Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-04-08
Says ]. w. Bible,
Promoter from
Hanover
FUTURE VERY PROMISING
Experts Predict! Burro Noun
tain District Will Be Larg-
est Camp in Southwest.

There is great activity in the min
ing industry in the Southwestern part
of New Mexico, according to state
men made by J. w. Bible, of Hanover,
who arrived in the city yesterday to
attend the meeting of the Territorial
Bureau of immigration. He has been
engaged in mining for the past eigh-
ten years as q promoter and during
that period has been instrumental in
bringing in much capital to develop
the mines Of that section of the Terri
tory.
Mining experts who are familiar
with the situation down there are OF
the opinion that the Burro Mountain
district will in few years be the
largest copper camp in the entire
Southwest" said Mr.. Bible while
the high price of copper has stimu-
lated mining and enabled the prospec-
tors to work small enterprises at a
profit, it has also served to bring about
the investment Of large amount OF
capital for extensive and systematic
development. In every instance very
satisfactory results are being obtained.
Many Big Concerns Operating.
"There are large number OF big
mining concerns operating now in the
various districts surrounding Silver
City and they are shipping ore by the
trainload to the smelters there and
at Ell Paso. Systematic mining was
really started about year ago in that
locality and in every case where
shafts have been sunk through what Is
known as the leached ore zone, large
bodies Of sulphide ores have been en-
countered
John Brockman and the capitalists
allied with him who comprise the Bes-
mier Association have begun extern
sive development work upon their cop
per properties at Hanover. The Colo
RADIO, Fuel and Iron Company is ship
ping from 500 to COO tons of iron ore
daily from Hanover.
"The Hermosa Copper Company is
shipping large quantities Of ore to the
Silver City smelter and also to the one
at Ell Paso. There are numerous small
holdings in the district now from
which ore is being shipped due to the
advanced price Of copper.
Trainload Of Ore Daily.
I'm the Pinos Altos District a large
trainload of ore is hauled to Silver
City daily from the mines Of the Co.
manche Mining and Smelling Com
pany. The Burro Mountain Copper
Company has 250-ton mill running
daily at full capacity concentrating
the ore which is then sent to the
smelter at Silver City
Some of the other companies which
are carrying on development work and
blocking out ore there are the Tyrone
Development Company, Tyrone Mining
Company, National Copper Company,
Comanche Mining Company, and the
White Water Mining Company.
"The Santa Rita District which Is
close to Hanover, is owned by the
Amalgamated Copper Company, the
principal stockholders of which are
identied with the Standard Oil Com
pany. From five to six carloads of
high grade ore are SHIPPED daily from
these mines to the Ell Paso smelter."
Another Railroad Line.
Mr.. Bible stated that the Comanche
Mining and Smelling Company will
soon begin the construction of a line
Of railroad to its properties in the
Burro Mountains. 1t is operating
narrow gauge line now from Pinos
Altos to Silver City for the purpose OF
hauling ore from mines to smelter.
Mr.. Bible in addition to his mining
interests is president Of the Hanover
Mercantile Company and yice-presi-
dent of the Grant County Telephone
Company.