Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1901-05-17
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,

onar is your estimate OF the total
output Of the Illllsboro mines, all
kinds. IN dollars? Between two and
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, Tenn
plar, Vlrginius. keystone, Cumberland,
Gray Eagle and a few other properties
had up TO 1898 made an output OF
over eight million ounces Of silver, sold
at an average price of 03 cents per
ounce. All of these mines made large
profits, from twenty per cent on the
cray Eagle to eighty and ninety per
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 proilt~ovef
$4,000, 600 At IIermosa ana at Chlo
ride there was also some very proiit
able silver mining. No great fortunes
have been made yet IN the gold dis
tricts, but from the placers aud the
Trippe, Richmond and Snake mines
very respectable sums have been made
by lessees.
Is the decrease In silver output due
to the decline in silver, or to the ex
hauston Of the ore budles2 The very
rich ore bodies. 80 far as known, have
been practically exhausted, and the
search for more is greatly discontin
ued The decline Ia silver operates
against the medium grades aud The
want Of propersreductlon works pre-.
vents the profitable wording Of The IN
exhaustible bodies of low grade ores
The experiments made IN coneenIra
ton have not been thorough enough
neither Wildeys, vanners or 1igs are
by themselves sufficient. In n modern
mill the ore goes through series OF
processes and each process VIII save
from forty TO sixty per cent. OF the
value IN the pulp that comes to II, so
that the taiings finally flow off with u
trlfing loss. In this field there Is n
fine opening and n certain profit FOR
the investment Of capital.
Is the mineral field thoroughly ex
plored, or IN there still chance fol
Intelligent prospectors? There are hun
dreds Of square niles IN the minera
4 belt yet lnexplorcd. 1t Is not likely
! that The. first wave Of prospect0rs founC
all the treasures that nature has stored
in the hills. The great deposits OF sill
YER chlorldes and sulphldcs found II
the Bridal Chamber at Lake Vnllcl
and in several Kingston mines have
their counterparts waiting for th'
| lucky man, but the hills, like the Scrip
4 lures, must be intellgently senrche,
before they give up their treasures
The prospector can work all the year
If anything, perhaps better In wnte
+ tlilc. many VI ibs ihh's, unN, -
! open to leasing and the chances Of thu
striking rich deposits are worth con
sllcratlon. Long time aud very Iiber
al leases are the rule.
What about the recent discoveries re
ported of rich gold and silver tellurlun
ores? They are found SO far on on
claim on Trujillo creek, about nj.
! miles south of Kingston. Betwee
1000 and $4,000 has already bec
\ realized on sale Of ore. All this Ia
been In small lunches OF ore close I
the SUI face. Quite number OF miner
aud prospeciors are going into TN
new field The section had been q
tircly ignored and beyond little ~
sessment work, nothing was don
there. Now. with ore showing u
worth thousands OF dollars per ton,
rf.alg ~ hn hoard ~ around th
world. On Terra Blanca creek, nc
fnr from these new discoveries. are
number OF good mines, notably the Lo
Cabin, steady producer Of good OF
which brings from 500 to 500 70
ton.
What copper and lead mines ana q
posits are there In Sierra county, Nea
Chloride. ia the northern part Of II
county. there are mines Of high Erad
copper ore. which are also rich IN -
yer. from five to sixty per cent copp'
and up 70 LOO ounces Of silver per tol
The silver Monument Of this grou
has pro iuced something over $1,000
These mines also carry good gold va
ues. including the Columbus. Recei
developments on the IIoosier Boy
Chloride. have disclosed a fine co
t!nuous vein Of gold bearing or
| some Of which assays fourteen ounc'