Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-05
GOLDEN.
Interesting Mining News From a Near
by Mining District.

by Mininq District.
Special Correspondence.
Golden, June 4.-Walter C. Belcher,
of Boston, Mass, has been several days
in the Industrial camp. He intends as
saying the cement in the company's
property, and try to find out what are
the real values contained in the &C.
ment.
j. l.. Lopez, owner of the San Miguel
mining claim, is moving his arrastra
from Palo Amarillo to Golden, where
he intends running it steady, treating
ore from the San Miguel claim.
VIM. Nash, accompanied by Mr.. Pei
ham, of New Harmony, Indiana, have
been for several days looking over
the different mines in camp. They will
develop some prospects they are now
interested in and may invest some
more in the camp. The gentlemen will
go to the Gran Quivira to examine the
ruins of one of the largest Indian pu-
eblos in New Mexico.
Work under contract in the Baird
Mining company's well and the Argo
mining company's shaft is progressing
well under the contractors, Brown,
Roberts & Co. The first twenty feet
OF work has been finished in the Baird
well and fifteen feet has already been
done in the Hazleton mine of the Argo
Mining company.
Francisco Romero has taken a con-
tract to sink the shaft of the Lucky
No. 2 twenty-five feet deeper. Mr..
Mayo, part owner of the Lucky No. 2,
has great hopes of striking a large
hn0u of ninnral at thn Onn foot laval n,
large bodies have been found while
doing other development work on the
same mine.
Edgar Moore. general manager of
the Industrial Placer Mining company,
down on the Tuerto creek. is doing the
annual assessment work on the COM
pany's ground for this year. At pres
n Mr.. Moore will assist Walter c..
Belcher, the consulting engineer of the
company, to give the cement beds a
fair test to determine the values in the
cement per ton.
William Lofnck, part owner in the
Mckinley mine. was down to Golden
yesterday making arrangements with
the general manager of the Old Relia-
BILE Mining company, TO run forty OF
fifty tons Of ore from the Mckinley
mine. M. Loinck, in talking about
the mine said that the Mckinley will
be one of the gold producers of the
camp. Every indication goes to show
that the Gold Standard vein runs
through the Mckinley.
The James NJ. Lucas mines. situated
on the south slope of the Ortiz noun
tains, the Black Prince. This claim
has been worked more extensively
than the others and has in the past ten
years produced quite a large amount
of gold, only known to Lucas himself,
This mine, which shows a body of ore
twenty feet thick and running from 81
to $4,000 per ton. has been opened M
in several places, where ore Is now e
be seen, and samples taken from any
place will always show free gold ore.
The richest gold in the Black Prince
mine is found in a sulphide state, thus
rendering the richest ore too refractory
to be treated in the free milling mil
the only plant owned by Lucas for the
treatment of his ore. Mr.. Lucas ma
three full claims on the Ortiz mine
grant. and the surface indications show
10 be deposited in the mountains ore
enough TO keep the largest plant IL
the United States running for fifty
years day and night extracting botl
gold and copper with large profits t
the owners With the right kind o
machinery placed on the Lucas grouI
of mines this camp could produce sey
eral millions in gold and copper ever!
year. Only a few hours was spent b,
your correspondent in looking owe
these deposits Of gold and copper bear
ing quartz. These kind of mines ar
the ones which should be owned by tn