Sierra County advocate., 1904-05-06
WHAT DO YOU KNOW !.
About SIERRA COUNTY. NEW MEXICO, and Its
Mines Of GOLD and SILVER, COPPER, LEAD.
IRON and cOAL.-CATTLE, SHEEP and
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.

1T Lake Valley from only three claim
there was mined In the space OF few
years and with very great proflt-oyeI
t6,00O.00O. At Hermosa and at Chic
ride there was also some very profit
able silver mining. No great fortunes
have been made yet in the gold dis
tricts, but from the PlAcers and the
Trippe. Richmond and Snake mines
very respectable sums have been mada
by lessees.
IL the decrease In silver output due
to the decline in silver. or to the ex.
haustion Of the ore bodles3 1he very
rich ore bodies. 20 far ~ known. havs
been practically exhausted. and thS
search Tor more IL greatly discontin
ued. The decline IN silver operates
against the medium grades and the
want Of proper reduction works pre-
vents the profitable working Of the In
sxha ustibls bodice Of low grade ores.
The experiments made in conceptra
tiop have not been thorough enough;
neither Wilneys, vanners or jigs are
BY themselves sufficient. In modern
mill the ore goes through 4 series Of
processes and each process viii save
from forty TO sixty per cent OF the
value In the pulp that comes to It, 80
that the tnilings finally now on with
trifling loss. In this field ther1 IL Q
Hne opening and q certain profit fol
the investment Of capital
Is The mineral feh thoroughly ex
plored. or 10 there still 4 chance for
Intelligent prospectors? There are hun.
dreds Of square miles IN the mineral
belt yet unexplored. 1t IL not likely
that the first wave Of prospectors found
all the treasures that nature has stored
In the hills. The great deposits Of sill
yer chlorides and sulphides found IN
the Bridal Chamber at Lake Valley
and In several Kingston mines have
their counterparts waiting for the
lucky man. but the hills, like the Scrip
lures. must be intelllgently searched
before they give up their treasures
The prospect0r can work all the year:
II anything. perhaps better In winter
time. Many Of the mines. also. are
open to leasing and the chances Of thus
striking rich deposits ere worth con.
sideratlon. Long time and very liher-
al leases are the rule.
What about the recent discoveries re-.
ported OF rich gold and silver tellurium
oresf They are found 30 far on one
claim on 1rujilio creek. about ssA
miles south Of Kingston. Between
10000 and $4,000 has already been
realized on sale Of ore. All this has
been In small punches Of ore close to
the sulface. Quite a number Of miners
and prospectors are going into this
.ircly ignored and beyond a little as
,essment work. nothing was done
there. Now, with ore showing uI
worth thousands Of dollars per ton, II |
Ia likely to be heard Of around the
world. On Terra Blanca creek, not
fai from these new dIscoveries, are .
aumhar OF good mines. notably the Log
aktu. \ steady producer of good ore
which brlngs from 800 to 500 pei
ton.
What copper and lead mines and de
,csits are there In Sierra county? Neaj
chloride. In the northern part Of the
'ounty. there are mines Of high grade
opper ore, which are also rich la Ill
YER. from Ave to sixty per cent. copper
md up 10 200 ounces OF silver per ton
lhe Silver Monument OF this grouI
as pro iuced something over $l00.OOO
hese mines also carry good gold val
IS. Including the Columbus. Recent
evelopments on the H0osier Boy nj
hloride. have disclosed fine con
n,ious vein Of gold bearing ore
,nlr OF which aassxs fourteen ounce
nld pcr ton. Ine Mama IL maKins
ood showing OF ore, special values
ling forty ounces gold per hon. 1h
irunnel mine IL shipper OF or
With value Of silver 20S ounces cop
er twenty-five per cent, gold $3.50
The May. also In the same district, ii
good producer Of high-Made silver
nnar ore ~ the hornite variety
there II . revival Of interest in this
district and some good prizes will be
ound In the many claims which have
,een idle since 1893. Among the many
'roperties that viii undoubtedly be
'eard from during the year is the u.
!. Treasury. In the CuchiilO range, a
ew miles 20 the east OF Chloride,
here are lime-shale contact deposits
4 lead carbonate and galena. also Of
opper pyrites, and there are possibili
les OF very great rewards Ior small
Investments In this direction. At Her
nosa, between Hillsboro and Chloride.
here 10 one II the most steadily pro-
|uctive mining camps in Few Mexico;
mall ~ yet, but with great future
10 1T Kingston, the surface has Ueen
vell prospected for silver deposits and
yer 81, ,0OO.O00 has been secured. SyS
emstic development and proper reduc-
lon works for the utilization OF lower
rads ores are now needed The low.
rsds orss are especially noticeable
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