The Socorro chieftain., 1908-08-08
THE GREAT KELLY NINE
Is Now Making Much Better
Showing than Ever Before in
Its History.
S. W. TRAYLOR INTERVIEWED
He Has Just Spent Two Months at
Mine Improving Processes and
Watching Developments.

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Engineeri ny company of No ,
X ector street, New York CitN,
was in Socorro Wednesday on
his way to Denver. Mr.. Trayior
is largely interested in the Tam
Gus Kelly mine in the Magdalena
district and had just spent two
months there installing new and
extensive machinery and direct
ing developments undergr, uud
Asked if he would favor the
Chieftain with an authentic
statement of recent progress and
present conditions in the Kelly,
Mr.. Travlor obligiugly asSented
and stated as follows:
Development work, as laid
out by the Tri-Bullion Smelling
& Development Co. III the Kelly
mines. has resulted in numerous
discoveries of rich ore during the
last two months.
The company has developed,
on the fifth level, a body OF sui
phide ore that is almost Contin-
uous, of a length OF over 100
feet, and ore III both breasts.
They have also developed ore
bodies on the sixth level, both
high grade zinc sulphides and
lead sulphides, and zinc-lead car
Donates, the sulphide ores being
lound lying next to the green
stone dixie. This dixie is the
footwall of the sulphide ore, the
hanging wall being what is To-
cally termed silver-pipe. Above
this silver-pipe the carbonate
ores are found. This carbonate
vein is in places over 100 feet
thick.
The developments referred to
are principally between the
fourth and sixth levels, reached
by the Paschal shaft. The COM
pany have, within the last year,
sunk a three-compartment shaft
some 600 feet down the side of
the mountain. The shaft is
vertical and at the present time
is 400 feet in depth. From this
shaft three crosScuts are being
driven. The shaft on. the 200
foot level has cut three bodies of
ore. The first is on what is To-
cally called the west silver-pipe,
the second is carbonate ores in
the carbonate vein, and the third
is east of what is locally called
the east silver-pipe. The ores
thus far developed on this level,
it being the deepest workings in
the district, are of very much
higher grade, and the dimensions
and size of the ore bodies seem
to be equal to those discovered
in the upper workings.
THE formation. of the district
has certainly been proven, as
the bottom of the Traylor shaft
is now 800 feet, vertically, below
the apex of the Kelly vein.
The new plant of the Tri-
Bullion Co., handling about 100
tons of ore daily. is now in sue
cessful operation, separating the
lead from the zinc and after.
wards the zinc from the iron.
The lead concentrates are aver
aging about 90 per cent lead and
% OF. in silver, while the zinc
products range from 40 to SO pei
cent zinc, depending upon what
part of the mine the ore is min
ed from.
THE l00-ton plant referred tC
has a crushing capacity of BOZ
tons per day, and it is the inten,
tion of the company to open M
sufficient ground to mine ore
enough to supply the full capac
itY of the plant during the mex
II months.
In connection with the milling
facilities there are number ot
new metallurgical features, par
ticularly with reference to tn,
separation of the zinc from the
iron. which has never befor,
been accomplished on the Kelll
ores. This is done by the use o
new flotation process, using
basic solution OF any ordinary
sulphate, copper, iron or alum
ina. Following this flotatiol
plant, the final recovery of tn
zinc is made by use of magneti
separators. The total recover
is above 80 per cent of the zinc
from the fact of the ores of thi
district being all metal, and ow
ing to the fact of the admirabl
settling facilities, as we'll as tn