The copper era., 1901-07-25
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NEW MEXICO NEWS

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 Ground has been broken for the con- centratlng plant for the Modoc mine, Organ. The mill is to be completed by fall.
 The Maud 5. mill in the Mogollons was started last week after laying idle four years, and is now treating 50 tons Of orc per day.
 Work on the improvements at the school of mines at SOcorro is progress ing satisfactorily. The erection of the new building will be begun at once.
 The Pinos Altos Gold Mining com pany has increased its milling capacity to 200 tons per day, and has just finish ed re-timbering the old workings of the mine.
 Alex McGregor and John Oglesby are making preparations to work the tailings Of the Wagner mill at Pinos Altos They will also open up mine near by and treat the ore at the mill.
 Petitions are being signed by the people of the territory addressed to the attorney general Of the United States asking that all litigation initiated by the government against the project of constructing the Elephant B@tta-aa be discontinued.
 Judge McMillan has issued an order setting aside the judgments rendered last December to the amount of nearly SI0,000 against Socorro county in favor of A. B. Baca and c. F. Blackington, and the case will probably be taken to the supreme court.
 The tunnel now being driven in the New Era mine in the Black range has encountered a body of bornite ore rum ming very high in silver, native silver being visible in much of it. This is considered the most important devel- opment of the season in the range.
 Bell & Stevens were among the pio- neer mining men of Pinos Altos, and they were good. successful miners and mill men. They worked their proper tios at q profit for more than twenty years, and now their old dumps are to be worked over, which shows the wonderful Improvements made during the past ten years.
 Hon. F. J. Storey, railroad com missioner of Texas and Hon. Ed. J. L. Green, both of San Marcos, Texas, last week visited the Mangus Mining com pany's property, at Mangus canyon, in which they are interested. The prop crty has been operated internationally for the past ten years, and has pro- duced some good silver ores. The cdmpany now proposes to erect plant for the treatment of its ores.
 The Las Chance mill in the Mogollous is running as many hours per day as the scarcity of water will permit. The ,ast Chance company is now workin"
 shifts to supply the mill and is aI- so doing considerable amount of new work. The people of the Mogollon country hail the advent of the Durango and Clifton railroad with keen delight, and as it will be the means of rejuvenating the entire Mogollon district, which has long sui forcd from lack af transportation.
 So many changes have occurred in mining methods and by the invention of new machines that it is now possi- ble to work over tailings and old dumps, which only a few years ago were value less. Mcssrs. k. l.. Powell and Frank J. Buck of Silver City have secured a lease on the old Bell X Stephens dumps from the Pinos Altos Gold Mining company and are preparing to work tho same by the cyanide process. Six large tanks were manufactured last week by the Black X Atkins company and freighted to Pinos Altos for this purpose.
 The limb of girl was found by a dog at Santa Rita last week, which led to many sensational rumors, but nothing definite has yet been ascer- tained, although the officers have done much work on the case. Dr. Hagan thinks the leg that of a Mexican child and the operation must have been per formed some months ago, as nearly all the flesh had decayed from the bones. No one in Santa Rita has any recollec- tion of any child being disfigured in this manner, and the supposition is that either murder has been commit tod, or else that death followed the and the remainder Of the body was buried elsewhere.
 Frank H. Parrish and wife resided in Galveston when that awful destruc- ton Of life and property occurred in that city last year Their houses were swept away and they were lost to each other. Mrs. Parrish was caught not over block from where the house | stood and was rescued much bruised | and hurt. Mir. Parrish was carried | clear across the bay and lay insensible | in the house of his rescuer, farmer, Tor six weeks. The wife supposed the husband was drowned and left for Tennessee where she had a relative. l Mir. Parrish hunted for his wife while, then went to Lincoln county, l \. NJ, to visit brother. He went to Roswell on business last week and | lud there met his wife on the street,