Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-01-08
THE L0RDSBURG AND
HACHlTA RAILROAD
1t Is to Be Completed by March l, AL.
though Work on It Will Be Commenced
Only After the Bisbee Line Is
Completed to Hachita.
GREAT ACTIVITY IN MINING
CIRCLES AROUND LORDSBURG
Special to the New Mexican.

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Lordsburg, N. NJ, Jan. S.-Genera
| Manager Simmons of tie Arizona an,
New Mexico Pailroi.d Company, whicl
during the past year has been trans
formed from a narrow gauge to ;
broad gauge. is buying all the copper
ores that he can possibly get and tha
are produced in the Shakespeare dis
trict. shipping the same from thi.
place to Clifton, Ariz., to be treat
ed at the works Of the Arizona Cope,
Company, located at Clifton. The
| lowest grades of ores are purchased
and the freight is paid on the ores by
the purchaser. The Dundee, operated
by the Orient Mining Company is SELL
ing, for this purpose, to Manager Sim
mons, carload of copper ore per day.
Ores carrying as low as per cent are
being shipped to Clifton where, your
correspondent understands, they are
treated with success and a profit. This
must be the case, else this class Of
ores would not be bought and shipped
Manager Simmons is also taking all
the ore output of the Superior mine 1t
is understood, however, that all diff
culties between the stockholders of the
company, owning the Superior mine,
have been overcome and that within a
few days Superior mine ore will again
be handled by the company that owns
the mine.
The Michigan-New Mexico Copper
Company, which started operation but
a few weeks ago under the manage
ment Of DR.. c. r. Luton, who has had
extensive experience in Cripple Creek
mines and which started upon what
might be called virgin ground, will
this week ship it's first carload Of ore
either to the Clifton or Ell Paso smell
ter, the management having not yet
made up it's mind to which smelter. DR..
Luton is exceedingly we'll pleased with
the properties Of the company and al
though the development Of the proper
ties of the company is still superficial,
owing to the shortness of time the
company has been engaged in such de- |
still the outlook is so good |
that DR.. Luton is highly elated and is
becoming more convinced dai|S that !
-lsc properties of his company wilh'she |
light kind of development, will be big |
producers in few months.
The telegraph line Of the Lordsburg |
md Hachita railroad, a distance of AZ |
niles, has been constructed, the wires |
oeing carried on iron poles and tele-
graph communication between Lords
,urg and Hachita is complete. The
,rade of the Lordsburg and Hachita
'ailroad is finished, but track laying
will not commence until the ri Paso
md Southwestern railroad, now build
ng west Of Deming and out about 90
niles from Deming, will reach Hachi-
a, as the steel for the Lordsburg and
1achita railroad Is to be hauled over
he Santa Fe railway and the Bisbee
abroad to Hachita, and as track lay
ng will commence from Hachita north
o Lordsburg. The contractors of the
and Hachita railroad are
ound, by their contract, to complete
he line from Lordsburg to Hachita
nd have it in running order by March
When the steel arrives work will
e pushed with might and main in or
er to lay track and rails on the AZ
liles of road between Lordsburg and
[achita, and finish the same by the
hove date a1tho1,rh ~ ie dorbfa5
nat this can be accomplished