Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-03
TWO DISTRICTS.
Bromide and Hopewel' Showing Up
Well in Minerals.
MINES IN ACTIVITY.

I A large number of eastern people
have become interested in the mines
and prospects in rio Ariba county.
west of Tres Piedras, and. while not a
great deal is being done just now. they
are preparing for very extensive opera
tons during the summer. say the Taos
Cresset.
Among those most active are the fol-
lowing:
The Keystone Copper Mining CON-
pany. of Bloomsbury, Penn, the affairs
of which are managed by j. r. Rinker.
has been putting down a shaft and run
ming cross cuts all winter on the Pay
| Roll. The work was discontinued last
week until a hosting engine and pump
ing machinery can be put in. The ma
chinery was shipped from Denver,
last week so the delay will not be long
On this property the development has
disclosed a forty loot vein of schist.
thoroughly charged with sulphide of
copper. The walls are granite on one
side and %porphyry on the other. The
ore in the workings from the sixty foot
levels down Inc across averages eight
per cent copper.
The Admiral Copper Mining compa.
ny, composed of Kansas City people, is
sinking a shaft. Work is managed by
Mr.. Radcliff. They are also making
preparations and getting in machinery
to start work on an old incline former.
ly worked by P~rospector Tom Smith.
| of that district.
The Gold Pan Copper Mining compa-
ny. Dick Cole manager, owns claims
joining the Strawberrv and have a
wide vein which carries gold and copper
on which they are sinking.
The st. Michael's Copper mining COM
pany has a shaft ninety feet deep, and
will pu, in machinery and resume op-
erations before long.
The Whale, formerly owned by Judge
Royal, of Pueblo, Colo, now also be-
longing to a company. will begin the
erection of a mating plant soon. This
property has produced and shipped a
large amount of ORE, but freight rates
are so high that re company has de-
cided to treat it on the ground and
thereby make a great saving. They
will begin operations about May 1.
The Danbury group will be worked
more extensively this season and with
that in view large and comfortable
dwellings are now being erected. This
| DIODcIly SnOWS Hut SOlu anu COpDtl
ore and a large body of it. j. r. Rinker
Is largely interested in the group and
has charge of the operations.
The Freeport and Cinibar, owned by
Colorado parties, show some fine ore,
very heavy, and containing a large per
cent of metal. mostly copper, which
| makes the ore extremely heavy.
The Hidden Treasure, Strawberry
| group and properties of the Mexican
King Gold and Copper Mining company
are all showing up very nicely and will
be worked this summer.
The Bromide lessees are shipping
ore. The last car load brought them
about $500. They will also facilitate
operations by adding machinery.
The Jaw Bone company are in the
market for a mill to treat their own
| ore and say that their operations are
not altogether of the order the name
might signify.
The Pennsylvania company, of which
F. A. Elliott is manager and of which
he and Mr.. Kennedy, of Pittsburg, are
| the principal owners, will hold a meet
ing or the Sth of May and will then de-
eide just what their operations will be;
but. at any rate, something will be
done Immediately after the meeting
toward development and improvement.
The 10 to l claim, owned by G.. F.
Hall and Chas. Gastiner. shows extra
heavy metallic ore. the pay streak be-
ing about eighteen inches wide and
| rich in gold and copper.
There are now in the Bromide dis
trict, in addition to those mentioned,
several properties partly developed,
and a number of Michigan people are
now in the district for the purpose of
buying claims, not yet having become
interested in any particular property.
About 100 men are employed at the
various mines.
At Hopewell, E. G. Sterling is work
ing the mineral Point. He has ten or
twelve feet of low grade ore and a pay
streak about one foot wide that runs
a little over $500 per ton. He mas a
shaft on the ore and is running a cut
to connect with the shaft which is in
| $50 feet and lacks thirty feet of tap
| ping the shaft and vein.
The Wild Duck property is being de-
veloped under option. by Colorado peo-
pie who expect to purchase.
Many other properties are likely to
be developed to a sufficient extent to
prove their value or the lack of it, dur
ing the year. Many good companies
are in the field and much good ore is
in evidence and there seems to be no
reason why the camp should not be
come a large producer.