Sierra County advocate., 1902-05-16

large veins Of lead-silver oro-forty to
nifty feet wIde-and averaging over
Ave per cent lead ore are being In
vesti gated. A Kansas City company
10 now at work and building a mill for
one Of these groups. Lead ore IL also
found In richer condition, solid galens
boulderv OF great sixe are quite CON-
mon and indicate the possibility Of
great deposits In the contact veins. Not
far from these ore deposits there are
large and extensive veins Of COAL Of
nne quality. These mines and depos-
| its have been known TO exist for some
years, but II is only lately that any
real attention has been paid them. II
looks now as II the Csballos will be-
come the foremost mining section Of
the county. The new owners Of the
Armendaris grant. which includes .
portion of the coal and mineral lands.
are going In for liberal system Of
lease or sale Of their property. and
they will extensively advertise their
Inducements. All Of this district IL
within 4 few miles Of tho A., r, 4 s.
r. main line railroad, with freight
charge Of about 81 per ton to the El
Paso smelter. No better market for
ore than El Paso can be got at pres
ent, as the smclter there meets all
rates offered from more distant points,
and the great saving In time 10 much
to the advantage OF the miner Other
promising fields with extensive depos-
Its Of lead ore suitable for concentra-
tion are found In the Carpenter dis
trlc., six miles southwest Of Kings
ton. and on the Machio. a few miles
south Of Lake Valley.
]. there any good land still open to
settlement Fully 25,0O0 acres OF first
and second bottom lands on the RIO
Grsnde and Its tributary streams. All
OF the lands are susceptible Of irriga-
ton by reasonable money investment
or by community ditchos and canals,
What crops are raisedf All kinds Of
fruit. grain and vegetables; everything
that will grow In southern Kansas
and Oklahoma will grow here. The
southern latitude is mitigated by the
altitude. which Is 400 feet OH the Rio
Grande to between 5000 and 5000 feet
above sea level OH the mountain
streams. The supply Of water from
the river 10 ample and In the valleys
enough can be obtained with . little
engineering.
ducei There IL IA good local market
Ia tho mining camps for very much
more than has yet been produced. As
regular prices We can quote: Alfalfa.
80 per ton: corn, 81 to xI.t per 100
pounds; potatoes, 81 to - per lOC
pounds: apples. So per barrel
Are the cattle ranges fully occupied
West of the Rio Grande the range l,
pretty well stocked, but east Of the
river there 10 an extensive range. wei,
grassed, that necds only the digging
OF wells and necessary pumping appa
ratus. Water beneath tho surface
there 10 plenty. as proved by the rail-
road wells
10 the country suitable for raising
nns sheep and goatsi There are quite
. number Of people already who clai,n
10 b. prontably engaged in this busi
ness. and there Is undoubtedly room
for moro
The most notable event nj this writ
Ing at Hillsboro 10 the opening up Of
the large vein OF rich gold ore ON the
as foot level OF the Snake mine. In
the levels above the foot wall had been
followed. whereas this ore goes Oh a.
the hanging wall. II was lost Its
present discovery makes practically .
new mine of the Snake and lnsurcs 4
large production for a long time to
come Experts estimate at from $50.
600 90 1900. 900 on the ground already
known. The ore II about one-fourth |
nrst-elass $75 to 800 per ton. and the
remainder milling an ounce and over |
per ton In gold. On the same vein. |
further north In tho Dobtail ground. |
the lessccs have got into a bonanss
and will make q fortune therofrom.
From the III Orc. the Philadelphia
Smelling a Milling Company are now
hoisting very rich ore. and enough Of
" to keep the mill In full swing. The
Prosper mine. In the sams vicinity. IL
also doing well and beginning to show
reward for tho development Of the
past year. In the TERRA Blanca dis
,..s, there = ~ 'wrcr--ut discovery
OF lead carbonate ore OF great promise.
In the northern districts a number Of
good strikes. both In old and new prop
critics. are reported. The immensely
rich gold ores found in the Ivanhos
and Emporia m,ncA and also IN the
Grrat Republic group At Grafton. are
warrant enough for further search In
that direction. A New York company
has been organized and Incorporated
for the purchase and operation Of the
Iiillsboro mine2 among which the
ecandia sroup parchass 10 completed
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