Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-02-24
THE MINES OF
GRANT COUNTY
In a FIOurishine Condition.
Silver City to Have a
New SmeIief.
BURRO MOUNTAIN OIsTRCT BUSY


FaYctte A. Ienos. tho mining "a,
pert. returned 10 this city today after
an extended visit 10 the mlnlng dlr.
lflcts On Grant couhty and southwest
New Mexico
n am nugief now" said Mr. Jones.
90 q reporter Cor The EveninE Cltl.
son, tdan Z have been since my ar.
rival 10 iho territory. Letters and cor.
rvapondenco are awaiting my perusai
thu viii iako me and two pretty
aienoGraphefa week 90 read and az
suor.
"Durlag ms trip I visited tho Grant
county miuing camps. Mining mat.
tcYa are in q more huurlehlnH condl.
ilon there than ever before On che min.
Ing history oi Now Moxic0. The Last
Chance mine, one of tho original go.
YER mines that has been shut down
Tor yearH. la again being worked, and
about two car loads OF silver ore are
being shipped out weekly Al sfoln'a
Pass n new rich strike has hccn maze
Ia the old Beck mine the property
Of the National Gold aud silver Min.
Ing company Il IA very rich silver
ore and one that d bound 80 make ita
owners lots OF money.
"sliver City. which I visited, ~ en-
loying great activity; not a bOOEi.
just a steady healthy growth. as a ~.
anlt of the operations and Improve.
mcnig that are contemplated The
trnmway that IN being built By the
Comeuche Mining and Milling com.
pany between silver City and pinog
Altos is nearly completed, and when
finished will AFFORD an outlet for the
low grade ores nov being mined al
zhS rinua Altos mines, and whleh
heretofore did nOt pas for tho work.
ing, owing Go the fact that % trans.
port the ore % q gmeltor was worth
more than the results Justified
This same company ia erecting q
250ton copper stack at Silver CRY
that viii bc completed in about thirty
days for the smelling 0f copper ores.
The company "a also building q branch
trumWny 90 tha nurrD Moantain d..
irlci from Silver City The Burfn
Aountain Copper company % mining
and concentrating about 300 TONS OF
copper poe day. which a D. now ship
ping io El pnso ameltefa awaiting no
tlmo when the Silver city amolior will
~ completed
'The turQuole mluoa in thin dis
trict are On fnli blarf. and SOME beau.
tiiul stones are being mined The AZ.
ufO Turquoise c0mpauy is running at
inll capacity and the p0rlcrdeld com
pnuy which operates tho Jim Iur
qu0igo a ceuner c0mpany's mines. d
working full blast Mr pOrterneld. OF
this company "a iae gentleman who
had charge OF Nov Moxic0'a mineral
exhibit ai the recent Worlds fair at
80, llouia This company recently
sent Mrs. NlcholaH ionWWurth. non AZ.
ice Roosevelt beautiful turquoise
stone es a wedding gifi. 0hich was
highly appreciated hy the recipient
"Tho copper deposits in ihn nuro
Mountain mining district are simply
eroat. and this district D. tbe coming
copper camp ~ New Mexico. and Is
destined 20 he greater than the Clifton
and Morouci camps m Arizona They
have opcaod up a ledge az copper
there. and several enormous bodice ni
me ere that are several hundred feet
ln width. and goodnoHs knows. how
l1ng. 10 Viii be- "a hummer some day
IN the near fn'ure
Mining operations an over Che ter.
rllory Arc ln a better condition aud
moro hnuHGhlnr than ever before in
lho history of fhe Industry in Noa
MeNico, and an mining people are
Feeling GOOD az a result The outlook
Wan ncFtr brighter az any ume, and
With eastern capital getting Interested
in the same. New MgHico ia bound 30
develop in che course 0f time iuio one
.oi the greatest mineral producing ter
riior'es. of rather. states in ihe Amer.
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