-18
MINING MATTERS.
News About tho Great Industry Of this
Section Of the world.


the Pacific Union smelling company.
The company's plant arrived the 6rst
Of the week, aud Is now being moved
TO the location north Of town, where
1t will be erected aud put 10 running
order as soon as possible. DR.. ROhr,
president of the company, arrived yes
ter day.
J. H. Cook, superintendent of the
Aberdeen brings 10 the information
that be has two shifts working on the
Malachite, and will sink IL to a depth
Of aye hundred feet as fast as II can he
done. As yet be has not a large
amount OF water, it being easily hand
led by the hoist. In the Atlantic he
has dfteen inches Of dne ore 10 each
drift. IL runs fifteen per cent copper,
and carries both silver and lead. In
the drift on the Orphans Home, at
eighty.twO feet, he has forty-tWU
inches OF lead ore. The shaft on the
Earl is now down siEty-tour feet and
there IS three feet of ore ia it that runs
higt In lead, and carries silver and
gold.
S. W. VIM, OF the Mineral Noun
tain mining company, arrived from
Chicago Monday aud Immediately went
to the cOmpany's mines at STEMS Pass.
Mr.. VIM will push things at the
mines and hopes tn be able to be ship
ping ore in a short time. He has a
shipping proposition as soOn as he gets
the shaft cleaned out. On reaching
the Pass, be and was greatly
pleased at the condition he found
things. VIM. Morris had set up
the hoist and pump and had just got
things to going. 1t takes several hours
to pump out the water which accumu-
lates in the shaft over night, and the
more water there is pumped out the
stronger the supply seems to be. IN
cleaning out the shaft they have found
a lot OF old timbers, and all sorts of
debris. which makes the work 60 slowly
but as they go down they find the
shaft 10 good shape, and the ore all
that they had expected. Mr.. VIM ex-
poets to stay by the proposition all
winter.
Col P. r. Smith, president OF the
Clifton Copper Co., was 10 Silver City
last week and reported a unique contest
which is to take place this week at
their concentrating plantat Santa Rita
Quite a deal of good natured rivalry ex-
lists between the manufacturers OF the
Standard concentrating table and those
Of the Wiley tables. as the Clifton
concentration contains two tables Of
each make and as they are making
preparations to add four more, each
company asked to put 10 its special
make. To settle the question, a trial
run vas decided upon at which will be
present Mr.. Anderson, representing the
Standard, and the travelling represent
tative of the FL Paso Mine, Smelter s.
Supply Co., who will look after the
interests of the Wiley. Whichever
saves the greatest per cent of values
from the ore of the Wildcat mine,
will be the table decided upon. Col.
Smith says that the mill will soon be
running night aud day and its capacity
increased to 200 tons within the next
sixty days.-Enter prise.
The Boston Financial News OF OctO-
her 3 prints the following interesting
interview with w. B. Thompson, of the
Shannon copper company:
civilian B. Thompson "a Devonshirc
Street, a director in the Shannon Cop
per Company, states that a conveyance
has been made by the Arizona Copper
Company, of the Black Hawk, White
Hawk and nine other claims, to the
Shannon Copper Company, for a con-
sideration involving nearly a million
dollars. Aside from their intrinsic
value, the proximity Of these claims Ia
the Shannon properties, makes their
acquisition very desirable.
Tin the passing Of the deeds, an
agreement was entered into between
the two companies, whereby the ore
within the side aud end lines OF theiI
properties, carried down vertically
through the surface, belong to the CON.
pany owning the surface; thus agree
ing that the cOmmon law rule, which
gives the owner Of the surface the pos
session OF the minerals beneath the
surface OF his land, shall apply to theiI
respective claims. This agreement OBJ
viates the possibility OF any friction
; over the apex law which has caused s.
much litigation in Montana.
THE company has just flushed three
; miles OF railroad az the smelter, aud
their 50O-ton reduction plant will bC
! 10 operation by January lst. A 5OO-tor
concentrator will be completed early
} next year.
"With the smelter running the com
, pany expects TO produce 1000, OOC
pounds OF copper per month, and will
, the completion OF the concentrate
! this will be increased to over 1,6O0. OO'
: pounds Der month. The company theI
D eXDecls 10 be 10 a position To earn no