Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-01
MINES AND MINING

MINLO HNU MINlNu
The Silver City Independent give
the following account OF conditions II
Grant county, where Of late mining ac
tiyity has been unusual and many ricf
strikes have been made;
Gold Ouch.
The past week has been one OF pro
gress In the new gold camp Of Gold
Gulch. Several new operations have
been gotten under way, highly en-
~couraging indications have been found
In several OF the workings, and the out,
look for a permanent and prosperous
camp Is growing brighter with each
succeeding day. There are now about
seventy.hve men there. A boarding
house has been opened, a petition for
the establishment Of q ~postoflce IL be-
ing numerously signed, and before
cold weather sets In Gold Gulch win
be d fiourishing little town.
The Owl mine. on which the first
discovery was made. continues 70 be
the principal operation. The owners
are employing q force Of about twenty.
ive men and are pushing work on both
shafts--drifting In the north and sink
Ing In the south. The ore Is holding
out with depth, and Is being taken out
and sacked for shipment. Returns
were received during the week from
the first carload taken out under the
Owens lease. It Is neited about $4,000
or over 32s5 TO the ton. The ore now
being taken out Is fully as good Ms the
flst lot, and q fortune for the lucky
owners seems almost a certainty.
Gibson and Easton. who have q
lease on the Lucky Bill, have their
shaft down ninety.ive feet and have
an sinch streak OF ore which averages
500 to the ton. George Easton. who
IL In charge. Ii following the lead and
expects to 20 down TO the depth Of
about 200 feet before commencing to
ship.
George d. Bowman secured a lease
on the same mine last week aud start.
ed to work Immediately adjoining the
Gibson and Easton work. He is down
fifteen feet and already has a good
sized streak Of the same kind OF ore
that is being found throughout the
lead.
westiake. Goodell and Mcpherson
have their shaft on the Lucky Bill
down to a depth ow thirty-iye feet,
and have q streak OF ore averaging
ten TO twelve inches.
As good a showing as there Is In the
camp Is TO be seer on the Carter and
Hodge lease on the Lucky Bill. Work
was only started a few days ago. and
within twelve feet Of the surface they
have opened a rich streak. In which
the free gold can be plainly seen.
The Gold Guich Mining company.
the FL Paso people who recently pur,
chased the Pactolus and six other
claims from Sanders and Cornell. got
their work started in first rate shape
during the week, and have put George
A. Easton, a thoroughly experienced
miner. IN charge. The frst thing
which Is being done is TO get the
water out Of the old shaft on the Pac.
tolus. which has been sunk forty feet
The boiler has been put In position
and the shaft viii at once be put down
an additional sixty feet. A steam hoist
Is also being placed IN the property
The Pactolus has n eoinch lead on
the same vein from which the rich ore
was taken on the Owl. and Is In shape
70 pay from the very beginning About
ten men are being employed,
Thompson and Copp have their
shaft down a distance OF forty foe,
and have a first class showing.
Work is being prosecuted on the
James property. which Is located up
the Guich. about half a mile above
the mill. II consists Of sinking a
shaft.
The hills about the camp are full Of
prospectors and locations are being
made every day.
A petition is being circulated asking
for the establishment Of q postoficc
10 be known as Gold Gulch The pc
tition has been numerously signed. and
II the request is granted by the depart.