Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-30
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mission company purchased about B.
y head of ones, twos n threes
from Silver City stockmen for May
delivery; the cattle will be delivered
at iuhat poine Thd prgcAs varid1
from $14, SIT and $50 to $14.50, $3.50
and $40. so.
The Pines Cottage company, recent
ly incorporated among prominent cit
liens of Silver City for the purpose of
establishing a tent city on the Par
ker ranch in the Burros, have receiv-
ed SO many applications for tent room
that they have decided to build ten
tent cottages at once and the struct-
urs are now going on.
Thomas COsgrOve, a well known
mine owner of Mogollon, died in that
camp. Mr.. Cosgrove was 65 ear
of g and had been in the Mogollon
section for the last twenty years.
During that time he acquired several
good mining claims, one of which he
sold for a good price last year.
The contract for plumbing material
and labor for the government at Fort
Defiance. Ariz-, has been awarded to
Whitney company, of Albuquerque, n.
NJ This contract covers in the neigh
borhood of from twenty to thirty car
loads of material, and will give en-
ployment to a very large force of men
for the balance of the year.
r.. l.. Powell has completed the sur
vey for patent Of the M~ichigan-New
Mexico mines south of L~ordsburg and
is now making the preliminary sur
vey Of the Aberdeen group. The
Aberdeen company expects to patent
all the property on which a sufficient
mount OF work has been done
Santa Rita will celebrate the Fourth
of July. Ii will give rent to its pat
riotism in an affair that will cause
the oldest citizen of that camp to
gaze in astonishment and wonder.
Such is the announcement that comes
from the liveliest camp in New Mex
leo and that the miners and citizens
y will keep their word good. only those
who attended the celebration two
years ago. know.
Col. j. w. Fleming, of Silver Ciy,
who is looking after the Silver City
enc of the deal, pending between the
Comanche Mining n MilliE com
pany of Milwaukee,, and the hSarsts,
for the sale of the smelter, announces
that the sale has been completed,
a payment made and that, with the
exception OF a few details, the plan
has passed int IL hands of the Mi,
waukee concern.. Ifr. Fleming says
that the company contemplate put
ting in c~onverters tc refine the ore
and other necessary machinery which
will make it an up to date reduction
plant.
G. C. Cater with a posse Of of
fcials passed through White Oaks,
following a party of horse thieves
chased out of B%ernalillo county where
they had stolen three large mules n
one horse and a new Balm wagon, all
the property of Gather & Co, con
tractors on the Santa re Central.
Warrants were sworn out before
justice Tompkins OF thai precinct and
the hunt continued. The parties pass
ed through White Oaks the last OF
last week and when last heard of
were in Captain. Sheriff Owen came
down the Rock Island from Corona
Tuesday morn NJ and is now after
them.
Territorial Treasurer j. Fl. Vaughn
has received from A. A. Keen, land
commissioners. 1000 to be credited
to the capitol custodian committee
fund. or this sum $500 was paid by
the United States government
through Territorial Secretary Ray
: nolds, for the rent of the halls of the
house of representatives and the
council chamber for the ecent 5eS-
sion of the legislature: n 5000 vas
collected by Solicitor General Bart
lett. 1t was an old claim against the
Denver & Rio Grande railway COM
pany for an amoun Overpaid on
freight when the present capitol was
Under construction.
S. Nj. Chase of L%ordsburg was up
to the Arizona & New Mexico depot
with the store delivery wagon. He
~ G~n ~ ID nxrrr
by's house northwest of town. The
men at the depot jumped into the
delivery wager and drove to the fire.
They fognd the chicken house and
buggy sSed in flames, and went to
work setting the buggy out. Mr..
Ownry came out of he house to see
what the visitors were up to, and
Their for the first time found his prop
erty was on fire. The fire was seen
from town and J. A. Leahy threw a
nest of pals into his delivery wagon,
picked up some men and started to
the fire. The buckets came in handy
and the men were able to carry
enough water to ~extinguish the flames.
The loss amounted to O a hun
dred dollars.
A Mexican reported to Judge Nc
Glrath .of aOrdsburg that a valise
WdS lyluE OH the VI L VI thS
ice plant down there. Since Madra-
ne Chavarria and Herrera were taken
to oliver City because they had in
their possession some stolen goods
many of the Mexicans are averse to
even finding" things Judge Nc,
Grath sent dow after the valise. 1t
was found to be a new one with per-
sonal belongings such as clothes. pict-
ures. letters. mining locations for
properties in Colorado, all, belonging
to Harry Lee. II did not have the
appearance of having been robbed.
There was no wagon track where 1t
was found. 1t did not have the ap-
pearance of having been out in the
rain of Tuesday night. At h pres
ent writing Judge McGrath has not
been able to locate Harry Lee
DIR. Sinclair, president of the Inter
national gold and silver mining COM
pany. Of Lordsburg. shipped a thous-
and pounds of ore to Henry r. Wood
& the Denver assayers. for
investigating as to the value and pro-
per mode Of working. This ore is
the ordinary low grade ore OF the
mines at Malone. of which tAcre is
an abundance in sight. The doctor
did not bother with the high grade
ore. III he can work the low grade
ore to an advantage the high grade
ore will take care of itself. On analy-
sis the ore was found to contain gold,
silver. copper and lead. There was
too much copper in it to permit its
being worked by the cyanide process
1t did not amalgamate successfully,
only ten percent of the gold was
saved. 1t was hen put through the
concentrators. but this did not prove
a successful process, as only twenty
two per cent of the vaues was saved,
but it wasfound that the Concentrations