Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-08-15
MINING
Nehs About tho Great Industry OF this
section OF World.

section OF the World.
The water came into the Ontario
cowpany's shaft SO fast thkti It was i'm
possible TO control it with buckets,
and work on the shaft has been aban.
doned until pumps a be erected.
In running hls tunnel on the corba
Negra, which was simply being u
for ventilatlng purposes, Superlnten-
dent Briel has run into a fine body Of
sulphide ore, which was a surprise, al
though a pleasant one.
Monday Manuel Rodrigues was
working at the bottom of a forty foot
shaft on Christ Yaeger's property,
when a ffty pound chunk of rock
rolled into the shaft and dropped on
him, killing him instantly. He leaves
a wife and three children. Mr..
Yaeger was not at the shaft at the
time OF the accident. He says Rod
rigues was very careless about leav-
ing rock near the mouth Of the shaft.
Ee gave him frequent orders about
moving the stuff away, but his orders
were not always obeyed, and this time
the d%isobedience had a fatal result.
A Mexican miner last week brought
10 II pounds Of gold quartz from
which Assayer Duffy Morrow, secured
81 ounces of gold worth at least sl4
per ounce. The rock was wonderfully
rich, some Of IL being worth 500, 600
per ton. The Mexican would not tell
where he got the rock. but said there
was plenty more where that came
from and also that he would be back
IN a few days with a lot OF it. Several
old prospectors had their eyes on him
for several days, intending to follow
him out OF town, but he managed to
give them the slip. 1t is thought that
the Mexican has found the long lost
Adams dlggings.-Clifton Era.
Recently the Ontario camp was
bothered by the presence OF skunks
who would visit the camp, and who had
a camp Of their own in the rocks. FL
nally John Williams got disgusted
with the odoriferous animals, and con-
cluded to get rid Of them. He waited
until he thought all of them were in
their W camp, and then tossed a
stick of dynamite with a lighted fuse
into their nest. In an Instant the
aroma Of dynamited skunk fioated
over the adjoining camps and en-
circled Lees Peak. No more skunks
we're seen, aud a few days later
Williams went over to see the ruin he
had made. The dynamite had broken
of a piece Of rock, and on examining
the fracture found it highly mineral
lied. He Immediately located a claim
did a little work on it and last week
sold the prospect to Z. X. Davis. In
the romance of mining there have
been many valuable .discovetys made
10 queer ways, from the stubbing of a
toe to the trailing of a stake rope from
a burro's neck, but there is no
previous record Of dynamiting skInks
exposing valuable leads,
Superintendent Mccormick Of the
Aberdeen company writes the LIBER-
AL as follows: 'In your issue Of
August eighth 1 notice an abstract on
traction engines, as per Professor
Carrera's ideas. In response thereto
l wish to say that 1 for one agree with
him 10 all respects and consider this
means OF transportation a success, in
this or any 6ther OF our Southwestern
mining districts, if only given an ui-
biased opportunity. The trouble here
with any and every new appliance is
1t is cried down before a satisfactory
demonstration can be made. AS you
are no doubt aware, we have to con-
tend with all classes OF incompetent
help, that is, men who profess to know
what they are expected and engaged
for, with the result that they fail and
the management is blamed accord
ingly, therefore everything is con-
demned and talked over by the "wise
class" in fact a class so wise that no
one cares to consult their views, ex-
cept a few of the. ''bobon element.
Give everything OF merit a show and in
time, 1 for nj prophecy, that this
district will not only be a pride to the
citizens Of Lordsburg and suburbs,
but the entire Territory of New Mex
leo.