Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-08-08
SANTA FE, N. M. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5. 1906
THE GOLD COIN"
A PRODUCER
Well Known Property in Golden
Mining District Again to the
Front.

Special to the New Mexican.
San Pedro, N. NJ, Aug. S.--Ten
hundred and some odd dollars from
seventeen hundred pounds of selected
ore, and six hundred dollars from
nine tons of lower grade ore, is the
result of mill runs, just completed, of
ore from the Gold Coin mine. Above
sixteen hundred dollars from less
than ten tons OF ore is very gratifying
to the owners and to the superintend-
ent in charge Of the work.
The Gold Coin mine lies at the head
of San Lazarus gulch, near San Pedro,
adjoining the Gold Standard mine, and
gives promise Of being gold produ-
Ger equal to the sanguine expectations
held by the former owners Of that not
ed property. The gold is remarkably
free and is mostly caught in the
Huntington mill, rather than on the
plates and is very coarse.
What would count as approximately
200 feet of work has been done on the
claim, including twenty-foot shaft;
the shaft, however, does not prospect
as well as other parts of the work
ings. An open cut was started on the
vein, which, 1t was supposed, would
soon change itself to tunnel, but the
vein proved so rich that everything
was stopped out to the open above,
leaving the cut ABOUT thirty feet deep
at the breast and sixty feet into the
hill Future work may be done in the
same manner, or may be all under
cover This will be governed by the
values, but if what Is hereafter en-
countered is as rich as that already
taken out, 1t Is a safe conjecture that
stopping will be carried up to grass
roots.
The vein Is from one inch to three
inches wide and has good values wher-
ever exposed, IT is widening some
what as it goes into the hill and shows
no indication Of splitting up into
stringers, so that there are no side is
sues to distract attention, the thing
to do being to follow the well defined
lead.
The property is principally owned
by William Schoen and Sherman
Brown, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
though it is held in part by Messrs.
Brooks, Otero and Strickler, of Albu-
querque, the albuquerque parties hav-
ing leased their undivided portion of
the claim to Messrs. Schoen and
Brown. The local manager Is N. ].
Strumquist, of San Pedro, who has
had complete charge of all the work
ever done on the claim, which, how
ever, does not carry back beyond the
past three montlJ5 A little more
than two months ago a first mill run
was made on ore from the claim, the
result of which was not made public,
but continuation of the work would
go to indicate it was satisfactory.
B. A. Staatz, the well known min
ing engineer and metallurgist, repre-
senting the Albuquerque owners, had
charge of both mill runs, which were
made in the Huntington mill of the
Sunny Slope Mining Company, a short
distance down the gulch from the
Gold Coin.
j. W. Templeton is experimenting
with a new gold saver, also in the
San Lazarus gulcb. Mr.. Templeton
operated in mining near Dolores, sew
enteen years ago and claims to be
the originator of the dry washer
which is in common use in this locali-
| ty. The machine he now has with
him is of twenty tons capacity, may
be worked either by hand or power
either wet or dry, though preferably
with small amount of water. A cen.
trifugal motion is used in saving the
gold. 1t appears to be a success.
The Gold Bullion Company, near
Golden, is not running its big placer
plant at this time. This is new
machine, the first of it's kind, and, as
was anticipated, some minor changes
have to be made and are now under
way. The work already done has
shown better results than was expect
ed and as soon as possible the com
pany will commence operations with
two shifts. A complete electric light
plant will be installed for night work.
William Lofnck has small force
of men opening up some mining
claims in the South Mountains.
| A. N. Harp made a mill run last
week of ore from the Sunny Slope
(San Lazarus) mine, upon portion of
which he has lease.