Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-20
To Be Operated on Large
ScaleWith Improved
Machinery
RECORD RUNS INTO
MILLIONS OF OUNCES
Gold Placers Also Being Oper-
ated by Local Capital
in Sonora

cluded in Los Angeles Is classed the
sale Of Minas Nuevas by f. L. Botsford
Of f. l.. Botsford & Co. and A. J.
Yaeger Of Los Angeles to w. s. Cranz
OF Nogales, Ariz., for a reported price
Of s2OO,oOO While Mr.. Cranz is a large
owner in the mine by this purchase,
yet Botsford and Yaeger have retained
an interest in the property.
The Minas Nuevos .(new mines in
English) lie in the state of Sonora,
Mexico. The name seems peculiar as
the property was first worked in 1895
and the Appropriateness may not be
Immediately appreciated. But the
mines were new in 1896, while two other
notable mines Of the same lode we're
then three-quarters of a century old
OF these neighboring mines the oldest
is the Promohtorio, discovered In 1920
and still productive. To the north of
them lies the still more famous Quin-
terra mine, which has been worked al
most continuously from the time of its
discovery, has had an output of many
millions Of dollars, and still produces,
1t is creditably reported, from 100000 to
100000 OF fine silver annually. About
eighteen years ago this mine became
the property of a French syndicate, in
which the Egyptian bank was
interested.
TO the north Of the Quintera are the
Minas Nuevas, that for many years
were held and worked by the Garcia
family, and purchased by a German
syndicate about thirty years ago, were
operated with great profit, Within a
single year the net returns were more
than 100000.
The remarkable richness of the mine
is shown by its large yield, in spite Of
the crudest and most primitive proc
esses of working it.
Recently Allan T. Bird, the editor
of the. Nogales Oasis, weekly news
paper, made a tour through Sonora,
and in the following quaint fashion
describes the manner of operating an
Antigua mine:
"The hoists are Of an old and OBJ
solete pattern and sadly in need of
repair. Upon one of the engines some
OF the bolts to fasten the cover of the
steam chest were gone and had been
replaced by wooden pins. The cables
were sadly worn, spliced in numerous
places and bristling with the ends of
broken strands Of wire. Being Sunday
there was no work going on except
at the cupelling furnace, and I was
denied the fun of seeing the hoist in
operation. Mr.. Yeager told me that
when 1t is running and there is load
to hoist, the engineer starts the ma
chinery and runs outside, fearing some
breakage which may endanger his life.
The engine groans and creaks, the gall
lows frame shakes and rattles, and
the frazzled cable whips about like a
loose shroud in gale; and when the
great rawhide bucket with its load of
ore or water comes above the collar of
the shaft the engineer runs inside the
building and stops the engine.
Notwithstanding these antiquated
and dilapidated appliances, thousands
of tons of ore have been shipped
abroad, while the mint records at Ala
mos show that an average annual out-
put of 250,00O ounces of refined silver
has been sold to the government dur
ing a period of eighteen years"
Under the present management the
newest and most efficient machinery
will be promptly installed, and a period
of productiveness even greater than
that of any period of the past may
raa son a nIU ha axrla0tad
More .Angeleno Capital
Another property in Sonora worked
by Los Angeles and Kansas City capi-
tai Is that below the Golden Rule
ground, handled by the Sonora Gold
Placer Mining company. This COM
pany has made active progress dur
ing the year in preparing bitches.
sluice boxes and equipment to begin
working the gold from the large de-
posit controlled. This work Is now
being done under the guidance Of r. D.
Hughey of Kansas City. who is general
manager, and j. w. Morse Of Los An
geles. who is superintendent.
Los Angeles Women Mine
About twenty miles to the south of
Searchlight, New. stands out promi-
nently the Newburg mountains. The
building of the railroad from Ibex to-
Searchlight will lend anrimpetus to the
development of properties in that To-
cality The general formation is gran
ite and porphyry, indicating the min
erals to be found in contact lodges.
In the late months of 1904 the Old Ro-
man Mining and Milling company Of
Los Angeles was organized and took
over a group of eight claims and mill
site among the foothills of these noun
talns and at once began development.
The main ledge, about 70 feet In width.
trends east and west and is crossed at
intervals by dikes. on the hanging
wall Of this ledge is a four-foot vein
Of quartz carrying values in bromide
Of silver. native silver, ruby silver and
gold easily averaging nearly sa5 to the
ton. Sample assays have given values
of 400 ounces silver and up TO $40 in
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