Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-07-25
MINING MATTERS.
About The Great Industry OF this
Section OF tho World.

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foot shaft on the Virginia mine in the
Virginia district.
The Ontario company has its hoist
In working order, aud has put in a
furnace to drive the smoke out OF the
mlne. Sinking is progressing rapidly.
Messrs Bollens q Campbell, Of
Seguin, Texas, who are largely inter
ested 10 the Three Heroes company,
arrived Tuesday evening to inspect
their mining properties and make
arrangements for future work on
them.
A. R. Gibson, Of the Gibson Devel.
oplng company, has been here from
Santa Fe this week. He let the con-
tract for 100 feet Of sinking on the
San Simon mine ia the Virginia dis
trict to Marsalis & Wood. Mr.. Glib
son made a trip to Clifton to look af-
ter some property he has there.
The Aberdeen mining company has
struck a large body OF water In the
Atlantic shaft, some forty feet 10
depth. The Superintendent thinks
this will run bis mill after ne has built
a pipe line. The Malachite shaft is
down about $50 feet. It is making
about II feet 3 week. No additional
water has been struck in this shaft.
A hoist for the Blue Bird has arrived
and is being put 10 position on this
mine. The Aberdeen Mining com.
pany will give a dance tonight in
honor Of @. f. Hill, of Clifton.
The Eagle mining company, which
has acquired and is promoting the
great Parsons gold mine, at Parsons,
in Lincoln county, has recently pur-
chased the Old Abe mine at White
Oaks, also all the other property be.
longing to the Old Abe company, in.
Guiding 800 acres Of coal property. 1t
is the intention of the Eagle company
to erect an enormous steam plant at
the coal mine, where 1t will transform
steam into electricity, which it will
transmit to the Parsons property,
some miles away, where it will fur
nish the power needed at the mine,
aud in the reduction works. This
will probably be the flrst instance OF
up to date transmission of power In
New Mexico. 1t is a long cry from
the arrastra to the mill run by cleo
tricitY, and it is many generations
from the Couquestadores to the min
ing engineer Of today.
The w. B. Thompson company,
which fioated the Shannon Copper
company, is now promoting the Coro-
nado mining company organized un.
der the laws of Maine, with a capital
Of SO, 100000, par value of shares $40.
The Coronado Mining company is Or
ganized to acquire certain mining
properties owned by Alexander d.
Mclean and others Of Clifton, Arizo-
ma. The property controlled by the
company consists OF twenty-one claims
containing over 300 acres and is locat-
ed near Metcalf and Coronado, seven
miles north of Clifton. The develop.
ment work which has been done
proves that 1t is more than probable
that the famous Coronado vein, from
which the Arizona Copper company is
producing a large tonnage Of high.
grade ore, Immediately to the west,
continues into the property controlled
by this company. 1t is proposed to
fully develop the ore bodies, already
discovered, by shafts, tunnels, ETC.,
and to thoroughly prospect the claims.
1t is believed that this will show that
the ore bodies are large and
valuable. The principal develop
ment on the properties is on
the Emerald" claim where q shaft
has exposed sulphide ore assaying
from eight to ten per cent copper. In
a tunnel ninety feet below the collar
Of this shaft. sulphide ore assaying
over five per cent copper has been
found. 1t Is believed this is the most
important u~ndeveloped sulphide
ground not owned by the other large
companies (Arizona Copper company
Detroit Copper company, aHd Shan
non Copper company operating in the
district. For the purpose Of making
additional payments and furnishing
the necessary money for development
there are offered $1,000 shares of the
full paid, worcestershire stock in Jhil
company at three dollars a share. L
will be remembered that Mr.. Thomp
sol first offered the stock Of the Shan
non company 10 this vicinity at S2.5I
per share ard the same stock is nos
selling at si3. The chances are Root
for the Coronado stock to advance a
rapidly as did the Shannon. Applica
tions for stock can be secured at thi
ONCE.
The rains have been general through
out the southern part of the country
but the washOuts have been few q