Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-03-15
RICH COPPER FIELD.
Las Vegas Has Bright Prospects as
Mining Town.
ON ALL SIDE S.

Blake 10 20 tho san BtIrO district
eight miles northwest. in January,
1901 Up to at time that district was
unknown y has since been developed
and worked Ivy many and on Of the
most active is W y Twitchci who
8. @. the mead ot large company
The dove npmcnt of tho copper fields
means much to Las Vegas and the bus
mess mon there are putting forth
every effort to secure reduction plants
and to induce capital 20 go in there
Many of the business men Of the city
own claims In the different mining
districts and Mr. rwitcholl went to
Denver to order the machinery for the
new extraction works which will be
placed on hiy company property. It
will be IN" first mill put up in the Tee.
Oluto district
SAN PABLO DISTRICT.
Tn" San Pablo district lies IN the
foothills TO the east OF the main divide
between the PCCos and Gallinas rivers
II lies some fifteen miles in an almost
due westerly course from Las Vegas,
within ten miles OF the line OF the At
Gibson Topeka & Santa Fe railroad,
and Is more thoroughly defined by TAX.
ing the course Of the Tecolote river as
the eastern boundary commencing
above the village Of San Geronimo;
thence running southerly along that
stream about four miles to the Tee.
olote district. thence west six miles.
TO the top of the divide OF the main
range; thence northerly TO a point
west Of San Geronimo. thence east to
the town
OVERFLOW GROUP
The Overflow group comprises forty
acres and It was here the FIRST dis
covcry was made. In August of 1901
systematic development commenced
and now there has been completed
n shaft fifty feet deep. with a drift
from the twenty foot level Of forty
feet
The rock Is composed OF conglom-
craze of the Archaean sandstoncs car
rying values In carhonatcs OF copper
together with gold and silver. II lies
| in the form OF blanket or overflow
and has an exposed surface showing
mineral for a distance OF 500 feet In
length being uncovered on top a dis
tence OF 200 feet toward the hill, he
fore dipping
The shaft was commenced at the
| ledge's intersection with the hill and
cut through Il at depth Of thirty
seven feet The whole body shows
values of copper the entire distance.
with scarcely barren streak al
though not entirely uniform
The drift at the twenty foot level
runs under the Mill a distance of forty
feet and shows the body 10 run under
cover with slightly Increased values.
thus putting In sight body Of ore
5c0x2f0X3I feet. or i66, 292 cubic yards
Counting two ton to the yard this
gives IN round numbers 1872 1872 tons of
ore actually in sight on the property
Assays on this body vary from 3l@ "a
10 per cent copper, and run "a high as
s2.6i gold, and five ounces in silver
Careful estimates give the average OF
copper at X per cent. which under the
present cheap facilities for leachinl
this class OF ores. gives perfect assur
ancc Of an unlimited body of pay dirt
with milling facilities on tine ground
THE SANTA RITA.
From the same plant can be worked
the Santa Rita group. which was open
ed up in November. 1901, by Donici,
Martinez. and lies about | 800 fee
south of the Overflow.
The mine has been opened In TIVE
places, some twenty feet apart. th'
. ledge showing TO be about ten fee
: in thickness, with "A pay streak OF nv,
feet. Sample runs from the pay stre7l
give an average Of ten per cent cope
with good values OF gold and assay
5 running as high as II per cent cope
and silver. There are approximate
y four carloads of ore on the dump. wit
' probably 600 more tons in sight 4
though the development is scarcel
. begun here, the tunnel just commeno
! ing under cover. the vein shows eviG
/. ence OF being "A very strong one, ther
{ not being "A thin streak in the lowe
FIVE feet Of ledge matter The uppe
2 stratum of ledge matter has not bee
! tested but values are distinctly visihl
4 10 the naked eye and il is not improb1
T. BILE that this also can eventually b
worked at profit.
Both Of these properties are at pre-,
o cnt under bond and lease to w.
Twitchell
o THE GONZALES GROUP
j Three claims two miles southwes
> from San Pablo AMI AT the base of IN
main range. form the Gonzales grouI
! by quarry method "A great deal of 10y
o grade ore can be extracted. but il wi
@ eventually be a deep mining rropos
1 ton Sulphurottos of copper are see
in an opening on this ledge about $50
feet north.
The group Is being developed b
Messrs. Blake. Blauvelt and Han
o mOnd, the pioneers of the camp. IN
ore body Is in the form of a dyke tra'
u crslng the country In "A northwestern
u 20 sOutheastcrly course. and lies b,
q tween the lower or Dolmito lines an
J. the sandstoncs The principle opcnin
4 consists of siNty-toot cut and tui
Z, net which cuts the main vein at
q depth of fifteen feet, This opcuin
II shows an ore body ten feet wide stan,
4 Ing almost perpendicular, and Carryin
l. an average value of , per cent cope
n with traces of gold and silver. Their
q is N present on the dump sixty tor
j" of ore and standing in the dyke
q sight some thousands of tons more O
} which tests have been made shown
r an average of per cent.