Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-02-04
ARE MAKING
RAPID STRIDES
Rich Mineral Resources of the Bromide Mining
District Being Developed Notwithstanding
Unprecedented Fall of Snow and
BIoCkaded Roads.
RAILROAD SPUR is PROM
ISED THE COMPANIES

Notwithstanding the unprecedented
heavy fall of snow and the consequent
blociading Of the roads ar general
stagnatiom in most copper mining
camps, the Bromide mining district is
still making rapid strides in the devel-
opment of it's rich mineral resources.
Within the last two months every prop
erty which is equipped for year round
work has been working, and, as is the
case with the Continental Mining Com
pany, continuing work even in the
face of heavy disadvantages. This is a
organized late this fall. Its property
consists of a group of claims near the
head of Cunningham gulch, through
the length of which runs the Continen-
tai vein. This is full six feet in width
and is the first lead-slver of any prac-
tical value found in this district, the or,
is averaging 40 per cent lead and so to
100 ounces of silver throughout the
length of the vein as at present expos
ed. The Importance of this recent
strike will be more apparent when it is
remembered that this solves the prob
lem of successful handling of the great
amounts of low grade copper-gold ores
with which the camp abounds. The dis
tance from the railroad and high freight
ly injure the camp as shipping prop
osition. Ores which this camp has
blocked out by the thousands of tons
cannot be realized upon at the present
time, whereas when the spur from the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad is ex-
tended out into the camp as has been
assured will shortly be DONE and with
the concentrating mills which are
planned to be built upon the Las Tusas
creek, within a mile of the heart of the
camp, as is the intention of the Las
Tusas Peak Mining Company, the Bro
mide district will be known throughout
the country for it's. phenomenal growth
and richness. The camp was started
four years ago, all development dating
Petaca land grant, which had for years
held off the prospectors from develop
ing the many excellent surface indica-
tions which were in evidence. Since
that time there have opened up at least
ten good properties, all within an area
of ten miles square. OF these, two, the
Old Bromide and the Tampa, are ship
ping mines, although the inclement
weather this year forced a temporary
shut down on the Bromide and the
snow prevents ore being hauled to the
railroad from the Tampa. Besides
these there are several other properties
which give average values of $40 to S25
to the ton in gold, silver and copper,
which are being opened up and the ore
blocked out for stoping out when either
the spur from the railroad is built to
the camp, or smelters established near
by. The camp is greatly favored, mas
much as the lead occurs as such a
large vein, the matrix of which is ba-
sic orthoclase, eminently adapted as
flux for the silicious ores, which is fur
ther aided by iron which occurs in
wide dyke, locally known as the iron
dyke" which is 60-foot dyke of brown
and black limonite occurring on the
Spring creek slope of Last Hope noun
tain, and so located that it is readily
accessible to combine with the lime and
lead as tiuxing for mating smelters.
This is of further advantage because
this iron carries gold in amounts vary
ing from Sc to $12 to the ton. In the
way of recent development, the Tampa
mine has continued work upon the