Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-06-27
MINING MATTERS
Nevb about tho Great industry Of this
Section Of the World.

expected Oere THIS week 20 make ar
rangements regarding the future Of
the Lena mining company.
Messrs. Bachelor, Nagle aud Morn
ingstar OF the Aberdeen company ar
rived last Saturday, and Immediately
went out 10 the mines, where they
have been very busy looking over the
properties aud mill OF the company.
Superintendent Mccormick saved up
enough water to make a mill run, 80
they could zee exactly what would be
accomplished when sufficient water is
developed to keep the mill running
regularly, The Malachite shaft is CO.
ing down at the ate Of ten feet a
week, aud more water ia developing
daily. Preparations are beinR made
to run a pipe line from the Atlantic
to the mill, which will give an add
tional supply Of water. As sJOu ~
enough water is developed the mill
will be run regularly. Messrs. Maggie
aud Morningstar go from here to
Albuquerque with T. A. Lister, to
look at some properties near that
town, while Mr. Batchelor will re-
main at the mines for a week or so
longer.
Word comes from STEMS Pass that
the Wilson mining company has sold
the Volcano mine and mill. The
name Of the purchaser and the consid-
GRAFTON OF the sale has not been made
public. The Wilson company has
been working on the Volcano for some
two years, aud has spent a great deal
OF money on it, probably more than
an hundred thousand dollars, and has
got the property into excellent shape.
The work has been done under the
supervision 0f J. G. Rutherford who
has worked hard and applied himself
closely. He has had many setbacks
IN getting his mill to running, one be-
ing the failure Of the pipe line, which
was put in before he had charge of the
work. This he replaced at great ex-
pense with standard iron pipe. An
other setback was the refusal of the
gasoline engines to do the work ex-
pected OF them, which involved the
establishment of a steam plant. Not
withstanding these setbacks he has
kept the miners at work all the time
and has developed some wonderful ore
bodies. There are two ore shoots ex-
posed at the bottom Of the mine, one
sixteen feet wide and the other so
wide that It's extent has not yet been
shown, both Of which are shipping
ores.
VIM. S. Edwards of New York was
in the city and went out to Gold Hill
Wednesday. MI. Edwards Is a min
ing engineer who has spent a great
deal of time 10 this country, He was
located 10 Tucson before the railroad
was built, hut in the early nlneties
moved to New York. When Henry
Foster died, at Westerly, Rhode Is
land, some years ago, his affairs were
found to I've in a complicated condl.
tion. If he had lived it is probable
that he would have Strengthened
them out all right, but when person,
not familiar with them took charge
they could not administer them with
the knowledge which Mr.. Foster pos
sessed, aud 50 the job OF turning these
assets into money, aud liquidating hi:
liabilities has been a slow one
Among the assets were the STANDARD
mines at Gold Hill and the water
works at Silver City. The committe'
in charge of the estate knew nOthinl
about mining, and so paid nc atteu
ton to the Standard mines. Luckil'
for the estate all but two Of the mine
. were patented, and the Silver Cit
, water works paid enough profit TO d
. the assessment work on the two mine
: which were not patented. The con
! mittee ia charge of the estate ha
sent Mr.. Edwards out to examine tn
property at Gold Hill, to see what
is, 81 il will be Ia a position TO int
? ligently dispose of it. 1t is TO B
hoped that some action will be take
% regarding these properties SO they ca
= be worked again. They produced
great deal of bullion when Thos. Flo
a ter had charge of them and was worI
70 ing them regularly. Some years az
, Henry Foster vent to London, an
Is tried to place them Ia that marke
10 and probably would have succeedt
'. but for the failure Of the BariI
Brothers bank. While this deal W
10 on the work was stopped on the min
and Thos. Foster went to Silver CT
AZ TO take charge of the water work
ID and remained there up to the time
40 his death.
TX The Silver City justice Of the peaC
on examining PerfectO Rodrigu
90 anna m tho aonatpnfon fhot mban