Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-02-28
MINING MATTERS.
News About the Great Industry Of this
Section Of the world.

E F. Heath, II. Wright and P. A.
Endicott left Tuesday for q prospect
ing trip is the Burros. They have a
tip as To the location Of some good
placer ground, and want TO see about
IL.
J. g. Barton, Of the Pacific Uni u
smelling company has gone b. San
Francisco to CONSULT with the oflc s
OF the company. He will recommend
a large increase 10 the plant, and IL is
TO consult about this increase that he
has made thi> trip.
The Pacific U lion comnan, made
some experiments this week in the
endeavnr To use oil iStead NJ coke 10
the smelter, but the experiments were
not satisfactory, IL was found thar
the draft required Ia the furnace was
so strung mat 1t blew out the fame
from the oilslike blowing nut acandle.
The Aberdeen company's concen.
TRAITOR is abuut completed, aud IL will
probably be started up today or to-
morrow for "A trial run, u see II the
machinery is properly adjusted, and
when In running order will he kept
busy. When it, gets ~ running the
Aberdeen company will have to put a
larger fur"e Of miners AZ work than IL
has had. The company has enough
ore nlucKed nut tn Ike D the cuncen-
'rator busy for a long time with no
q development work, but the ore
will have to be taken out, and, of
course, development work Will have t.
be kept up to keep ahead a supply OF
ore.
Messrs. Alvord and Gill, directors OF
the Shannon cOppar COMPANY, who
have been spending some time in
Clifton Hooking uver the Shannon
properties were in the city last Friday
and went west. They intended to
have a look at the mines at Cananea
before returning east. Both were
great y pleased at the condition in
which they found the property, but
they had a few hard irds 70 say re.
gardiRg some Of the people who have
been bulldog machinery for the Shan
o company. The machinery was
all promised long agD, aud sOme time
since Superintendent Wiseman was
notified IL had all been shipped, but as
a matter OF fact portions Of IL are yet
in the factory. When the machinery
arrives it will not rake long 10 put it
in position, and then start the smelter.
The date uf the arrival OF this delayed
NJ lterial Is a matter Vt CUES W ,rk,
but Judging by other broken promises,
and -triking An average on the lies
that have been told they think the
Smelter will he running in April.
Thns. O'Keefe, the vel known min.
Ing expert and oil developer, was in
the city Monday, returning To his FL
Pi>n home from 4 rim down into the
Papago country. The other day the
E Pa,u papers printed a long accOut
OF the danger Mr.. Ok fe had been
in Among the Indians. They said the
Indians had become greatly excited
be use O'Keefe aud his assistants
had been running lines and erecting
monuments o some placer ground.
and threatened to kill the entire
party. The papers said Mr.. O'Keefe
was in great danger, bat had com
promised with the Indians by Z viug
them permission to work the p%lacers
as long as he nwned them Nov this
story is all a mistake. with the single
exception that Mr.. O'Keefe was down
in the PIpagn county He Wa here
90 the express invitation OF the
Indians. His success as a mine pro
motor and oil engineer had becnme so
wide spread that it had even reached
the Papagnes. They knew where
there was a good placer ground.
They occasionally tnok gold from H..
but this involved considerable work.
and zone OF them are stuck On work.
When they heard nf O'K.efe me of
the chiefs suggested that the Indian
yet him to sell this placer ground. for
il IL was sold they would have plen'y
Of gold with which TO shoot craps, and
would mot have u wurk for IL. A.
Indlan with AZ ola full Ut the dir
from the placer walked into Fl Pas
and showed IL to O'Keefe, who Inn
medlatriy concluded IN take the una
ter up, He went out there to look
tie ground Over. rhe Indians we're
so delighted TO see him that they held
a big reception IN mis- honor. Some
white men seeing The large crowd uf
indians surrounding a few white uen
thought the Indians we're angry and
liable TO do injury to the whites, in
stead Of being happy and trying u do
him honor. Mr.. O'Krefe says this is
the finest placer ground he has ever
seen, and hopes TO get enough for il
W keep his crap playing aboriginal
friends 10 chips for many moons.