Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-02-28
THE BROMIDE
MINING DISTRICT
A District That Is Wonderfully Rich in Gold
and Copper Ore and That Promises to
Yield Great Riches Of Mineral.
CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT WORK
is BEING GONE At PRESENT


In northern New Mexico. Is mile
west from Tres Piedras, a station OF
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad a
an altitude Of 5000 feet, a densely tim
bered section and with the Las Tusas
a wide and never failing stream encir
cling it's foot hills. is situated the Bro
rnide mining district. Years before tn
present wealth Of New Mexico wa
recognized, Alexander Won Humboldt
who was then studying the mines O
Mexico, and the geological 81. gcture o
the mighty range that strikes nortl
through the heart of the sister repub
lie, and that part Of the United States
now called New Mexico, stated tha
while Mexico was then the world'
treasury vault, farther north in New
Mexico, would be found the wealth Of
the universe. The discoveries and de.
velopments made in New Mexico dur.
ing the last few years are rapidly ver-
flying this prediction
| The history of mining proves that
great mines are found where nature
impresses her seal so plainly as to rem
der impossible any doubt as to the ex-
istence of great mineral wealth. This
would apply in marked degree to the
Bromide mining district, where evil
dence of ore of high grade upon the
surface Is so numerous that Of the
hundred or more shafts sunk by pros
pectors on various claims in this dis
trict, many of them not yet twenty feet
in depth, few, If any. are without ore
of more or less quantity.
The wonderful richness of the ore Of
this camp, as yet in It's infant stage of
development, not alone In copper, but
also In gold and silver, Is attracting
wide attention in mining circles. Min
ing men of experience. familiar with
the facts, freely express it as their
opinion that the Bromide district Is
destined to rank not alone among the
richest copper producing sections, but
produce copper at little or no cost, ow-
ing to the high value of it's ores in gold
and silver in combination with the red
metal.
That these statements are well foun-
ded is evidenced by the fact that al
ready a number of the mines in the
district are hauling ore to railroads a
distance Of fifteen miles, and shipping
in car lots to smelters at Pueblo, Colo,
a further distance of nearly 200 miles.
Such shipments could not result in
profit unless the ore were Of an ex-
ceedingly high grade in value.
At present no less than ten companies
are actively pushing development in
the Bromide district. and machinery
for much deeper development is being
put in position by a number.
In these various companies are rep
resented capitalists from Pennsylva- |
MIA, Wisconsin, Michigan, Washington,
New York. Cripple Creek and Pueblo, |
Colo. Among the leading and at pres
ent best known properties in the dis
trict are the Pay Roll, Whale, Park
Regent, Boston and Empire. All Of |
these properties are on a great contact |
vein, evidently the center of copper |
zone of great magnitude. All shafts |
being sunk by the various companies
are hosting much ore of very high |
grade. Especially is this the case at
the Pay Roll, owned by the Keystone
Copper Mining Company Of Blooms
burg, Pa, which also owns the Park
Regent, Boston and Empire, as we'll as
numerous other properties in this dis
trict, among them the Silver Crown,
which adjoins the famous Bromide
mine.
At the Pay Roll this great vein of
ore attains an unusual width, being |
fully 100 feet wide, and showing good
copper ore from the surface. The shaft |
being sunk upon this property has
reached the depth Of about 100 feet.
The ore taken from the shaft shows |
values in copper from to 26 per cent, |
With additional values Of nearly $22 in /
gold and silver per ton. No cross |
cutting has yet been begun in the |
shaft. 1t is the intention to cross-cut |
when the shaft has reached the depth |
If $50 feet, when great developments |
Ind wide vein of rich pay ore are |
ooked forward to by all familiar with
The property.
New buildings, including shaft house
have recently been erected on the Pay
Roll, and machinery placed in position
which will enable work to be prosecu-
ted actively all winter. Other proper
ties of great promise are the May, Elk
horn, Anaconda, Keystone, Jupiter,
which are also owned by the Keystone
Copper Mining Company, this company
being the largest owners of property Of |
any one company operating in this dis
trict.
The Whale Company, Colorado |
operating the Whale mine,
situated 1900 feet from the Pay Roll. fs
about to erect large smelter conven-
lent to its property, and 1t Is said that
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad
will early the coming year build
branch into the camp from Tres Pied
.as, the nearest railroad station.
The amount Of ore available In the
lamp at the present time Is sufficient
o warrant the erection of a number Of
and developments projected (:
his winter will undoubtedly open up
uch an abundance of ore for concen-
ration and smelling as to attract the
lecessary capital to furnish the smelt-
ng facilities that will be, necessary.
lumber for building. timber for min
ng purposes, and wood for fuel cant