Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-10-17
MINES AND MINING
In new MEXICO
Grant, Lincoln, Otero and Other Counties
Report Much Activity and Develop
ment in Their Mining Camps.
A new CONCENTRATOR At LORDSBURG


| The Martin companys mine at Rose
dale, Socorro county, closed down on
day last week on account of an acct
dent to the hosting machinery.
One hundred feet of shaft have beer
completed on the Ninety-nine at Rose
dale, Socorro county, and strong
body of low grade gold quartz has beer
developed.
On the Golden Bell at Rosedale, So
corro county, large body of fine
green quartz has been encountered
New machinery is to be erected ant
the force of men on the mine increased
Good ore discoveries have been made
on the Rosa at Rose ale, ijocorro ooun-
ty.
J. @. Nabours of Oscuro, Lincoln
county has sold a. two thirds interest
in his group of mines in the Oscuro
mountains in Socorro county. The
Estey Mining and Milling company
was the buyer.
Nogal is one of the oldest mining
camps of Lincoln county and counts
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erican and the Helen Rae groups.
Each of these groups is equipped with
milling machinery and both are rich in
gold. The American group is owned
by the Vanderbilt Gold Mining COM
pany Of Pennsylvania and New York
and is now idle. The Helen Rae proper
ty belongs to Dolph and Robertson of
Scranton, Pa, and is being worked.
! The American Placer company of
Cleveland, O., has expended $4,000
thus far in work preparing to operate
the Jicarilla placers in Lincoln county
and is now about to begin actual gold
getting with big steam shovel and
other machinery. The company has
5000 acres Of placers running about so
cents per cubic yard and long reach
of pipe line.
A mining camp has been started so
miles southeast of Roswell in Chaves
county. On the Day claim there is a
fine showing of copper ore, there being
80 tons of high grade ore on the dump
and about as much more of low grade
ore. The formation of the camp and
surroundings is lime and sandstone,
with leads that can be traced for
long distance. There is also a good
showing of high grade lead ore. Silver
is also found and that section seems
to be highly mineralized.
Work on the new concentrator of the
Lena Mining company at Lordsburg,
Grant county, is progressing very sat
isfactorily. AS soon as the buildings
are far enough advanced the machin-
cry will be placed.
A valuable strike of sulphide of sill
yer has been made on the Miners
Chest near Lordsburg, Grant county
A tunnel is being pushed through the
ore. The tunnel last Saturday had
been driven in five feet and the solid
sulphide of silver was still in it's face
and the bottom of the tunnel was also
of the same material. The petanque
does not fill the tunnel, being but three
feet wide. The ore is carefully sacked
and kept under lock and key. The
strike Is one of the greatest that has
ever been made in Grant county.
The American Consolidated Copper
company has set a number of men to
work on its property at Shakespeare,
Grant county. The Atwood was re-
Gently given a thorough inspection. At
least so men are to be employed and
reduction works are to be erected as
soon as the best method Of treating the
ore has been determined upon.
The new hoist of the Aberdeen COM
pany on the Malachite near Lordsburg,
machinery works smoothly. 1t did not
take long to bail the water out Of the
mines with big bucket and the fast
hoist. There Is at the bottom of the
main shaft body of fine ore, five feet
wide. Drifting is being done on the
Orphans Home mine at the water
level and no effort will be made to
sink further until 1t is ascertained
whether the unwatering of the Mala-
chite will also unwater the Orphans
Home. In the Atlantic at the water
level. which is 116 feet, drift has been
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started east Development will be
continued in this manner until arrange
ments are made to handle the water. A
cross-cut has been started from the
bottom Of the shaft to strike another
ledge, which appears on the surface.
A mining company has been organ
lied with capital Of $40, 900, 900 for the
purpose of reopening the property known
as the Old Parsons mine in Lincoln
county and work is to be pushed vigor
ously. The mineral is low grade gold
ore, but by new process of treatment
the rock can be worked with profit.
An old claim in the Alamo canon,
Otero county, has been relocated by
j. Reichling, Henry Riggle and j. T.
Welch. An extensive cave has been
discovered on the property, but this has
not yot been explored.
Moffet & Co., working at Jarilla,
Otero county, have been shut down for
two weeks for the purpose of timbering
their mine and putting up whim.
Work was resumed this week, ten men
being employed. The property is q
gold-copper proposition. running seven
teen to thirty-four per cent copper and
$l2 gold.