Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-06

Il IS HERE
CruShisag Of Ore Expected to Bee
gin before August the
First.
IWo GREAT ENTERPRISES

The writer visited the Tecolote min
ins district yesterday, and was agree
ably surprised to see the progtess
made 81 the construction OF the leach
ing plants going up in that vicinity.
The San Miguel copper company
have III the foundation work complete
Tor the machinery Of q 200 tou leach
ing plant. and are rapidly putting IN
place the mammoth Orders and beams
10 hold the weight Of the ores which
they propose to reduce to metal.
]. N Allan, manager OF the com
pany. has erected commodious quar-
tiers for the employees Of the company
ana has, himself. moved out, that he
may give personal supervision TO the
construction.
The company have been somewhat
delayed in getting iron boiling and
nails lately, necessitating some delay
In completion. but the writer was In
formed that everything Is at present
on hand to rush the construction, and
It Il hoped that within ten days the
machinery Will be on hand, and that
within six weeks at the outside. the
whistle will blow and the wheels OF
this big undertaking will be turning
the crude ore into metal.
This min viii be used for the treat
ment of custom ores and anyone who
has 4 claim may then get his ore re-
duced and reap his returns without the
Necessity Of Incorporating and going
Aronsh tkt loss tedious. ~uisncarsen-
ing period incident to raising money
70 build his own mill.
This feature Of the mill building In
the Tecolote district, will make the
owners Of mines out there independent
and put the dlstrictron q paying basis
lons before II could be done had the
miner to walt until his development
wss sufhcient to warrant q private
mill.
It viii be 4 boon seldom given TO
! copper or any other kind Of mining
camp for that matter. And this Sec
ton of New Mexico may confidently
look forward to 1 period Of prosperity
In the near future little dreamed Of by
the most sanguine two years ago.
recoiots Copper and Mercantile Co.
This company Is but q recent incor
poration, its conception only dating
back something over a month. It has
not been heard OF In print, yet today
the foundation Is laid and most o.
the heavy timbers for the lower fool
Of it, teaching plant are in place. Ths
plant will be Of ifty-ton capacity pei
twenty.four hours. One = load o
machinery arrived In the city yester
day for this mill and It IL expected
that II will be running BY the iirst O
August.
The promoters Of this enterrpis'
we're reticent about giving information
n regard TO their plans, preferring
- they stated, to have the mill run
Ming before any talk was made.
Mines And Prospects.
The basis for eli this activity IL
&m-ununs~ve~ <oa -asua1Sa@l
copper ~siIicates and carbonates PEI
meating what Is called sandstone
and which lies In blanket formation
either on top Of or very near the SUI
face OF the ground, and covers a see
ton some six miles wide by forty Il
length lying west of the ridge or lioa
back extending in a northeiiy aire'
ton just west Of Las Vegas.
Prospecting has been carried 9
throughout this section for two year
past and at least half a dozen Il
posts have been opened showing h
ore in vast quantities in varying d.
gree of richness.
The average In the larger deposit
IL what's termed as low grade ore By
nevertheless some very rich find
have been made. assays running Q
high as forty per cent, copper col
tents.
Most prominent among the deposit
In the immediate vicinity Of the mill
are what is known as the Montoy
property. where a large ledge show
ing values has been uncovered by ere
sion and which prospect work ha
shown 10 be well pcrmeated with tn
red metal.
Across the Tecolote river and imme
diately adjoining the San Miguel cop