Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-05-10
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,

vnat is your estimate OF the tota
output of the IIllsboro mines, al
kinds, IN dollars? Between two an,
two and 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
plar, Virginlus, keystone. Cumberland
Gray Eagle and n few other properties
had up to 1893 made an output oi
over eight million ounces of silver, sole
at an average price of a3 cents pei
ounce. All of these mines made large
profits, from twenty per cent. on tn,
cray Eagle to eighty ana ninety pei
cent. on the Lady Franklin and others
AT Lake Valley from only three claims
there was mined IN the space OF few
years and with very great protit-ovel
$60OO.000. AT Hermosa and ut Chic
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 tn,
Trippe. Richmond and Snake mines
very respectable sums have been mad,
by lessees.
Is the decrease In silver output due
to the decline In silver, or to the ex
haustion of the ore bodies? The very
rich ore bodies, 80 far as known. have
been practically exhausted, ana The
search for more Is greatly dlscontin
ued. The decline In silver operates
against the medium grades and th,
want of proper reduction works pre-
vents the profitable wording of the in
exhnustible bodies of low grade ores
The experiments made IN concentra
ton have not been thorough enough
neither Wilneys, vanners or jigs ar'
by themselves sufficient. In modern
mill the ore goes through series oi
processes and each process win save
from forty to sixty per cent OF thu
value In the pulp that comes to It, =,
thnt the tailings finally flow off with {
trilllng loss. In this field thore Is 4
fine opening and n certain profit fol-
the Investment OF capital.
Is the mineral field thoroughly ex
plored, or Is there still n chance fol
intelligent prospectors? There are hun
dreds Of squire miles In the mlnera
belt yet unexplored. Ii Is not likely
that the first wave of prospectors founo
all the treasures that nature hns storee
In the hills. The great deposits OF sil
yer chlorides and sulphides found III
the Bridal Chamber ut Lake Vale,
and in several Kingston mines have
their counterparts waiting for tn,
lucky man, but the hills, like the Scrip
lures, must be intelllgcntly searched
before they give up their treasures
The prospeet0r can work all the year
If anything, perhaps better in winter
time. Many of the mines, also, arc
open to Leasing and the chances Of thus
striking rich deposits are worth con
Long time and very lIbcr
al leases are the rule.
What about the recent discoveries re.
ported OF rich gold and silver tellurlum
ores? They are found 80 far on on,
claim on Trujlllo creek, about six
miles south OF Kingston. Between
$40 900 and $4,000 has already beer
realized on salo OF ore. All this has
been In small punches Of ore close tC
the surface. Quite a number of miners
and prospectors are going into thlt
new field. The section had been en-
tirely ignored ana beyond niue as
sessment work, nothing was done
there. Now, with ore showing NJ
worth thousands Of dollars per ton, II
IL likely 10 be heard Of around the
world On Terra Blanca creek, not
far from these new discoveries, are a
number Of good mines. notably the Log
Cabin, a steady producer Of good ore
which brings from 500 TO $500 pei
ton.
What copper and lead mines and de
p0sits are there In Sierra county, Neai
Chloride, in the northern part Of the
there are mines OF high grade
copper ore. which are also rich In al.
yer. from five 20 sixty per cent. copper
and up to 200 ounces Of silver per ton.
The Silver Monument Of this group
has pro iuced something over 100000
These mines also carry good. gold val
ues, including the Columbus. Recent
on the Hooglcr Boy at
have disclosed "A fine con
tinuous vein Of gold bearing ore
some OF which assays fourteen ouncef