Sierra County advocate., 1902-08-29
WHAT DO YOU KNOW2
About SIERRA COUNTY. NEW MEXICO, and Its
Mines Of GOLD and SILVER, COPPER, LEAD.
IRON and COAL.-CATTIE, SHEEP and
AGRICULTURAL. INTERESTS.

At Lake Valley from only three claims
years md with very lreat profit-oveI
sB,H0,VO At IlernNsa and Mt Chic
ride there was also some very profit
able silver mining. No great fortunes
have been made yet IN the gold dis
tricis, but from the Placors and the
1'rlppc. Hichnond and Snake mines
very respectable sums have been made
by lessccs.
IL the decrease In silver output due
TO the decline In silver, or to the ex-
haustloD OF the ore bodes7 The very
rich ore bodies. 80 far M known, have
been practically exhausted. and the
search for more IL grentiy discontin.
ued. The decline In silver operates
against the medium grades aud the
want OF proper reduction works pre-
vents the profitable working OF the in.
exhanstible bodies OF low grade ores.
tlon have not been thorough enough;
neither WIlhcys, vanpcrs or jigs are
| by themselves sufficient. In modern
mill the ore goes through n series OF
processes and encb process VIII save
from forty TO sixty per cent OF the
value IN tho pulp TINT comes to It. 40
tllnt the taillngs finally flow on with
trnlng loss. In this field there IL a
fine opening and a certain profit for
the Investment OF cnpitnl
IL the mineral field thoroughly ex
plorcd or is there stili chance for
intelligent pronpcctorsi There are hun
drods Of square miles In the mineral
belt yet nnexplored II Is not likely
that tho first wave Of prospectors found
NIL tho treasures that nature has stored
In the hills. The great deposits Of sill
yer chlorides and sulphldcs found IN
the Bridal Chamber at Lake Valley
and In several Kingston mines have
their counterparts waiting for the
lucky mnn but the hills, like the Scrip.
lures, must be ntclllgently searched
before they give up their treasures.
The rrospector can work all the yenr;
II anything, perhaps better In winter
time. Many OF the mines. also. are
open TO leasing aud the chances OF thus
striking rich deposits are worth con
siderntIon. Long time and very liher
al leases are the rule
What about the recent discoveries re.
ported Of rich gold and silver tellurum
ores7 They aro found so far on one
claim on Trujilo creek. about sis
miles south OF Kingston. Between I
f2ooo and $4,000 has already been (
realized on sale OF ore All this Las
been In small bunehes Of ore close to .
the surface. Onto number OF miners .
and prospeotors nre going into this
new Held. The section had been en-
tircy ignored and beyond little ms
,essment work, nothing was done
there Now, with ore showing NJ
worth thousands Of dollars per ton, II
Is likely 10 bc heard OF around the
world On Terra Blanca creek. not
far from these new discoveries, are n
number OF good mines. notably the Log
Cabin. n stendy producer OF good ore
which brings from 500 to $500 pei
ton
What copper and lead mines aud de
posits are there IN Sierra county, Neal
Chloride In the northern part Of the
county. there nre mincs OF high grade
copper ore. which nro also rich In Ill
and up To | 200 ounces OF silver per ton
The Silver Monument OF this group
has pro iuced something over 100000
These mines also cnrry good gold val
ues including the Columbus. Recent
developments on tho Hooslcr Roy at
Chloride, have disclosed fine con
tluuous vein OF gold bearing ore,
somo OF which assays fourteen ounce'
gpld per ton. The Mana IN making .
good showing Of ore. special values
going forty ounces gold per ton The
Tunnel mine is shipper of ore
with Il value of silver ano ounces, cop
PER twenty-five per cent, gold $3.50
The May. also In che same district, 10
a good producer of hlgh-gfade silver
coppcr ore Df the horniie variety
There II revival OF Interest In this
district and some sse.sd prizes VIII be
ound In the many cGms which have
been idle since lAsS. Among the many
,ropertlo~ that viii undoubtedly be
le0rd from during the year Is tho u.
!. Treasury, ln the Iuonl.io ialee, "a
ew miles so the east OF Chloride,
here are limeshale contact deposits
Il lead carbonate aud galena, also OF
'opper pyrites. and there ARE posslhin.
les OF very great rewards for small
Investments ia this direction. At Her
nosa, be'~een llil~baro and Chloride,
here is one n the aost steadily pro
lnctlye mining camps IN Kew Mexico;
mall as yet but with "A great future.
Is at Kingston. the surface has been
we'll prospecied for silver deposits and
'yer 81 po.ocr has been secured. Sys
ematic development, and proper rc'iuc-
ion works for the utilization OF lower
srade ores are now needed The low