Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-07-12
GOLDEN DISTRICT.
Interesting Mining Notes From a Good
Camp just Above This City.

SItCldl toIltS pOnutn't.
Golden. July 4.-Col II. ). Farley. of
the Interstate Mining company. LETT
this morning for Albuquerque
l.. ID. Ingar general manager OF the
Arso Mining company, arrived from
New York city. where he has been for
six weeks
Messrs. Conner and Bonetto have
started doing some assessment work
in the Montreal tunnel. ore lately
found Is rich enough to mill and sew
oral tons will be taken ont and milled
T. l.. Hall and Lohnck OConOrs. of
the Mckinley mine. have been at work
In the mine and another mill run will
bee taken ont and treated at Golden.
The vein is showing some very nice
free gold ore
\ very rich strike was made in the
Las Vegas mine owned by the Argo
Mining company. by Young Silyerman.
of New York city. about six weeks ago.
Mr. Sugar, general manager OF the
Areo Mining company, went to Mil
waukee to attend the meeting of the
company when he lett here he put
Young Sllverman TO do some work in
the Las Vegas mine, where MI Sugar
haC several times found some free
gold ore. and being satisfied that a
larger deposit Of the mineral would be
found by driving the tunnel ahead,
Young Silverman followed Mr. Sugars
instructions, and II was not very long
after he had started working when he
found large pocket of ore, from
which he took out several hundred
dollars worth of ore. mostly being
gold The pocket found by Young Sill
ycnuan is the same kind which had
boon found by Mr. Sugar several years
ago, II being in red oNidized iron, the
gold being leahy and Wiry, making
some very pretty specimens The
strike was made IN the Tuerto noun
tains and only a short distance west
of the Old Timer mine The Las Vegas
and Dovina Pastora mine are joining
claims and several years ago. while
the Monte Cristo Mining company
was sinking an artcsian well for wa
ter 10 placer with a. a depth of 400
feet some white quart was struck
10y the drl.l. and Sam Wright, owner
of the Divina pastoral lode with Man
lanarts. pruSpectod the drillings and
ne was surprised To find gold the size
OF wheat grains some of the gold
showing that II had been broken OFF n
larger pieces down the well They
HAD been battered and broken mp while
drilling Immediately after the find
was made. Mr. Wright notified Messrs.
Manzanares and Gothncr of what ne
| had seen, and Immediately application
| iuI a patent for the Divina Pastora
mine was made an adverse claim was
! hled 10y the Las Vegas people. and the
| two properties have been tied mp in
/ the courts since. But now II looks as
| though both companies would settle mp
/ the disputed ground, and we may look
/ Tor some greater discoveries TO he
made In both claims. The ore lately
! found IA the Las Vegas lode will un-
| doubleday show the mining world that
| the ore exists I'm the new placer min
ing district and it only lacks the CAPT
! tai 10 open them mp. The Argo Mining
| company. which has beer spending
several thousand dollars in developing
/, the Hazelton mine, where some very
! rich ore also has been found, will now
put more development work on the
as Vegas Mr. Sugar is now having
the conflicting ground surveyed ior
final settlement with the Divina Pas
| tora company,