Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-08-09

"All the surrounding camps are in
an active, healthy, growing condition.
The Comanche Company is employ
ing a large force of men in their
Pinos Altos mines and that camp is
coming again to b in most crafty
ing manner. tn Hermosa Company
is keeping things humming at Hanover
and FierrG and should they buy the
Santa Ria properties, as is at pres
ent rumored, the building of another
large smelter in Grant County would
be the natural outcome of such sale,
in order to handle the ores from the
Santa Rita and Hanover mines. AT
present the company is concentrating
all their work on the Ivanhoe Treas
,rer VaIsr and Humboldt mines.
&C. J. Laughren, of the Comanche
Company's smelter at Silver City, re-
Gently closed contract for handling
some fifteen thousand tons of ore on
the dump at the Ivanhoe mine. The
same plant is also handling the out.
put of the Hanover mine at Fierro
which is under lease to C. P. Cramer
and j. B. Gilcrist, and are getting out
fine looking copper ore. The two hun.
dred and fifty ton furnace of the plant
Is now in steady operation and barring
unforeseen accidents, will remain in
constant operation as there is enough
ore being shipped in, together with
what is being hauled over the com.
pany's narrow gauge line from Pinos
Altos, to keep the furnace busy for
many months, or even years to come
The other two furnaces will be blown
in as soon as the Pinos Altos mines
are put in condition to increase their
output. The company has the stakes
set for the narrow gauge line to the
Burro Mountains and it is understood
contracts for the grading will be lei
shortly.
"The Mogollon Mountains are alive
with prospectors, while every few
days, mining engineers pass through
Silver City, on their way to examine
some property. A large deal is nov
on for the sale of one of the promis
ing properties of the district to east
ern investors and which, think, M
doubt has been consummated by thi!
time.
"a rich strike of gold ore was made
several days ago in the Deadwood
claim by Messrs. Weatherhead ant
Cleveland, which has created consid
arabic excitement in that district. The
Deadwood is on the same vein as the
famous Last Chance mine which has
proved a bonanza to it's owner Earn
est Craig. Silver City is the natural
gateway to this great district and il
is to be sincerely hoped that railway
connections with that point will be es
tablished before the district is ire
vocably lost by the building of the
proposed Durango route to Cliftor
Arizona.
All Favor Joint Statehood.
Statehood? Well, everybody seem
to be Of one opinion on that point
down in that section, so the question
really exacts very little interest Of
discussion. The people believe tha
voting for joint statehood, they will be
doing the wisest thing AMI placing
themselves on the side Of progress
and advancement and there the argu
ment ends. Those who are in posi-
tion to learn the sentiment of the com
munity in that respect declare thai
from eighty to ninety per cent of tn
votes cast in Grant County next Nc
vember will be for jointure. At any
rate, the county can be depended up
on to do her full share in the matter
as it demonstrated upon previous oc
casion, some sixteen years ago wher
single statehood was voted upon ant
only two counties in the Territory re
corded majorities for it, they being,
believe, Grant and Valencia Cour
ties"