Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-22
NEW LIFE IN
BROMIDE CAMP
Tusas Peak Com
pany Commences
Active Work
MUCH MACHINERY ORDERED
Superintendent Otto Rosen-
feldin Charge--Developing
Other Properties.

Renewed activity IS now the rule
in the Bromide mining district in
Rio Arriba County, which is located
about twelve miles northwest cf
Tres Piedras station on the Denver II
Rio Grande Railroad and about sew
enty miles north of this city. For
two years affairs in the district have
been in a rather sleepy condition. Fol
three years before that much devel-
opment was the rule The principal
work now going on is on the proper
ties of the Tusas Peak Gold and Cop
per Mining Company of which Otto
Rosenfeld formerly and for many
years successful and respected
hardware merchant at Manistee. Mich
igan. is the vice president and gen
eral manager
The mining claims of this COM
pany were among the first in the dis
trict on which work was done. They
contain copper ore also showing gold
In various percentages. The Tampa
is the principal mine; the company
owning l2 other claims besides this
one. On this much development and
blocking out has been done The
shaft is 425 feet deep and there are
about 1000 feet in underground work
ings and tunnels. These are located
at so, 100, 200 800 and 400 feet lev
els. Extensive veins Of sulphde cop
per ores have been struck, assays and
tests running from two to fifty per
cent in copper with an average OF a
little better than seven per cent. One
of the principal veins IL feet in width,
makes the above average The per-
centage of gold is not taken into con-
sideration and the properties will be
worked for copper. Another claim OF
this company is the Jesse on which
there is shaft 81 feet deep and 100
feet of cross cuttings. This is in
good ore. Considerable development
and assessment work have been done
on the other eleven mining claims OF
the company
Much Machinery Ordered
Machinery for the proper working
of this property is purchased, part OF
it is now on the ground and part OF
it. is being shipped from the manu-
facturers. This consists of two 10
horse power boilers, one 72-horse pow
er New York safety high speed en-
gine. A Leiners air compressor mas
been purchased. This machine has
a capacity of about 600 feet per min
ute. Necessary electric light machin-
cry for the lighting of the shafts and
tunnels, at the mill, ETC., is in place,
The water supply is abundant and
good and comes from spring which
is located 1900 feet from the mill and
piped there in good shape. The mill
is teaching plant and has capacity
of about $50 tons in "a hours. The
tank capacity is 300 tons and with in
creased pulverizers and crushers an
output of 800 tons per day can be
easily maintained. The mill it is ex-
pected will not only treat the ores
from the properties of the Tusas Com
pany, but will also do customs work
OF which there is much in sight at
a profitable rate.
Operating Big Saw Mill.
This company also has saw mill
in Hager gulch and in the mill. mines
and saw mill, employs about 40 men
at good wages. Last year the saw
mill cut about 100000 feet OF lumber,
the timber for it having been pro-
cured on the Jemez National Forest
and purchased at three dollars per
thousand There is now an applica-
ton for purchase of one million
feet at three dollars per thousand
pending before the chief of the
Bureau of Forestry. 1t is expected
as soon as this permit is granted that
the active work of cutting and saw
ing this timber will commence.
Company Capitalized at $2,ooo,ooo.
The company is stocked at two
millions of dollars of which one mil
lion dollars remain intact in the
treasury for future uses. So far this
company, its stockholders and their
predecessors have spent nearly $780,,
900 in development work in machin-
cry and in thorough tests of the ore
contained there. Mr.. Rosenfeld Is
very sanguine that they have struck
it rich and that their stock will not
only bring them heavy dividends, but
will also appreciate very greatly in
value in the near future.
Other Promising Properties.
The Minneapolis group which con
sists Of four claims was formerly
owned by Detroit, Michigan, parties
but is now the property of Mr.. Ash
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