Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-04-18
MINING MATTERS.
News About n Great industry OF this
section OF tho world.

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es's OF his company here. Mr.. Gibsnn
has been 10 Porto Rico since his last
visit To LOrdsburg.
CD l.. d. Carter, who has been busy
out AZ STEMS Pass for soue time, re
turned 70 his h0me 10 Chicago the
FIRST Of the week. Col. Carter is great.
ly pleased with the outlook for his
properties, aud has left them Ia
charge Of w. II. Stevens, who viii
push work On chem. Col. Carter ex
pecCs " return Ia June.
Or. NJ. z. Sinclair left Saturday for
El Pasn, taking along a sack Of the
ilgh grade IRE from Malone, looking
Tor expert knowledge as % the best
methUd Ut treating IL. DR.. Sinclair
expects tn 20 from FL PasO to his OLD
uome at Grand Rapids, Michigan, e.
attend tu some business OF the later
national GOld mining aud milling
company, when has been u,ganized "
work The Malone mines.
George A.. Shroter, a mining en-.
giueer Of Denver, the expert WIN
made the first replr on the shannon
niue tor the Tbumpsun development
company, which organized the Shan.
nun copper company, went up 10 Cliff.
ton Sunday TO have a look at the
companJ's smelLer aud u see what
changes there mad heen made ia the
mine during the twU years which have
passed since he saw the property.
At the meeting at Silver City to
talk over the scheme Of building a
smelter w. II. Newcumh, WIN run the
smelter for a short time in 1895, told
the people that he had snIelCed sill.
ciouS ores IT. an average cost Of LON
S3.2 tn SO so per ton, with coke cost
ing So so per ton, and he run the
smelJrr ia il snail way, AMI could not
take advantage of many labor saw
ing schemes. Ii Jnis Is the cost of
smelling silicious ores the smel,ers
who charge sl2 have a fair niarg n Of
profit.
G Ias. NJ. Shannon returned Sunday
from a trip down into Mexicu, where
he had been u look at a silver mine.
He found one OF the Mexican mines,
worked IN the old Mexican fashion,
where the ore vas brought out ut the
mine by peuns on their back. The
ladders were notched lugS and the
tunnels through which they had to
travel we're 50 small they had TO travel
on their knees for rods at a time. II
Mr.. Shannon had been raised a MethO-
dist instead ofa Mlssourian he could
have gone through the mine much
easier.
Jack Rutherford was ia town from
SteiD's Pass SATURDAY., with blood in
mis- eye, en- route to Lone Mountain.
VI IRE than a week previous be had
sent sumo men to L me Mountain to
get a boiler he had there, which was
needed in his mill 90 the Volcano.
It. was getting close to the time for
them 10 return when he received word
hat the bniler was still at Lone
Mountain and his men we're all In jail.
Now he is after the b liler himself,
Ind II one of the gang NJ men that is
helping him this time dlls up on bonze
he will not go to jail, but will be care
fully Dumped down the most con.
venient shaft.
At the recent annual meeting OF the
Stockholders of the Old Dominion
Company, which company own the
Old Dominion mines at Globe, an en-
tirely new board OF directors was elect
ed, and the Bigel0w people, who had
been managing il Tor sdme years, were
boosted out. II is reported that the
new directors represent Thomas w
Lawson, the Boston eOpper magnatp
The average price received for cope
during the year 1901 was twelve ant
nne-half cents. while during nost q
the year the market price OF cope
was seventeen cents. Tue ST Ckhold
ers evidently Thought they Ought /
have a hoard Vt directors who coul,
come nearer TO getting the marke
price for copper.
On the fourth page Of this pape
will he found the articles Of incorpors
tiOn Of the International gold minin
and milling Company. which has bee
organized by Dir. Sinclair, DR.. Fultu
DR.. Luton for the purpose Of workin
the mines recently acquired by thes
gentlemen at Malone. The ore take
frOu these mines is wonderfully ricl
aud II II proves 10 be as extensive g
appearances indicate, IT, will be
great property. The company alread
has developed to a depth OF one hut
dred feet a body Of ore some lively
feet wide. which runs fifteen dOlla.
To the ton in about equal values
gold aud silver, and Is all free mlllinI
IL has another vein eight feet vic
which will run still higher, and a We.
TWO feet wide, which has not bee
developed, hut which Prof. SteveI