Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-05-08
THE SANTA RITA
MINING CAMP
A Number Of Important Mine Transactions
That Augur Well for the Future
Of the Camp.
THE CLIFTON MAY RESUME
Colorado People Have Bought the Owl Mine In Gold
CuIch-The La Corona Gold and Copper Com
pany, Which Is Now Operating In
the District

| Special Correspondence New Mexican
| Santa Rita. May 7.-Santa Rita is not
as lively as could be wished for al
present. but mdiof tions point to a good
sized mining boom this year, Soma
time ago A. A. Hamilton shipped = car
of gold ore from, the Owl mine in Gold
gulch about five miles from Santa Rita.
H. Finch and associates of Colorado
hurried to Santa Rita and bonded the
property for $4,000, and are taxa out
some fine ore A second car has been
shipped but the returns have not come
in yet.
The La Corona Gold and Copper Com
pany is a new company operating In
the Santa Rita district. The directors
elected a. week or two ago at the last
meeting of the stockholders, were O. H.
Baum of FL Paso, president; John Ash
croft El Paso, vice president; s. O..
Jerome, Kansas City. secretary: Fl. N.
Lee. FL Paso, assistant secretary: Geo.
10. HiIzinger, Fl Paso. treasurer j. -.
Rhein Santa Rita. superintendent: DR..
n r. CARPENTER and j.. Rakeslev, Of
FL paso. and Senator J. K. Cubbinson
Of Kansas Citv Mr.. Rhein bought for
the con1panv the ST. Josephine and
little Gem claims In Gold gulch and
DEVELOPMENT work is being RAPIDLY
nushad. On the ST. Josephine the lead
on the surface IS more than ten feet
wide and assays run from $50 to STE
ner ton gold and several ounces Of sill
yer. Picked samples nan $3.50 gold. The
Tia Corona Company has ten claims
here and at Fierro. one group living
near the north side of the propertv of
the Santa Rita Mining Company.
Mr.. Rhein. the superintendent, IS a
mining man of manv years eXnerence
in California, Arizona and Mexico, and
will in comparatively short time Dut
these properties in the producing class.
Colonel J. N. Upton. a cattleman of
Demine was at Santa, Rita the other
1av and after looking at the War
Horse No. 1. 2 and and the Black
Devil claims of Osner and Skinner In
Gold eulch Immediately bought
fourth interest in them. A company
will he INCORPORATED but in the mean
tiwe work continues on the properties.
which are very promising. Mr.. Osmer
took from the Black Devil number Of
SAMPLES in which specks Of gold as
large as a pin head We're visible.
Since the Gold gulch excitement
sprang up number of inquiries have
reached Santa Rita and as a, result
number of other deals are now pending.
The showing in the workings Of the
Tmnire Copper COMPANY on the Clear
water group adjoining the Santa Rita
Mining Comnany's properties, are very
promising. The main shaft is now
down over 65 feet At a depth Of 20
feet in the shaft a drift has been run
about IS feet sn far, in which native
conper was encountered. Two other
shafts are being sunk as rapidly as men
can do the work and large ore chute
has been erected. A whim was in
stalled on the main shaft last week.
The Empire Company is close corpor-
alton, composed of George o. Hilzinger,
John Ashcroft and other FL Paso men.
D. G. Killing of Santa Rita, Is superin-
tapdant