Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-08-29
MINING MATTERS.
Ners about the Great Industry Of this
Section OF IA world.

a trip be had made over to White
Oaks on business. He has extensive
mining interests in that camp.
Col. L. S. Bean was in town again
this week, looking after his mining in
t%erests. The colonel is here so much
Of his time that he is thinking OF max
ing this his permanent headquarters.
S. w. VIM arrived from Chicago
this week TO look after the interests
Of the Mineral Mountain company.
He was accompanied by r. Guenther,
a mining engineer from Utah. Mr..
Vim has many plans for the develop
meut OF the mining interests Of this
section Of the country which when
consumated will put a great many
men to work.
B. L. Berkey was up from Ell Paso
this week looking after the interests
of his concentration. He has here a
testing tank capable Of testing Eve
hundred pounds OF ore, and has
ordered a 1fty ton tank for teaching.
Before teaching ore he will test IL
thoroughly in the testing tank, and
then will know exactly the treatment
the ore needs, and there will be no
guess work about it. The carbonate
ores of the Shakespeare district are
supposed to leach readily. The sue
rhoefp1 md arnnopofoo1 rodncti0, ~
the ores of this district has always
been a problem. Theoretically it was
solved by the Orion company, and Mr..
Berkey is going to make a practical
application Of the theory.
The Aberdeen company made a
trial shipment of part of a carload OF
concentrates this week. The COM
pany now has plenty of water, and ex-
poets to have its mill running regular
ly after this week. Work on their
mines is progressing as rapidly as pos
sible and they are now employing
some forty men. On the Malachite a
cross-cut is being driven from the 200
foot point and the management ex-
poets to encounter the lead within
the next.two weeks. A dume some
1900 feet long has been built from the
Atlantic to carry this water to the
mill and so far this arrangement has
supplied ample water to run the mill
twelve hours per day. Ed. Brady an
experienced mill man is now in charge
of this department. On the Bluebird
a Lidgsrwood hoist has been erected
and sinking is rapidly progressing. II.
N. Bowen has succeeded V. Freid-
MORE in charge of the mining de-
partment.
p. Wiseman, who has been supeTin'
tendent of the Shannon copper com,
pany since it began active operations
at Clifton, has resigned. w. b
Thompson, n of the directors OF the
company, who is now at Clifton, has
assumed temporary management Of
the property until a new superinten
dent is selected. If the Shanhor
company's directors want a little ad
vice the LIBERAL would suggest tina
if they would hire a superinten.
dent who would not work for less thar
a thousand dollars a month, and wal
capable of earning that money ht
would be the cheapest nan they hsC
in their employ. The Shannon has
been saving money in wages at a great
expense in other directions. 1t is the
old story of the man who held hi
thumb over the spiggot Of a barrel, Il
keep the cider from wasting, while il
WIS flowing out Of the bunghole hi
could not reach. If they will hire 4
man big enough to reach both the
spiggot and the bunghole they will
save many dollars that heretofore
have run down hill.