Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-12
Mines and Minerals

Peru holds the record as a mining
country. She has $500 mines, from
which 10000 workmen dig gold, silver,
sulphur, coal, phosphates, quicksilver,
borax. copper and lead.
1t is estimated that when the main
double compartment shaft now being
cleaned out on the st. Louis mine, in
the Burro mountains, is completed that
there will be ove 1000 tons of ore
blocked out, which will average IL per
cent copper.
1t is reported that an eighty-fve
pound nugget was recently found in
the Wichita mountains, heal Lawton,
Okla, that was SO per cent pure gold.
The place was in the old Spanish dig
gings and many old crucibles and i'm
PIGMENTS of the early mining years
were unearthed.
John Hays Hammond is again ac-
cused of knocking the Cripple Creek
country. Last year he was called to
Cripple Creek to expert the Independ-
ence for the English shareholders and
could only find 5000, 900 in sight. The
mine since that time produced several
millions in bullion, Inc the reserves
have in no wise been depleted. Now,
he again comes on the field and de-
clares there is but a few hundred
thousand in sight. Hammond is per-
soma non grata with Cripple Creek
people in consequence.
The General Concentrates company,
of New York City, is erecting a 70ton
dry concentrating plant at Lava, N. M,
for the Grapevine Lead company, and
has just made a shipment of four car
loads of machinery to that point. The
plant will be equipped with a nineteen
inch by fourteen inch Buchanan jaw
crusher, four inch by twelve inch Stur-
tevant roll jaw crusher, a set of Hoop
er rolls and a set of Buchanan rolls
for fine crushing, FIVE Mashek octag-
Onal revolving screens, and eve Hoo
per pneumatic concentrates. Power
will be furnished by two Hornsbv Ak
roid oil engines of horse power and IF
ty horse power respectively.
Copper continues going out of the
country in the biggest kind of chunks.
Last month (February) was next door
to a record breaker in the matter of
exports, but March promises SO far
as exports are concerned, to make Feb
ruary look like $50 cents" For the
first half of March the exports of cop
per from the United States amounted
to 10000 tons. If the second half did
/. anything like half as much it will make
March an export record breaker. In the
face of the fact that between January 1
OF this year and March Is there have
been sent out of the United States A.
600 tons of copper, it does seer rather
extraordinary that the price of the
metal does not advance. But that such
advance must come is an evident as
a wart on the end Of a bank teller's
nose.
The kingman (Ariz.) Miner says:
Frank Buck, representing the Los Ger
rillos Smelling company, was in King
man several days this week. Mr.. Buck
Is Offering rates on ores that beat any
thing heretofore offered in this county.
The smelter for which he is buying is
situated about forty miles above Albu.
querque, n was but recently CON-
pleted. The new company claims to
have ample backing to carry out all
contracts. The rates offered are as fol
lows: Gold, $40 per ounce; 95 per
cent of New York quotation for silver;
rs per cent of New York quotation for
copper; 60 per ent of New York quo
tation for lead; Z cents per unit for all
iron. Smelling charge: Dry and
mixed ores, 81; copper, $3.50; lead, 10
to 20 per cent, 81. 20 to 80 per cent,
$3.50; 80 to 40 per cent, SO; 40 to so
per cent, $3.50; over so per cent, 81.
Copper wet assay, less l per cent for
dry; zinc, If over s per cent, 80 cents
per unit; concentrates, bricking, 81;
silica excess, Is cents per unit. Freight
from Kingman will be about Sc per ton
in car load lots. Mr.. Buck secured the
promise of large quantities of ore and
if the trial lots to be shipped are salts
factory, which we have no doubt they
will be, practically all the ores from
this county will go there.