Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-09-19

" ls thought that the recent rich
geld discoveries In Gold Gufch. will
result In making In Grant county one
" the biggest gold camps IN the world.
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The Ready Fay mines ~ Sierra
county are reported looking ba.ter
than ever There is large amount
Of ote on the dumps ready for treat
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Tho owens brothers. OF Gold Gulch.
have more than carload OF ore sack
ed Tor shipment. taken from the north
end Of the owl claim, and from as.
says made it .s expected TO return
between $50 300 and $4,000
John Gardner doing some devel-
opment work on the Bertha mine near
Hillsboro. He 81 at present running
two cross-cuts 10 tap the vein. Tho
Bertha lies between the Empire and
Garfield mines He expects to open
w something good one OF these days.
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Herbert Dawson has large crew at
work on his lease on the Chino proper
ty. Santa Rita. and Is AT present work
ing south OF the old Chino shaft. He
Is making regular shlpm ats OF good
grade ore Mr.. Dawson is $50 washing
the finer ore. which he ships in the
form ~ concentrates.
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Machinery for the South Percha
mill in Sierra county is arriving. The
mill will be erected as soon as posi-
BILE The mines OF the South Percha
Gold Mining and Milling company are
looking extremely we'll, and II is ex-
pected that they will pay a good div
idend from the jump.
Henry s. Carter. who has been min.
ing in Arizona for some months past.
returned to Silver City and will re.
main there. having secured lease at
Gold Gulch Mr.. Carter was In Globe
during his last absence and reports
that the former residents OF Silver
City who are now located In that town
are, without exception, doing well and
prospecting.
The North American Mining com.
pany, which mas been developing prop
erty In the Shakespeare district for
several months. is now prepared TO
make daily output OF ore, and Is only
waiting for a market. OF an opportuni'
ty to have their products treated at
Lordsburg. II the proposed treating
plants under consideration are not
of sufficient caracity to take the sur
plus products of the district. this com
pany proposes TO erect and operate
its own plant
The American Consolidated Copper
company. Of Shakespeare. which has
been in litigation with s. l.. Bean ct
al, of El Paso, for the past eighteen
months, is making preparations to in
crease the output OF the properties
which have been in litigation. but
which have been operated during the
period by the company. II Is under
stood that testimony by deposition,
which was to have been submitted
TO the referee at Silver City. at q
hearing on the I'd proximo has been
delayed, and that the hearing has
been continued until later in the
month, at which time the case will be
finally closed by the referee. and re-
port made and submitted to the court
The Grant County Telephone com
pany decided TO extend its line from
Silver City into the camp OF Gold
Gulch which ia causing so much talk
Just now. Construction work will be
commenced AT once and il Is expected
90 have the new line in operation dur
ing the week. II is probable that the
hrst instrument will be installed Ia
the mill OF the San Jose Concentrat
ing company, which is the only frame
building in the camp at the present
time
The STANDARD mine. at Clifton. pait
its regular quarterly dividend OF fiy'
per cent on the first OF the month
This shows that the company Ia no
greatly worried by the suit for pos
session and damages recently brough
against Il. Us new aerial tramway 1
about completed. and II will now b
able to deliver its ore much cheape
than formerly. Heretofore II has ha
10 send Its ore down the mountain. o.
bsrroe, packed in sacks.
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John Gardner, OF hiilsboro, has sol
his interest in the Empire group O
mines to the KAISER Bros. At III
depth OF So feet a considerable fo'
OF water was struck in the Empir
shaft, and work has been postpone
until a steam hoist can be instituted
Water being a scarce commodity 4
this section. the water developed 1
the shaft is considered good thinl
They now have both ore and water,
Mclean & Co. completed a Soto
run OF Happy jack ore at the Andrew
mill. Sierra county. The run was NOR