Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-27

$50 tons OF copper ore per day. II is
a pyrettic plant.
There are hundreds of men now at
work on the mines of the Bill Williams
Fork, Arizona, and many prospectors
are going on there.
j. A. Baker and Frank Quinly. of
Las Vegas, drove out to h Tecolote
mining district. Six men have COM
menced developing the Quinly-Laubeck
mines in the Selestie district.
Cal. Wilson is at Kingman from the
gold fields and is stepping pretty high.
He not only made a little sale but
holds other valuable interests that he
expects to reap a golden harvest from.
The Engineering and Mining Jour
nal says that NJ. w. Kaufman, formerly
OF Golden, Colo, has removed to Ora
ham, Socorro county, New Mexico,
where he has accepted a position with
the Helen Mining company.
The Ell Paso smelter pays spot cash
for copper ores now instead of holding
Jack a certain per cent. That 1000
ton tack of Phelps, Dodge & Co. is
beginning to bear something for the
consideration of the smelter trust.
A. the Boston mine exchange last
week PLATO shares of Coch.ti Gold Min
ing company stock were solo at from
As to so cents a share. OF Santa Fe
Gold n Copper company stock, $40
shares were sold at from $3.50 to $3.50
a share.
Figures for 1901 show that English
and French consumption of copper was
well up to that of 1900, the decrease
being less than 1000. At the present
time exports from the United States
are heavier than at any time during
the past year.
About ten car loads of machinery ar
rived at Tres Piedras during the week
for the Fraser Mountain Copper COM
pany. 1t includes a 1000 pound crush
er, three sets of 10000 pound rolls, a
hosting engine and a part of the equip
ment of the smelter.
The B. q o. and Bullion claims of
the Central Gold and Copper company,
in the Organ district, near Las Cruces.
are producing some rich ore. 1t is eX-
pected to have a concentration at work
within the next sixty days which will
have an output of fifty tons a week.
The Jicarilla Placer company of Lin
coin county made a test run and the
dirt yielded SO cents per shovel, with
the shovels set so as to carry but half
of their capacity. The dirt is richer
than had been estimated, as the com
pany has only figured on 80 cents for
the whole shovel.
A. b. Smith and NJ. w. Browne, min
ing committee of the Las Vegas board
of trade, left for Denver where
they will witness the work of
the Union ore reduction and
extraction works on a car of ore h a
was shipped from the Tecolote mining
district. They were accompanied By
M. G~reenberger.
Many shareholders of the White
Hills Mining company, out in Arizona,
are to arrive in Kingman about the
first of April and later visit the mines,
when it will be decided what course to
pursue in regard to the property. 1t
is believed that a deep shaft will be de.
cided on that will exploit fully a mum
Der of the best mines owned by the
company.
That the ~Amalgamated people have
not lost confidence in copper as a good
investment is evidenced in their seek
ing for copper deposits in different
parts of the world. 1t is stated that
they are negotiating for copper prop
critics in Rhodesia, South Africa. They
have just made a final payment of
$500, 900 on the Copper-Boss Tweed
group in Montana.
It is stated that the concentrates
now being made at he c. o. d.. mill
near Kingman carry values not exceed.
ing 200 ounces in silver, besides gold
and lead. Late tests show values as
high as $50 ounces. The ores in this
mine are capable of making a very
high shipping product when dressed up
in the mill, besides which there is
much ore that will bear shipping as ii
comes from the mine.
B. Y. McKeyes, of Deming, went to
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico,
to receive the title to his mining claims
that have for so long been held in
allegiance by the Mexican government
These claims lie just over the line in
Mexico and are only about eight miles
from the new ,Bisbee road. They have
been developed so far as prove conclu
sively that they are rich in copper as
well as bearing considerable gold anC
silver.
A cave occurred between the foul
hundred level and the surface of the
Tennessee mine, Chloride, Arizona
that was thought at the time would in
volve serious loss to the company, bu
the ground was caught up with bu
small expenditure. On this level Their,
has been encountered a four-foot bod!
of ore, quite close to the Schuylkil
line. that gives good value in silve,
and gold. In the floor of the level there
is one of the best showings of ore eve
found in the property.
The Las Vegas Optic says: II. E
Blake. one of the earliest and mos
successful copper prospectors in thil
county, was in the city today. MI
Blake has an excellent property 10
Gated six miles northwest of Burr,
hill. He reports a ten foot ledge TIVE
miles in length and says the develop
ment at the present time in this on,
mine would justify tie establishment
Of a 500 ton mill. He believes that t
its mining interests Las Vegas mus
IOoLr for itS futura growth