Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-28
TWO MILLIONS AND
A HALF Of ORE At
sTEEPLE ROCK
Believed Cyanide Process Win
Restore Prosperity of Rich
Grant County Camp and Add
Millions to Production.
(slIver city Independents

(Silver City independently
Recent developments in the Steeple
Rock district warrant the predictions
which have been made from time to
time. Nearly a quarter of a century
has elapsed since the suspension of
work on the Carlisle mine, one of the
greatest gold and silver mines on the
continent in point of wealth and aver
age value of the ore contents of this
great vein. From the discovery to
date the actual product of the Car
Isle mine falls but little short of $3,-
SOC. 000 in gold and silver. The most
Of this was obtained from surface or
oxidized ores. These values becom-
ing exhausted. the ores of the sui
phide zone were too refractory to be
treated by the old stamp and amalga-
nation methods in vogue in 81. 2, 3
and 4, and as a natural consequence
the values contained in the ores were
lost, the management evidently pre-
ferring champagne dinners and other
accessories to devoting their timS and
energies to the economical manage
ment and direction of the vast min
the enterprise trustful stockholders
had eonfieded to their care. The re-
suit, the reader will ask, is simply
this. that practically considered the
property has remained inactive for
twenty-five years, and yet a little time
VIII be required to unwater, make the
necessary repairs which long contin-
ued suspension creates, before the
200 vertical feet of ore exposed in
the lower workings Of the Carlisle
mine can be profitably utilized. Tina
this will be accomplished in the near
future Is an assured fact; and through
the immense values which the mine
produced ii became a exposure, to
which the eyes of the mining world
were directed, and the values of othef
veins In this extensive mining dis
trict were for a time lost sight of.
Modern methods for the treatment of
the ores of the district as yet have
not been introduced and in his con-
nection II may be noted-and that too
without fear OF successful contradict
ion. that the Introduction of the CIV
anide method of extracting the gold
and silver contained in the ores will
revolutionize the mining industry OF
Steeple Mining district, and add mil
lion In gold and silver to the annual
output of Grant county. Aside from
the product of the Carlisle mine (s3,-
500,O00), Steeple Rock district has
added 81, 500. 600 i'm gold and silver to
the wealth of the world, and with So
500, eco to its credit. the chief indus
try-mining-in its infancy. The
above statement is obtained from I'M
questionable sources. THE sL500.0 900
is the product of no less than fifty
different mining claims in the immc-
date vicinity of the Carlisle mine
The most prominent mines OF the
neigh Oornood are the Laura, jim
Grow, Imperial. Alabama, Furnace.
COLA GnfEa NnNs Xaap ne Tfft .aVnt,
limo. Summit, Bellall. Nugget. Daven-
port, Mcdonald. Mod~derfontein.,
Wernher. Belt. East Carlisle. Gold
King. Big Four, Pay Car and Link
the Delmar, and Delmar No. ]. 2y3.
which yield in addition to gold and
silver q high percentage in copper.
besides other rich veins not yet dis
covered in the u%nexplored area of
Steeple Rock mining district. only
the very richest ores for twenty years
past could be utilized. and ores I'M
der 800 In value per ton were worth
less under existing conditions. Rail
transportation and moderate smelt-
ing charges, have made this. and
lesser grades. valuable and pronta-
BILE to the prospector and miner. The
district is rapidly and successfully
forging ahead in a mining sense.
through chean transportation n
moderate smelling charges, and the
successful installation of a cyanide
mill of 1.OO0 tons daily capacity now
contemplated will insure an era OF
prosperity to this norton of Grant
county which the $4,000 linear feet
of developments warrant. Conscr'
lively estimated there are 100. geo tons
Of milling orc on the dumps of The
various properties in the district
available for treatment at a moments
notice. the greater portion Of which,
as determined by careful sampling
and ~assayiEE has a value ranging
from $500 10 S12.00 per ton, The
ores Of the district are In demand BY
the smclters for converter Innings.
aud the $500 ore in ear load lots
has been shipped at a proilt.
Smelling returns of the district
show values ranging from $lU0 TO So
900 per ton. 4 few days ~ two
prospectors who were Operating a
lease. (shipped a tonnage lot Of ore.
and having smelter certificates show
ing a value of $500 per ton. with a