Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-07-04
MINING MATTERS.
Nsws About che Great rndbstry o. this
afAAlon OF World.

TOT . survey TOT q railroad ~ connect
It's csH6p With the Arizona q New
Mexico system.
Col J.. Q. Rutherford, superlncen.
dentof the Wilson mining company
40 STEMS Pass Informs the LIBERAL
that the report that the Wilson com.
psnY had sold out was Incorrect. He
sags IL has o been sold, II not for
sale ard Sill not be. sold, He Is hav-
having trouble with the water ques.
ton When he dug his we'll he struck
a heavy body Of water, but constant
pomping on II has exhausted IL. He
nut a drill 10 the bottom Of the we'll,
but as vet has not reached a strong
body Of water, but undoubtedly will
for no n has gone deep enough 10
that fat without getting an abun.
dance OF water.
VIM. G. Sd yards, who went out to
Gold Hill TO look at the properties OF
the Standard company, In the interest
Of the Foster estate, has not a very
cheerful report &c make. He found
evidences that large quantities OF ore
bad been taken out but found no re-
serves, all the ores that had been de-
veloped had been extracted. The
cheerful thing in connection with the
situation is that appearances Indicate
that more development work would
show that there were still large guam
titles OF ore yet in the ground, When
here he had not decided as to the
nature Of the report he would make
to the owners of the properties.
II. II. Bachelor or the Aberdeen
company, who has been out TO the
Aberdeen camp, left Tuesday for
Modoc, New Mexico, where be has
some interests. He will stay there
about a week, and then return to New
York. He was greatly pleased with
affairs at the Aberdeen camp except
the scarcity OF water, and expects to
have plenty Of that when his shafts
get deep enough, and all hands are at
work getting them dawn. He has
ordered pumps and hoisting works for
the Blue Bird, and will put that down
as rapidly as possible. He and Mr..
Maggie expect to return In September,
bring their wives with them and
make quite a stay. A comfortable
house will be built at the camp before
that time.
The STEMS Peak gold mining and
milling company has opened up a new
property at Stein's Pass, which is
different from Anything ever dis.
covered In that rich mineral region.
The company commenced work on an
iron Gaping and has sunk fifty feet.
1t has a i've foot ledge ot blue sui
phide OF iron, carrying gold, an ore
SIMILAR to the great Congress mine In
Arizona. Assays have made returns
Of from eight to forty.f1te dbllars per
ton in gold. and each assay has shown
about an ounce In silver. The main
shaft Is only about a thousahd feet
from the depot on the north side Of
the track. The company has traced
the ledge for about three thousand
feet. 1t thinks IL will have one OF the
best properties at the camp.
LoRDsBURG's VOLCANO.
For some time past, Gallup and
CuW,9 Cgeu hostn haan u1uVYuafxn
Pompeliau airs. owing to the fact that
volcanoes, more or less active, have
been discovered in their surburbs, and
even Graham county In Arizona, has
been using Herculaneum efforts to
attract attention.
Lordsburg, which never gets left,
now comes TO the front with the
simon pure article, and all the others
will have to go awaH back and sit
down.
The LIBERALS volcanic expert
while making the grand rounds re-
Gently unearthed a hot proposition
about twelve miles nearly due south
I III uhlo Aibls
He has been Familiarity acquainted
with this vicinity for the past twenty
two years, and whilst the slumbering
giant NAV have been In existence be-
fore he came he is not prepared to
certify to the fact, nor a he recall
an eruption during his sojourn in this
vicinity.
That the volcano Is straight goods
and is comparatively a recent conner
Is attested by the fact that when he
was last on the ground the eruptive
mass was still hot, and water poured
from a canteen sent up a cloud OF
vapor so dense as to be uncomfortable.
The hot belt, to speak precisely
covers an area OF several hundreds Of
acres, and speaking POLITICALLY, is q
mer de glace of %variegated hues, com
pactly Joined, and Is beautiful TO look
upon. A number Of pieces picked "
at random, and broken with q ham
mer, show all the colors Of the rainbow
ana many Of them show evidence o.