Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-05

progress. The company is driving a
=, 000-foot tunnel, Engineer Reed, an
experienced mining man from Mexico
having the contract. /. McCulloch Il
president Of the company and NJ. Blu
menkranZ is engineer in charge Of
operations. A. NJ. Peck. secretary Of
the company is also on the ground.
This company operates a store Of
which j. l.. Bass is manager. I'm
mense bodies of ore are in sight in
this property and the ore is growing
richer with depth. The extent of the
Is not yet Known. This property Is
being efficiently managed and is go
ing to be a great producer.
The bona Ana Mine.
The DOna Ana property Is owned by
Cincinnati, New York and Baltimore
men. who have installed Mr.. G. w.
Kent as manager. The company owns
about 500 acres and $4,000 has been
expended on the property from which
tonsidera BILE shipping has been done,
The principal work, however, has been
development. Several shafts are down
TO the ore body and a tunnel Is now
being driven 1000 feet to drain the
mine. The main shaft IS now at a
depth of $50 feet and is in high grade
ore which. as in all properties in this
district, is growing richer with every
foot of depth. The foundations for
the power house have been laid and
a smeltcr and cyaniding plant Will be
built The owners Of this property
propose to complete their development
work before they begin operations on
a large scale. They are gong SLOWLY
hut the result seems sure. The COM
pany also has a small farm where al
lalfa is raised with irrigation by waste
water. Manager Kent ~ a thorough
mining man and Is going TO make the
mine "a paying proposition.
Saline Mining Company.
Tho Saline Mining company is do
ing extensive development work On q
worry promising property. V. D. shine
the mine superintendent, Is an expert
enccd man and is pushing the work
alonE rapidly. There Is plenty Of
reason 10 believe that this property
will be a second Torpedo.
Tho Mormon Mine.
The Mormon mine, which has beer
closed down for some time is going
to reopen Ia the near future and will
begin shipping right away. The En-
glewood mine is also In pay ore and
is going 10 prove n Of the steady
producers Of he district. l. IS under
the management OF Gray jenkins. one
of the best known operators in the
district. who has greaJ faith IN the
property. The properly IS owned hv
Chicago capital, and by Alr. jenkins,
who IS enc Of the heaviest owners.
The company holds eighty acres of
ground an0 the whots property is to
d. thoroughly developed. The mine
shows nig1 values m lead, gold ana
The Victoria Mining AMI Milling
company will 500 open a lead and
silver property about thirty miles from
Las Cruces. and son fifteen miles
from Organ, across the mountain
range.
Organ has two large general stores
owned by l. ID. Bently and A.. g. I}-
gan. respectively. Both stores are do
a large business.
one railroad and very probably
two. will have reached this district
before very long. one final survey
has been made and approved and
there there b. no question OF the sue
cess Of the proposition. az the freight
shipments are already heavy and are
90 increase with the large
amount ~ development work now be-
ing done.
organ is one OF the big camps OF
New Mexico and IL Is going ~ Doe heard
loudly IN the near future.