Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-29

The Clifton Era states that liens
amounting to almost $4,000 have been
filed against the Clifton Copper. com
pany operating in Grant county.
The Aberdeen company has COM
pleted it's concentration at Lordsburg
and made a trial run. The
has a large amount of ore blocked out
in it's mines but will have to increase
its force to take out the ore.
The Pacific Union company last
week at Lordsburg. Grant county. ex-
perimented in substituting oil for coke
in its smelter but the experiments
were a failure as the draft necessary
extinguishes the flame from the oil.
The tunnel on the Homestake mine,
four miles south of Kingman, Ariz., Is
now in 100 feet and so far no break has
been found in the ore body. While the
ore is not of a high grade it will GER
tainly pay to mill, as it is very free.
The new claims which are believed
to contain a bonanza have been locat-
ed two miles east of Pinos Altos, Grant
county, by William Eaton, under the
name of the Rough Rider mines. AS
says show a value of $81 to the ton in
gold.
/. w. Hawkins and wife, of Kingman,
Ariz., organized a mining company in
the interest of Los Angeles people. O..
ID. M. Gaddis, Judge and Lew Blakely,
l. NJ. George and F. w. Morrison are
the incorporators of a mining company
having for its object the development
of mining property in the Boundary
Cone country.
A new corporation has been formed
by local stockholders with a capital of
500, 900 to operate at the outskirts of
Silver City and will be known as the
Silver City Mining and Development
company. Work will be commenced
at once and in all probabilities there
will be a fiourishing copper camp al
most at their midst.
The General Concentrates company
of New York, has closed a deal for the
rich lead property in the Cooks Peak
district. Luna county, formerly owned
by Jasper Onstot. A 100000 concen.
trating plant will be Immediately erec-
ted and the ore treated by a patent
process. The company will spend
thousands of dollars locating other
mines.
A miner may follow a lode down un-
der the side lines of his claim provid-
ing 1t has its apex or his ground and
can be trace through the enc lines of
his claim, as long as he finds ore to
work on or walls to trace, but he may
not gopher in another mans claim
searching for a lead which he has lost
or never had. This is the effect of a de-
cision handed down by Judge Gilbert
in the United States circuit court of ap-
peals at San Francisco.
A prospectus has been issued of the
proposed American Mining company,
of which Thos. A.. Lister, of Williams
port, Pa, is president and treasurer,
The capital stock of the proposed
company will be 6OO,0 900 shares, with a
par value of 81 per share. The com
pany expects to acquire, develop and
work the Peg Leg. Gladiator, Sub
Rosa, Horn Silver, Billy Boy, and Cob
IA Negra claims in the Virginia dis
trict, of Grant county. these claims
all have a fine showing, and ~undoubted
ly will develop into large properties.
The Mahove County (Ariz.) Miner
says: l. f.. Blake, who promoted the
California Eastern railroad from Blake
to Marvel, is n of the prime actors
in a suit against Capt. De la Mar, the
mining magnate, for the OF
the sun of nearly 81, 0OO, 900 said to be
due on a deal on the Jim Crow and
Monitor mines, in Nevada. Blake, il
will be remembered, was at one time
wealthy but the crash of 1893 drove
him to the wall and he was unable to
carry out his undertaking. At that
time it was claimed that he had a bond
On the Jim Crow and Monitor mines
at what was hen known as Monkey
Wrench, Nevada, now Delamar, and
that this bond was transferred to Cap
tain Delamar, with the understanding
that if the property was sold Blake
would share in the sale. When the
property was sold some few years age
it was stated that the price for which
it passed was nearly SIC, 600 900. This
' the assignors of Blake seek to share
in aud also ask for an accounting OF
the stewardship of Delamar while he
held and worked the property.