Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-05-10

VIM VI Robins. of Hus1lrn. SiCrra
county. has purchased ono fourth n
tcrcsi in tho old American miuo near
Hushoro. Consideration. g. 500
lhushoro. Sierra county win this
month give employment % about 1870
men. Two companies and the Gales
outfit vii each give employment Go
about sixty mon
The santa Rita district New McXico
Is com ne to the front and now attract
ing special attention Several rich alp
mouts of ore nave recently been made
10 tho III rasO smDlter
Reports come 10 Las Vegas of rich
copper finds at Plntada Some consid-
cradle work Is being done under the
direction of G.. rageart and inc rlch
ores have been encountered.
At the Boston Mining Exchange last
week 927 shares of Cochiti stock were
sold at from 20 20 - cents q share,
ANA lao shares Of the Santa Fc Gold
and Copper company stock at 81 a
share.
The gold aud silver tellurium ores
are found on TrujillO creek. about SIX
miles south of Kingston. sierra county.
II rs found i'm small punches near the
surface. 10000 10 100000 has been
sold already.
Extensive work has been done on
the Clearwater group Santa Rita dis
trlct New Mexico. Native copper has
been encountered az depth of twenty
Feet. The value Of The one body ia U
Crcas!ng with depth.
It has been definitely decided that
$500 600 VII be- advanced 90 buy orc
for the proposed smrE.r al silver
City. y NJ. This proposition has been
made by eastern capitalists. The dr.t
proposition made wa 100000
The kingman Mineral Wealth sage
John Kay has struck fine body OF
copper and gold ore on another OF his
mines at Mineral Park. II will make
the smeiter men smile when they see
this new feeder 10 their smclter.
+. c. Baker a r. Qninly and II. $.
Morrison have recordcu the following
copper claims in the San Miguel coun-
" mining district: Copper Chief
claims. Nos. TO 5; Copper Queen.
Nos / to 8. and Copper Cent nos.
and ..
Margarito Romero reports excellent
progress in his coat mine up the Cal
linas canyon near Las Vegas. In one
Al
thick has been found. The coal is of
fine quality and win be an excellent
coking material.
The splendid developments in the I'll
porvenir coal mines have caused the
stock to take jump of several cents
Tho issue is exhausted and there Is no
moro stock for sale. The mining oper-
ations there are becoming quite eNten'
int
have a little bonanza.
w. 3. Twitchell has returned To Las
Vegas from his Denver and st LOUIS
trip aud says everything looks rosy for
the immediate construction of several
reduction mills Two mills will 90 in
mt once. ne thinks. one at Fulton and
one al Blakc's. The mill AT recolote
is being held up few days for de
cision as 10 the size wanted.
Al the 1ecolotc grant meeting al
Tecolote. san Miguel county. 1t was
decided 20 borrow the sum necessary
s775. 70 pay the survey. or for running
the lines ana getting the boundaries
of the grant determined. II will be
money well spent, for, after the boun
diaries are determined, patent from
the government can be secured.
grant survey in san Miguel county Sc
cured the necessary sum OF s17o foi
the payment Of the surveyor from "
w. Kelly Mr. Kelly literally gave th'
gentlemen the amount without interes
for eight months after that time they
will pay per cent on the balance due
until paid. The survey will be made a
once and titles in that district will bt
clear soon
The Timber Peak plant complete
has been sold TO a company operating
al Velardina, Durango. Mexico T. l.
Mitchell of Spokane. Wash. has charge
of the dismantling and shipping OF thu
plant Ed Kecler and Iim Gibbons
have taken contract 10 deliver tn
dismantled plant on the cars at Wate
Canyon station. They viii begin oper
ations az once and expect 60 complete
the work IN about three weeks.
An important deal was made at Trim
idad, Colo. by which II. +. Groome
and w. J Murray, Of trinidad, and Dr
j T. Lowry. of Sopris, Colo, became
owners through bond and lease of tn
Free Cold claim Of the Chickasaw Min
ing and Development company, iou
miles southeast OF Red River and sey
en- miles from Eii2shcthtown The con
sidcration was $4,000, 20 be paid in fiv
annual installmcuts. with 10 per cen
interest, The ore on the claim Us
brown mass OF hcmatite and assay
from sloO 10 $500 per ton In gold. \ 4
foot shaft and tunnel Of l15 feet COZ
sttute the development work. Nj
Groomer and associates have also pm
chased the Emerald mine adjoining th
Free Gold.