Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-09-01
Closing Of Litigation in Shake
speare District Will Result
in Many improvements.
THE OUTLOOK BRIGHT
Annual Assessment Work Has Com
menced and Prosperity Smiles
Upon the Camp.
Special to New Mexican.


Lordsburg, ~ M, Aug. 31-The
American Consolidated Copper COM
pany which has been in litigation
with S. L. Bean ct al, of Ell Paso, for
the past eighteen months, is making
preparations to increase the output OF
the propedties which have been in liti-
CATION, but which have been operated
during the period OF the company. II
is understood that testimony by depo
sition, which was to have been sub
mitted to the referee at Silver City,
at a hearing on the I'd proximo, has
been delayed, and that the hearing
has been continued until the 10th
proximo, at which time the case will
be finally closed by the referee, and
report made and submitted to the
court. 1t has been unfortunate for
this community, as we'll as for the
Shakespeare district, that this differ
ence as between Bean and the COM
pany has existed The American Con
solidated Copper company has been in
a position to have developed and
greatly increased the output OF this
district, and would have done so had
it not been for the present litigation.
Since its purchase of the Atwood
property it has also acquired the Lena
mines, together with the concentratOr
built and equipped with the view OF
handling the product of these mines
1t is generally understood that the
consolidated company will install a
teaching plant. as well as a rever-
bratory furnace, whereby the pro-
ducts of both of these properties will
be handled exclusively at this place
and tre values will be reduced to
a marketable condition without de-
pending upon foreign treating plants
in any way.
The Michigan-N Mexico Copper
company, whose manager. c. r. Luton
of Grand Rapids, Mich is now here.
expects to install concentrating
plant of sufficient capacity to treat the
products of their Carbonate and Daco-
tab Belle mines. This company has
been quietly at work during the past
few months, and has, during the time
several paying bodies Of
ore, the chief values being copper In
with the concentrating
pant, the company will install 90
stamp mill to handle the grade of ore
that carries fair gold value. The
iro ri MT IN
property are also interested at
Malone, at which place they are now
putting in stamp mill for the treat
ment of their ores at that place. Man.
ager Luton expects to remain in the
Territory for several weeks.
The North American Mining COM
pany, which has been developing
in the Shakespeare district
for several months, is now prepared
% make a daily output of ore, and is
only waiting for a market, or an op-
oortunity to have their products treat
ID here If the proposed treating
plants under consideration are not of
sufficient capacity to take the surplus
products of the district, this COM
oany proposes to erect and operate its
own plant The same thing can be
said of the Gibson Development COM
)any, which owns valuable property
n the district, as well as the Shaw
Gibson Mining company also owning
adjacent to the North Amer
can Mining companys holdings.
Those who ought to be in position
o know say that the plants of the
american Consolidated Copper COM
amy will be. of sufficient capacity to
andle these products.
The annual assessment work
throughout the camp has commenced,
nd within short time mining labor
will be at premium. Bean & Good
# Ell Paso, who own number of
claims in the district, have
tated that they will have a smelter
q operation on their property within
be next six months