Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-28
MINING NEWS OF
SOUTHWESTERN
NEW MEXICO
Activity in Burro Mountain Dis
tniCt-- What Comanche Min
ing and Smelling Company
is Doing,

tSilver City E%nterprise.)
Bob Thompson principal owner and
superintendent of the Ocala Copper
mine i'm the Burros has returned from
El Paso, where he purchased a fifty
horse power boiler and hosting en-
CINE which will be installed as early
as possible. His main shaft is now
down 275 feet and it's bottom is N
rich ore, and as it o down the ore
grows richer and the indications are
that the OCala is going to be among
the most valuable copper properties
in Grant county.
COnanchc FIourlshing.
It is understood in mining circles
that the Comanche Mining and Smelt-
ing company viii very soon greatly
increase their operations in the famous
PinOs Altos district. The recent in
stallation of a new 600-ton furnace
at their smelter. was al indication that
there was something to be doing los
the big company. Their Pinos Altos
mine IS now producing a vast quantity
of very rich ore but the contemplated
increase of operations in the district
Will largely add to the output.
In the Burro mountains where the
owns valuable copper prop
critics, a great deal of assessment and
development work has been done dur
ing the past three months. Develop
ment work has been more than salts
factory and the showing made is graf
flying to the company. SO much 50,
indeed. that the company intends, ii
is reliably stated, to be ready to be-
gin mining operations on a large scale
Just as soon as the Santa Fc railroad
is constructed into the BurrO Copper
district from Whitewater and that
there will be at m early day, the COM
pJny having settled upon the route
and is now preparing for active con-
structiOn work.
The new manager, II. f. Ellard Of
the Comanche Mining and smelling
company. a cultured and most excel
lent gentleman as well as experienced
mining ma is rapidly making himself
familiar with conditions and will soon
have everything moving tremendously
and smoothly.
More Machinery.
TheAChcmung Copper company at
Tyrone has received two powerful
hosting engines and two large pumps.
The latter were sent out to Tyrone last
Wednesday and il is understood the
company will also install Immediately
a large steel concentration.
The company now has a new mining
engineer en- their Copper Flat prop
crty, r.. n. Marble, who until recently
has been assistant chief at IspheminR,
fA ~ 10 ~ a. VI ~ ~
lumhia school of Mines, and for a
young man he has much mining eN-
perience. lie and his wife may maxi
Silver city their home.
Deal l. OFF.
St Louis papers That the
sale Of the National Copper Mining
company and the Ajax Copper com
in the Burro mountains, TO the
Guggenhcims. If indeed. II Va was on,
Is off. II. q. Linchey, of ST. Louis, score
tary of the two companies. told an in
quisitive newspaper reporter that the
mines were not on the market, and
if they were, $4,000 600 would not
buy them.
II IS understood here. and it has
been the talk OF the town that the Ma
ton Copper Mining company
would soon intall "a big concentration.
Manager Mclaughlin is now in El
paso.
Shipped Silver ore.
Manuel Taylor owncr of "A rich and
valuable silver mine i'm Chloride Fiat,
a mile and a half from Silver
shipped three carloads of ore to El
Paso last Tuesday. Most of this ship
was low grade ore hut next week
ne will send 10 the III Paso smeltci
"a carload of very high grade ore for
which Mr.. Taylor's mine Is noted.
TuCumcari had the greatest pay day
Tuesday in the history of the town.
Since the division was established
there the railway pay days have been
Increased and Tuesday cNclu-
sivc of trainmen reached the hand
some figure of $4,000. This was an
Of $4,000 over the previous
pay day.