Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-14
SILVER CELL MINE.
A New Mexico Producer Of Pure Silver
to be Sold to Eastern
Parties.

A New Mexico Producer Of Pure Silver
to be Sold to Eastern
Parties.
; From the Silver City Independent.
Pinos Altos again comes t the front
| with Of the largest sales of the
year In that of the Dimmick brothers
Silver Cell mine.
The total amount to be paid Is 300
600. the purchasers being the Shamrock
Mining, Milling and Smelling company,
the sale having been made through M.
w. Porterfield of this city. A substan-
tial payment down has already been
made and work will Immediately be
commenced by the purchasers. The
Silver Cell group comprises the Man
gus. Black TERROR, Wedge, Keystone.
Climax and Silver Cell claims. The
Silver Cell is by far the best developed
of the six, and it Is or this property
that the greatest portion of work has
been done.
A little more than twelve years ago
the Dimmick brothers, who were
gagged in ranching and the cattle busi-
ness q few miles from Pinos Altos, dis
covered the above mentioned mines
In an accidental way while engaged in
their usual business. Upon thorough
examination the mine proved to be
the greatest deposit of almost pure
silver that has been discovered in
the west. In 1893 the Dimmick broth
ers had specimens taken from their
property on exhibition at the Worlds
fair at Chicago, and persons interested
in mines who saw this specimen could
hardly believe their own eyes because
Of its richness. The discoveries of tho
( mine did o desire to sell it, but pre-
pared to. work it in a small way. In
1897 they decided to endeavor to place
the property and bonded 1t for $3.50
900. The party here VINO had charge
of the sale sem a piece about six
by eight by six inches east. which,
when melted, produced over $3.50 ! n
! silver. This specimen vas taken from
neal the surface of the mine, but de-
velopment work to a depth of 200
feet vertically showed a continuous
body of ore to the bottom of the shaft
ol almost the same richness. Capital
at once became interested and the ne
gotiations resulting in the sale of the
property for a quarter OF q million dol
lars was Immediately commenced by
eastern parties. Mining experts of
Colorado were sent to examine and re-
port on the property, the mines prov
ing to be even better than represented
in the whole transaction. The price
paid for the property was considered
reasonable and the purchasers were
fortunate in getting such low figures.
the new owners, drifts having already
been run from the 100-foot and 200-foot
levels, showing the ore body to contin-
ne laterally as far as opened and to be
of the same fine character and rich
ness. While capital lasted the mine
flourished and would have continued
to do SO under proper management.
To gain an idea of the richness Of the
mine 1t has only to be recalled hat
while working in 1899 the Dimmick
brothers melted a great deal of the
ore with a small amount of lead in a
cupelling furnace, and the lead being
volatalized, the silver was taken out
in planchas, which were $50 to $50
fine. An immense body Of such ore
was in sight at the time.
For the last two years the Dimmick
brothers have been steadily at work
producing silver bars. The work will
now go on under the new management
on a much more extensive scale. A
number of men will be Immediately
Put to york on the mines, and the num-
Der Of such increased as the time goes
on. Several old time miners have been
summoned to Pinos Altos by telegram
to go to work on the property and are
expected DON
There is no doubt but that these
mines, as development and work pro-
crosses, will meet the most sanguine
expectations Of the owners and will
prove to be one of the largest mining
propositions in the southwest.
pArrl IL COMING.