Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-05-02
MINING MATTERS.
news About h Great Industry OF this
Section OF the World.

The Aberdeen company expects n
commence making concentrates thi.
week, and has a large force Of men al
work In the mines, There are now an
least afty men on the pay roll, and
work is being pushed as rapidly as
possible. The addition Of this paw
roll viii be appreciated by the busi
ness men of Lordsburg, aud IL is
prabable that the returns from the
sales Of the concentrates will he an
preciated by the stockholders Of the
Company.
II. S. Anderson, " Boston, WIN is
largely interested in the Shannon
company. was in the city Tuesday, en-
route 10 Clifton tu cuilect a few cases
OF champagne that are coming To him
He was in Clifton in Octuber and
made a few bets a. TO when a certain
work would be done, and has WI,
them all. He has business in Seattle
and as the northern route was yet D.
ltttle chilly, and AS he had this cham
payne staked out he made the tril
over The Southern route. aud t0uk tn
side trip u Clifton.
Thomas A. Lister, Of Albuquerque.
one of the incorpurators Of The North
American mining company, was in
The city the frst of the week. The
Stockholders OF the company held
their organization meeting while he
was here. The Stockholders elected
7. A. Lister, of Albuquerque, New
Mexico, g. G. Kulp and W. P. Cald.
wei, both OF Shamokin. PENNSYLVANIA.
rs directors. The directors will have
their 1rst meeting in Shamokin next
week The Nurth American com nan,
owns the Cobra Negra, Sub Rosa, Horn
81 yer, Billy Boy, Gladiator and Peg
Leg mines 10 the Virginia district.
These properties have been worked
for years, and considerable ore has
been shipped from them 10 the past.
They we're owned aud sold to the
cnmnany by Or. Crocker and. w d.
Griflth. The North American com
pany expects t. put a force OF meu to
work on the these properties the
latter part Of this NINTH, % after
the meeting Of the directors Of the
company. Present appearances indi-
cate tnat with development these
properties will prove as valuable as
any in the Virginia district.
The El PLso smelter blew in its first
two stacks last Thursday. About the
middle OF last July "A belt in the
Smelter slipped, throwing the air blast
out of gear, and stopping the supply
Of air for the furnace. This let the
gas back from the furnace, which
caused an explosion, a fire followed
and the smelter was reduced to ruins.
The company Immediately caused to
lie prepared plans for an entirely new
smelrer; and as fast as possible the
work Of building it, proceeded. The
company was hindered considerably
by the strikes in the machine shops,
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but the work was rushed as fa>tly as
POSSIBLE. The new smelter is larger
Than the old one, and is modern IN
every particular. There is hardly a
belt in the whole shop to slip again,
aud cause trouble. Nearly all the
machinery is direct action. A great
many Of The SMALLER macni rs, which
formerly received pnWer from belts,
are non run by electric motors, the
plant being supplied with one Of the
largest electric power producing ma
chimes in this section f the country.
There are fourteen large furnaces for
smell ing ore, Sumr being fer reducing
! ad ores, others for copper ores, The
starting Uf the Smelter means y great
and for the business aud wnrki ing men
Of El PAso. The company is to he
congratulated on getting the smelter
to running 20 soon after its complete
destruction 10y the fire, and more 50
considering the difficulties it en-.
counrpred ia the striking Machinests
The dirrttuts uG he Green CONSOLE.
dated company had experiences last
Saturday at Tucson and ON this diyi.
sion OF the Southern Pacific They
had been down to Cananea to look at
their property and made a run up 10
Tucson TO wait for the east bound
passenger train. They we're travel.
ling On The private car Arcadia, which.
was standing on the side track await
ing the arrival OF the train. The
train came in as a double header and
instead Of pulling up an The main
track took the siding on which the
car was waiting, some s|wllchman
having Numbered and left the switch
open. The emergency brakes were
thrown on, hut the engine hit the car
a strnng jolt, scared the passengers,
smashed the cinckery aud damaged
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