Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-06-27

ing. while the richness of the gold
values now coming forward gives ev4
cry indication of enormously profitable
operations in the early days of the flu
ture, Another heavy shipment of ma
Ichinery has recently been ordered for
immediate installation at the Two
Queens.
Mansfield, Ariz.-The s~o-called
BLACK Cap" claim of the Mansfield
copper mine has lately been making a
splendid showing in the way of high
assays obtained from ores being taken
up and placed IN the dump. Mr.. A.
h. Richmond, general anage of the
company, the other day took occasion
to select a number of ore samples at
random of which the assays ran all
the way from SO to $3.50 to the ton in
copper. gold and silver. The silver
values were exceptionally high, a
good percentage of the assays showing
500 in the white metal. The gold
values have also shown a decided
increase with depth. 1t should be
added that the general average of This
series of twenty-one assays was $780,
Is to the ton. The development Of
the property has reached an advanced
stage and is being pushed rapidly for
ward towards completion.
Hermosillo, Sonora, MeXico-At the
410-foot level the shaft of the Lluvla
de Cobre copper mine has entered
the zone of sulphides,
much to the satisfaction of the COM
pany's management, who nave been
in expectation of this event for a
number Of days. in view of the oXi-
died nature of the ore lately encount-
cred. With the machinery already in
stalled at the Lluvia shaft it will now
ant quantities, as the almost unlim-
tied of this property have
been regarded as an accepted fact for
many months. The plans Of the COM
pany include the extensive and sys-
tematic development of the big ore
bodies on approved lines, together
with the installation Of adequate
smelling facilities at the earliest pos
sible moment. The Lluvia ores are
already in good demand for fluxing
purposes.
Smclter viii Help Orc Grande.
'"The blowing in of our smelter,'
said President Green. of the Southwest
tern Smelling and Refining company,
will make a new epoch in the his
tory of the ORC Grande fields"
'In the days of the Aztecs the coun-
try surrounding the present town of
ORC Grande was worked for turquoise,
and great quantities of this valuable
NtAAN WV at otAtpf boA ~ 80
abandoned the workings when the tur-
quOise ave way to copper ore. In
the early eighties some little prospect
ing was done for copper, which be-
anne active around '95 and SO.
THE fall in the price of copper
turned the attention of the prospec-
tor again to the turquoise and iron
deposits, 1t was until 1891 hat cop
per again came prominently to the
front. Up to 1905 most of the deVel-
opment consisted in sinking the for
mer shafts to greater deptn and a
number of shallow surface workings.
The high price of copper gave the
necessary impetus to deep workings,
revealing in a small degree what a
big deposit of copper we have in our
camp
1T is hard for one not familiar with
the conditions to appreciate the great
difficulties hat we have had to over
come in developing the field. The
first and most important is the water
supply. This, as far as the town and
the Southwestern company are con-
cerned, has been solved, but the other
companies are not enjoying the benc-
fit of the supply which we pine forty
one miles, are put at great expense in
securing a suitable supply.
Some of the most important have
to solve the problem by sink
ing deep wells, and It won't be long be
fore this great handicap will be re-
Then again there has not beer
sufficient capital flowing into the dis
trict to produce big results, and it is
owing to this lack of capital that
many people have been disappointed
In he development of the district.
visiting Our camp expected it to
bloom into a second Butte. The for
and surface indications gaveI
evidence of AN extensive deposit. That
we nave not developed it up to these
expectations is owing to the act that
we had not the necessary capital. /
believe the successful operation of the
will go to remove any preiu-
dice held against the district, and that
mOney will be secured for its de-
In other words, the es-
adjustment of the smelter will give
stability and p~ermanency required
for developments on a broad scale.
Work has been started on the old
workings of the Alabama group. At
the recent meeting of the First Ma
tional Mining company it was decided
to commence at once the active deVel-
opment Of the property"