Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-04-23
GRANT AND sOCORRO COUNTY MINES.
The Wonderful Growth Of Estey City-The New Sms|ter
In the BurrO Mountains

structed in the Burro mountains, Grant
county will be commenced as soon as
the site is selected, Mr.. Laughlin of
the firm of Cross and Laughln, st.
Louis, manufacturers of smelling fur
naces, who recently spent several
weeks in examining the district, will
return shortly and a Cotton plant will
be erected.
A new diamond drill will soon be
put in by the Rose Copper Company on
their property just east of Santa Rita.
A mining expert will arrive at Fierro
this week to test the advisability Of
sinking several shafts to about 1000
feet depth. This will be lone to locate
the sulphide ore which is thought to
underlie the present workings, and will
be an important acquisition after the
construction of the new smelter.
An extension lease of two years has
been secured on the Arizona mine at
Pinos Altos by William McAllister, and
extensive improvements will soon be
made on that already well developed
mine. A new double compartment
shaft will be sunk and a new hoisting
outfit will be installed. The Arizona is
one of the richest gold producing mines
in the territory.
Through the negotiations of Frank
Nicholson the Little Fanny mine, In
the Cooney district, has been purchased
fol 1icfe nd
eratons will be at once commenced.
The Wilson Mining Company at
STEMS Pass, has purchased the boiler
and machinery formerly used in the
Lone mountain mill, and had it INSTALL
ed in their own mill
A daily shipment of 26 cars of iron
ore is being made by the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company at Fierro. An ex-
ira train will shortly be put on to ac-
commodate the increasing business of
the company.
The Mogollon Gold and Copper Com
pany is rapidly progressing in the de-
velopment work on it's claims in the
Mogollon. mountains. The working
force has been doubled, and the ore
shows great quantity of free gold.
The growth and development Of Es-
tey City, Socorro county, has been re-
markable even among mining camps,
some of which spring up almost in a
night.
Toward the close of April, 1901, D. M
Estey, with workmen, tools, lumber,
tents and provisions, arrived at the
town and mill site of Estey City. All
material had been hauled 16 miles from
the railroad at Oscuro. Today the re-
duction works. boiler and engine
rooms, ore bins, 2-story store and office
building, commodious boarding house
and dormitories, blacksmith shop, lab
oratory magazine, stables carpenter
shop and dwellings for employees and
their families are complete. The re-
duction works have capacity of 800
tons of ore per day. One-half Of the re-
duction mill is of stone, ranging in
| thickness from 20 to AZ inches Above
these walls is the frame structure that
required $4,000 feet of timber and lum-
ber. One of the walls is 200 feet long
and Is feet high. The boiler house, en-
gine room, laboratory and powder mag
azines are entirely of stone, and the
| foundations of all the other buildings
are of the same material. The engine
| room and the main mill are separated
| by a massive stone fire wall 1t re-
quires 300 horse power to drive the re-
duction and electric machinery. por-
| ton of the first, the crusher, is a mas
sive machine, built according to special
design. and weighs 13 tons. All the
motive power, electric lighting and
other machinery is installed, and in a
few days the arc lights will shine like
stars at night, and will be visible a
| long distance.