The copper era., 1904-02-04
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NEW MEXICO NEWS


miles east of Tucumcari, on RevueltO Creek, and the widest excitement prevails in that vicinity.
 Data issued by the 5. P. shows that 2j0,O 900 people went over it's lines to California from the east last year, and only 10000 were carried from Califor- mia to the east.
 The Albuquerque Traction company has awarded the contest for three miles of rails ard ties with which to construct the Albuquerque Electric Street railway
 Railway officials are to visit Hills boro with a view Of considering the suitability of extending the Lake Valley branch to Hillsboro and per haps further into Black Range.
 Superintendent Daniels started the new concentrating mill of the Aber- deen Copper company last week. It Is believed that the plant can be kept running continuously and cOncen- trates can be shipped to the shelter.
 The Mogollon Gold and Copper com pany, operating the CoOney property, in the Mogollon mountains, is concern trating 12O tons of ore daily and six tons of concentrates is the result. The capacity Of the plant was re- gently doubled. The shaft, now down 900 feet, iis tO be, sunk urcpef.
 
 The Johnson shelter, in the Burro mountains, southeast of Silver City, will soon be an established fact. The foundation has been completed some time and the machinery should be on the ground. Ben Johnson, late of Beaumont, Texas, is erecting the shelter. Mr. Johnson will open his recent purchase. the Virginia mine, bought from L. T.. Deming.
 ]. J. Lowell came oyer to Lordsburg from Provision last week and was married by Judge McGrath. He IS white man and his wife Is colored. They returned to Teviston, where they were engaged in the restaurant busl- ness, running opposition to the es- tablishment owned by the celebrated Col. Tevis, Of Lewiston. Mrs. Lowell writes that on their return they were arrested for adultry. In defense they showed they had been married in New Mexico, but were informed that New Mexico marriage was not recognized in Arizona The Arizona authorities admitted that a New Mexico marriage was legal in all States and territories except Arizona. Mir. Lowell was sent to jail for six months, and Mrs. Lowell was fined $25.-Lberal.
 The Arizona X New Mexico road has dumped Si,OOO tons of slag and tailings off ono of the biz bridges be- tween Clifton and Guthrie, in the ef- fort to make the bridge solid road way. It intends to eventually fill up all the bridges on the mountain and have solid roadway from Clifton to Guthrie. leaving culyerts sufficiently large to carry of what water may fall. These bridges are not over streams, but are built across vallies on the side of the mountain where it was not practical to carry the road around. With the bridges built up the danger of fires and other accidents common to bridges will be eliminated. The com pany will also surface the road bed from Clifton to Hachita with these tailings, which will have the same effect as oiling the road. Neither the wind nor q passing train can raise these tailings and they will hold the dust down. Liberal.
 The copper mines owned by the santa Rita Mining company are pro- ducing upwards of thirty cars of ore monthly. The bulk of this is shipped by leasers. Messrs. w. II. Ernest and NJ. E,las, who recently secured a lease on piece of ground 3ll by POO feet. on the Aztec, having opened up one of the largest copper bodies yet encOun- tered in the santa Rita property. The sorted ore gives net shelter returns of from 20 to 65 per cent. copper. It is native copper and red oxide mixed with considerable silica. The ore now extracted comes from a depth of loo feet. occurring in an ore shoot about twenty feet in width and of uneX- plotted length. Several shafts have been sunk on this ore body and a deeper shaft will be started to the east on the pitch Of the vein. A ten horse power steam hoist is being installed for the sinking of the new shaft, as well as to facilitate the hoisting of the ore which is being broken fas ter than it can be raised by the whim now in use. With the steam hoistiug plant the leasers expect to maintain regular monthly shipments of at least fifteen cars of this sorted high-grade ore. A drift at the bottom of the lOO-foot shaft is in progress to connect with the Romero lease for air. Several other sets Of leasers are shipping ore that runs from 70 to 90 per cent, mostly native copper. Mir. James Deegau has taken a lease on the old mill tailings which are run through the company mill. These tailings carry about per cent. copper and are to 2j per CeEt. product. The company is prosecuting develop ment work through three shafts and mining ore in a half dozen different drifts. The mill Is not in steady opera