Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-05-04
Strike of Fabulous Richness
is Made in BuTrO Noun
tain District.
DEPOSITS EXCEL THOSE
OF THE FAMOUS CANANtA
Camps of Leopold and Tyrone are
Growing Like Mushrooms as
Result of Discoveries.

The fabulously rich strike Of cop
per ore last week in the Burro noun
tain mining district means unlimited
wealth, not only for Grant county
but to the whole territory as well.
The wealth of ore III this district IS
greater than that of the Col. Greene
companys holdings "a Arizona or Of
the riches of the Cananea district of
the Republic of Mexico" said Alex
McGregor "a Shriner from Grant
county, who had just visited the
BurrO mountain copper mines before
coming to Albuquerque.
The mines have been worked In a
half-hearted manner for the past four
year. continued Mr.. MacGregor, but
not till a few days ago did the real
and mammoth possibilities of the re-
gion become evident The truth IS
amazing, A number of shafts, some
over 500 feet deep, have been sunk by
different owners and already the ship
ment of ore Is assuming great proper
tons The st. Louis mine, one Of
the richest, though as yet only be-
ginning to be developed, is shipping
ore TO the stamp mills every day, All
the ore in the region Is concentrated.
The Phelps-DOdge company and the
Calumet x Arizona company, the lat
ter having Senator Clark as a stock
holder, both have acquired large min
ing interests here. Work is being
pushed to the limit in the diggings,
and concentrate is leaving the stamp
mills in great quantities, one mill
alone having a daily capacity of $50
tons. The ore is hauled to Silver
City and transported by rail to Pu-
eblO, Colo, and FL Paso, principally.
A route for a branch of the Santa Fe
railroad has been surveyed and is
now under construction The
branch will connect with whitewater
and will greatly facilitate ore ship
ment
"A population Of over 1000 is sup
ported by the mining operations in
the district. The towns of Leopold
and Tyrone are in a fiourishlng con-
dition and destined to be world-fa-
NOUS as mining camps.
I'm regard to the st. Louis mine
where the recent rich strike, which
is causing 50 much excitement, was
made, 1 feel no hesitancy in saying
that the future Development of the
property will cause the map Of New
Mexico to change materially. New
towns will spring up, immigration
will set In, and the benefits of the
new wealth will be far-reaching. One
shaft of the st. Louis mine, now at a
depth of 500 feet, cut through a cop
per vein 127 feet thick. Cross-cut
tunnels drifted $50 feet in four direc-
tions into the lode have not yet en-
countered the walls Of the fissure, A
width of 800 feet in this vein has al
ready been found and this is by no
means the full extent. To what
length the vein extends cannot now
be even guessed-perhaps the next
generation will have the privilege Of
determining that.
THE ore in the Burro mountain
district is low grade as a rule-run-
ming from 4 to 40 per cent copper
but the enormous size Of the ore de-
posits warrants the assertion that this
district will be the greatest copper
producing camp In the world. We
have the uantity-unlimited guam
tity. What more can New Mexico
ask2"