Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-02-15

J. Il. Collord Is running the hoist at
the Wickc mine near fIillsboro.
j. ID. Richards. of Gallup. spent yes
terday In the city. going south last
night. bound for the Captain country,
where gold has recently been discov-
cred
Clyde Whitescarver has given up
his job with the express company in
Trinidad and left the first Of the week
tn go to work on the Senate Bob.Tail
mine at Elizabethtown.
DR.. Pulliam and Attorney Hutchinson
bought three claims in the gold field
near Tnarosa at 500 each and In
three hours afterward were offered
$3.50 per claim and refused the Offer.
There Is considerable excitement AT
Iamy at present. caused by n reported
strike of fine copper ore ON the Lamy
grant owned 10y the Onderdonk Live
Stock company. There is a SHAFT sixty
feet deep and they are in good ore.
They also have a fine body of coal
Foreman Fricke. of tue Mamie Rich
mond nine informs the Hlllsboro Ad.
vocate that large bodies OF ore are be.
ing opened up in that property. With
the opening up Of new ground and the
renovating Of many OF the old work.
ings the mine VIII become a good pro
Queer
The Miller Mines Development com
pany is making an effort to manufac.
ture n number of commercial products
out OF the white sands of Otcro coun-
ty. Lime and plaster of Paris have
been the subjects OF experiment so far
and they are claiming good product
They claim IT makes good brick. paw
ing chalk. etc.
The Hobrook Argus says: y. r.
Jackson and Pete Pembcrton left on
Thursday morning for the northern
CHA country, whore Mr. Jackson has
extensive mining interests They were
accompanied on their trip by Messrs.
Ferry and Kronke. Denver mining ex-
ports. From all reports northern CHA
county Is going TO be one os the richest
mining sections in Arizona.
The Cerrillos Register says Judge
Neis has brought some fine large speci-
mems of coal in from has new mine and
has made test of It's cooking qualities
which was very satisfactory. 1ns
property should be "A great addition to
the business OF Ccrrillos and will
come In especially good play in fur.
nshing fuel for the town. II the fire
In the mines AT Madrid should prevent
their being opened for any length of
time
The Prosper Mining company OF 81
ezra county commenced preliminarg
work on their properties last week
Upon advice from his company that n
new engine and boiler had been ship
ped Manager Hirsch Immediately went
to the mines and proceeded To put ev
erything In shape TO receive the ma
chinery and put il in place when 1t ar
I'll de- "a haf D.. Dr.,
per people expect to go down about
900 feet as fast as possible.
rich strike Is reported from Stems
Pass In Grant county. II was made
north OF the Volcano. and on the main
ledge of tn. camp. which has produced
so much ore. When doing the assess
mcnt work on the property, just before
Christmas, n streak OF high grade ore
was encountered about fifteen inches
wide which assayed 800 ounces in sill
yer. and three and a traction ounces
In gold About two tons OF this high
grade ore are now on the dump ready
tor shipment
Work has been resumed on the Aber
deem Copper company's concentration
plant near Lordsburg. The machiner,
Is now being placed and no doubt viii
be ready for running before the clos,
the -Malachite where. by the way. Tho
mill IL situated. every appearance of
small village Is presented TO view
which II everything goes rs expected
and planned, will in the near future
claim insteau OF Aberdeen Camp,
some such name as Aberdeen City"
Manager KAISER. of the iiillsbor'
God Mining and Milling company. Il
In high feather these days over the OF
ening up OF a four foot vein of ore AM
mlneraliZed matter IN the Little Read,
Pay mine says the Advocate The or
is a good milling proposition and seven
ty-hve tons have already been takei
out and hauled 10 the Porter mill 10
treatment Assay returns give thi
ore value OF si33 GO in gold. Will
two feet of the ore In the vein Is es
pected to give an average Of $4o to tn
ton.
The Ration Range says: Y. J.. Mu
key. of the Thelma Mining company q
Badly. who has been In the city Ie'
DAYS this week. says the mill OF hi
company will he started TO runn'n
within the next ten days. A larg
quantity of good grade ore is nov 4
the bins ready for treatment. and tn
force Of men who have been doing
great deal of dead" work and deve
opment during the past few month
will now he put to work getting out or
to keep their mill running. About 2
tons per day will be milled.
The sandy" vein was cut In IN
Little Charlie Tunnel. in the Coone
district. a few days since about 20
feet from entrance. The vein Is fou
feet wide. all ore, with QUARTET
$50 called foot wall and blue andcsit
hanging wall. This Is an instance G
Improvement with depth. since 4.
lode on the snria, no signs Of being
rover and showed no signs OF being
contact vein. 30 the members OF IN