Sierra County advocate., 1903-07-31
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
sbont SIERRA COUNTY. NEW MEXICO, and Its
Mines of GOLD and SILVER, COPPER, LEAD.
IRON and COAL-CATTLE, SHEEP and
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.

= At Lake Valley from only three claim
. there was mined III the space Of a Eel
$ years and with very great profit--ove
-" So. 100000. 1T Hernosa and mt Chile
{ ride there was also soine very prytil
9 able Silver mining, No great fortune
> have been made yet IN the gold dis
tricts. but from the Placsrs and tn
TrIppe. Richmond and Snake mine
very respectable sums have been mad
, l,y lessees .,4s 'ts,ls
: IL the decrease In silver output du,
TO the decline In silver, or to the ex
haustion Of the ore bociles7 The very
rich ore bodies, so far ms known, hav,
been practically exhausted, and tht
search for more is greatly discontin
ued. The decline IN silver operate,
against the medium grades and the
want Of proper reduction works pre-.
vents the profitable working Of the In.
exhaustible bodies Of low grade ores.
Tbc experiments made In concentra-
tion have not been thorough enough,
neither Wilheys, vanners or figs nre
by themselves sufficient. In a modern
MN the ore goes through series OF
processes and ench process will save
from forty to sixty per cent. of the
value In the pulp that comes TO it. 10
that the tnilings finally flow Off with
trlhlng loss. In thiS field there Is q
fine opening and certain profit for
the Investment Of capital
ls the mineral field thoroughly ex
plored. or Ia there stjlI chance for
Intelligent prospectors? There are hun
dreds Of square miles In the mineral
belt yet unexplored 1t Is not likely
that the first wave Of prospectors found |
nll the treasures that nature has stored |
In the hills. The great deposits of sil.
yer chlorides and snlphides found in
the Bridal Chamber at Lake Wiley
ana In several Kingston mines have
their counterparts waiting for the
''NNNy s''H'f, bht tht iiiiS, llht tIt NtTlD. |
lures, must be intelligently searched
before they give up their treasures
The prospector can work all the year
II anything. perhaps better In winter
time Many of the mines, also, are
open to leasing and the chances OF thus
rich deposits ore worth con
sideratlon. Long time and very liher.
al leases are the rule
What about the recent discoveries rc.
ported OF rich gold and silver tellurium
'ros? They arc found so far on on.
claim OH Irujillo creek. about siA
niles south OF Kingston Between
go 600 and $4,000 has already beer
'enl,zed on sale OF ore. All this ..ns
,uen In small Lunches Of ore close tc
he surface. Quite n number OF miners
md prospectors are going into this
lew field. The section had been en-
irely ignored aud beyond n little as
essment work, nothing was done
here. Now, with ore showing III
worth thousands Of dollars per ton, Il
3 likely to be heard of arohnd the
world On Terra Blanca creek. no,
ar from those new discoveries, are 5
uin her OF good mines, notably the Log !.
'nhia. steady producer Of good ore
ihlch brings from 500 to $500 per
on.
Whnt copper and lead mines and de-
oslts are there In Sierra county, Near u
hloride, In the northern part Of thu
ounty there are mines of high grade
oppcr ore. which are also rich In sil
er from five to sixty per cent copper -
nd up TO LOO ounces OF silver per ton i
he Silver Monument OF this groul u
~ pro luced something over 100000 +,
hese mines also carry good gold val Il
N, including the Columbus. Recon D
'velopments on the Hoosier Boy n
horde. have disclosed fine con Ia
nnous vein of gold bearing ore C
nle OF which assays fourteen ounce OK
ia per ton. the Mana Is making , K,
od showing of ore, special value n,
ing forts ounces gold per ton. Th, 70
nnel nine Is shipper of or, ne
tn value of silver 2O0 ounces, cop IN
r twenty-five per cent, gold $3.50 tn
e May. also In the sane district i an
good producer OF high-grade silver r,
- ~
IRE Ia a revival Of interest in this ho
trict ana some good prizes will bo II
nd In the many claims which have pr
n idle since 1893. Among the many nj,
pertics that Will undoubtedly be-
rd from during the year is the U. on
Treasury. III the Cuchillo range, a r.,
miles 90 the east of Chloride, Of
re are lime-shale contact deposits In
lead carbonate and galena, also of 90,
per pyrites, and there are possibili ert
Of very great rewards for small ric
In this direction. At Her nm,
", be'veen Hillsboro and Chloride, OR
. is one Il the most steadily pro- wa
tive mining camps In New Mexico; tina
II as yet but with great future. has
at Kingston. the surface has been for
pruspected for silver deposits and Hi
: : 100000 has been secured. Sys- Sca
atc development and proper reduc- ant
works for the utilization of lower Gal