Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-13
Mines AND Minerals.


faaisow Daily oese: The cut
tnnasa whseh u being aEisea by
Messsx. Reynoaas at spaess 10 tap the
- LaEAag rim, ~ o depfh Of some'
thaHg oyer swn hamanad teet, is stead
ILL., xpaaw ahead unaeF the supervision
Ut j. A. nmFaamgtom- TIE present
lessea# expmet 10 ems q rim nj copper
witch Shove In tn ho&snaa of the old
khafs Mt a aepRh a shout "a hundred
mna forty fri amiow the surface. The
Iorang il 0ne NJ the old prospects
witch 49, worked gears ago The lead
Lead h . good strong one and some
very fine ore 80 takea out. but trans
rsnFaasIon was very expensive In the
7ufs snd sos, making u impossible
% work this property and ship the
ore at q profit. With present facili.
tics II Is believed ths. not only the
I4artng. hut many other of the old time
prospects Tan be profltabiy develop"
-. This property IL leased By Mr..
jefferson Reynolds and Hon, chas.
A. spaess from the Butler heirs.
Vicente r. Martinez In ready 90 re-
slime work On the guild claim which be-
discovered last spring. This property
IN near the LoEang shaft and about
me and one~half miles northeast from
the aown of Rociada. This property
In also leased from the Butler heirs,
who own about ninety per cent OF the
Mora grant Hon. chas. A. Spiess.
Hon. o. A. LaFraxolo. Vicente y. Mar
tinex and a Mexican (from Old Mex
icoD whose name II not known 90 the
writer are the i~essees This prospect
shows very well In gold and silver AT
about eight feet from the surface. the
assays average about ten dollars In
gold aud about four dollars In silver.
The superintendent informs us that
they expect 10 sink about fifty feet
Just at present and II the values In
crease, rs they should In depth. the
mine will be equipped with necessary
machinery and a suitable force Of min
erE put 10 work for the development
OF this property. which We sincerely
hope will become one Of R0ctada's
best shippers.
The New Hope" mine. being work
cd by Hon. q. II, Hadiey. John M. Kei'
ley and Geo. 4. Beatty. which In being
rrosscut at a depth Of one hundred
md twenty feet. shows q rim Of ore
which appears to be Of very good quail.
NY. The extent Of this ore Is not yet
known on account OF the hardness Of
the rock the miners have not cut
through all the ore. but we hope In our
next article TO be able to furnish all
the particulars and trust that the new
find will prove a bonanza for its OWN
ers. This mine. together with the
Good Hope" are on government land
In the peeos river forest reserve
about three miles north Of Rociada.
These claims also were worked In the
early days and some Of the ore taken
from them ran very high In gold and
silver. We believe assay ran one
hundred aud twenty.seven dollars In
gold alone. The amount OF silver In
this assay 10 not known TO the writer,
These claims belonged formerly and
were worked by Mr.. Richard Dunn.
who abandoned them about twenty
years ago. They have since been To-
Gated and worked sparseiy by a mum
Der Of prospeetors at different times
but the actual development has been
done by the three gentlemen who own
them ut the present time. II the new
ore body proves to be OF good value
and extent, we hope In the near future
10 see the smoke stacks Of a reduction
plant pouring Its black smoke to the
skies and large quantities OF bullion
into Uncle Sans vaults, leaving plen'
ty of greenbacks In the pockets Of
their owners.
Now II vi are going to work mines
In this part OF the country w must
have roads over which to haul sup
plies and produce. The roads In gen.
eral are In bad enough condition, but
there r places which are utterly I'm.
p~assahle: one of these Is at penasco
Blanco, Just after passing the house OF
N. Segura on the road to Mora, II IL a
mud hole about sixty feet long and the
full width Of the Jane, We do not
know how deep II Ii and from its sup
CRITICAL appearance decided not to In
vestIgate fearing We might turn up
IN the other side of the earth while
We had urgent business at home SC
through the kindness of MIR. Segura
who has opened his field TO allow trav
elers a passage around this bottomless
pit. we came through the fence. We
believe that this piece Of road is I'm
der supervision OF Mr.. Pedro Domin
guez and would request him to have
Il fixed. Correspondent.
The Graphic mine In the M~agdaiena
mining district Is now employing sixt,
men and II Ia expected that the force