Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-05-29
A New York Engineer is Looking It Over and
It May Resume Operations in the
Near Future.
BAIRD PLANT At GOLDEN
Contract for Three Hundred Feet Of Development Work
on the Cunningham MIne-The SmeIter at Ger
rlllos Is Being Supplied With Good Ore from
Different Parts Of the Territory.

working quite a force Of men on he1
Baltic mine at Chloride Flat in Gran
county.
The leasers of the Atlantic mine. neal
Pinos Altos, Grant county, have re-
Gently put night force at work, late
developments being such as to justify
pushing the work.
Thomas Holman and w. Hoskins
have taken lease on the property OF
DR.. l.. B. Robinson, in Grant county
wnose claims are adjoining the Tip TOP
mine near Pinos Altos.
r. w. Tanner has leased the Peabody
mine from the Silver City owners and
| is making extensive arrangements fol
considerable development work to be
done on the mines. The mine is located
in the Chloride Flat district. Grant
county.
The Gusdorf Brothers of Taos are
pushing work on the Shoshone mine
located on Gold Hill near Taos. They
have a large force of men at work. A
few years ago considerable ore was
taken from this mine that ran over S3C
per ton.
The Mountain Key Gold Mining Com
pany at Pinos Altos, Grant county, Is
pushing work on it's shaft and 400 foot
drift. A good sized body of ore has
been uncovered and the shaft will soon
reach the depth of 700 feet, when an
ether level will be run.
The new double compartment SHAFT
being sunk on the Arizona mine near
Pinos Altos, Grant county, has reach
ed a depth of 60 feet, and Is progressing
rapidly. Considerable drifting Is being
done on the 300 foot and the 400 foot
levels, the ore being shipped to I'll
Paso.
Jack McGee, S. H. Eckles and Thom-
as Vaughen are working the Pocahon-
| tas and silver Spar claims at Chloride
Flat, Grant county, and though the
work is only preliminary development
prospects are very encouraging. The
Pocoh,ntas shaft is down 40 feet. ane
drift work is done on the Silver Spar.
l fInOmdS bTOWIl, plCoiuCht VI '"N ~
solidated Mining and Smelling Com
pany at Cerrillos, arrived from the east
last Saturday and found the smelling
plant at Cerrillos running on full time
Good quality ore is arriving daily from
all sections of the territory and several
teams are kept busy hauling from the
nearby mines.
The Hancock Mines Company, which
owns the Hancock mine, located on the
south side of Mineral Hill, Black Noun
tain district, Dona Ana county, Will IN
vest $4,000 in new compressor drills ant
expects to extend working tunnel tina
Is now in 300 feet, 500 feet further. Will
this additional investment 1t is expected
| to make the mine a very valuable prop
erty.
The $45,O0O plant Of the Baird Mining
Company, located at Golden, Santa 81
county, will be put in operation, afte
the owners have finished sinking thel
we'll still deeper in order to secure NOR
water. This company's property con
sists of a large bed Of cement, at som
places 30 feet deep and carrying fre
gold. 1t is very easily and cheapl'
mined.
Lately large coal veins have been op
ened in the Pecos country, near Mach
Icanon. The coal field extends over
large area. The coal is Of good qualit
both for steaming and coking purposes
ILocated near to the Santa Fe railwa
at Glorieta, the mining Of coal In tina
Isection will undoubtedly prove YER
profitable. The coal operations are be
ling carried on at present by the Cerril
|los smelter management.
The eastern owners of the cunning
ham mine, near Dolores, southern San
ia Fe county, have let contract t
LANES A. Jackson for about 300 feet
development work on their mine. the
have any amount of low grade ore I
work on. They are experimenting on
process for treating this grade OF orr
: and If found successful, extensive opel
ations will b{ begun. The mine Is owr
ed by Senator s. B. Elkins, his brotht
s. H. Elkins and Mr.. Curran.
J. Park Charming, consulting mlnin
Iengineer of the Lewisohn properue
who was in Santa Fe some time ago,
looking over the mines and plant or II
Santa Fe Gold and Copper Mining Con
pany near San Pedro, southern san
Fe county. The smelter has been cio
ed down for some time awaiting u
completion of the branch of the SAN
Fe Central railway, to the mine, y
/ the visit of Mr.. Charming may ha'
: the effect of the smelter resuming woi
+, before that.