Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-05-24

AGAIN WORKING At MINES
Employment of Many Men Of
Great Benefit to Surround.
ing District.

The presence Of r. J. Rosenfeld
banker and capitalist of Portage
Wisconsin, in the city, has brought
| to light the fact that the construction
Of a large dam is to be undertaken at
Tusas, Rio Arriba county. The dam
| is to be across the Vallecitos river
and the project Is to be undertaken
by the Tusas Peak Gold and Copper
Mining Company, New Mexico cor
poration with the main Office at Por.
tage, Wisconsin. and New Mexico
headquarters, mines and copper mill
at Tusas. The work on the construc-
tion of the dam will begin just as
soon as official approval has been re.
ceived, of the maps, plans and speci-
fications. With regard to these mat.
ters and other legal points, Mr.. Ros-
enield came to Santa Fe to consult
with the Territorial Engineer, but in
the absence of the latter, transacted
his business with Assistant Engineer
c. d. Miller. All preliminary steps
for the building Of the dam, such as
surveying and the making of the
plans, maps and specifications have
been completed, there remaining
nothing further to wait upon save
official approval. The dam when
completed will be used only to sup
ply electrical power for mining pur.
poses. 1t is to be quite large un-
dertaking and will involve the ex-
penditure Of a large amount of capi-
tai. The fact that 1t is to be built
indicates what great amount of faith
the mining company has in the future
development OF its property. The
dam will be one hundred feet high
and its length 284 feet. The length
of the bottom will be twenty-five feet
and there will be an outline pipe four
feet in diameter. The character of
the structure is to be stone and con-
crete. The reservoir will have
maximum capacity of 1850 acre feet.
Resume Work at Mine.
In addition to preparing for the
erection of a large dam, the mines
at Tusas have been re-opcned and
work resumed. The resumption of
work is due to the election of new
officers of the Tusas Peak Gold and
Copper Mining Company, the new.
ly elected men being R. H. Owen,
vice president Of the O. w. Kerr
Company Of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
president; A. H. Budahn of Horican,
Wisconsin, vice president, and R. J.
Rosenfeld, OF Portage, Wisconsin,
secretary and treasurer. These men
Immediately set to work to resume
operations at the mine and about
month ago active work was started
after the mine had been closed down
for over year. John Randall, a
Salta Fe man, who is an expert min
ing man and engineer has been
placed In charge of the work as SUI
perintendent. At present, two forces
OF men are at work at the mine and
it is expected that in the near fu.
ture a still larger force will be used.
The resumption of work is proving of
great benefit to the people living in
and around Tusas and the opportuni.
ty to secure employment is being
eagerly accepted. The mining prop
erty is situated in what is known as
the Bromide district, about twelve
miles from Tres Piedras and seventy
miles north Of Santa Fe. 1t consists
OF thirteen claims, having COM
bined acreage of $50 acres. The en-.
tire development Of the property so
far has been done on what is known
as the Tampa claim. While there
have been found traces of gold and
silver, copper is the real output run
ming from five to seven per cent. The
mine is now down to depth Of 42O
feet and there have been $500 feet
of development work done. It is now
the intention of owners to push the
work faster than ever and consider.
able money is to be spent for the
purpose. The base Of mining opera.
tons is really just about two miles
from Tusas, but the large mill for
the reduction Of copper has been
built at Tusas. In this building 300,-
900 feet Of lumber were used. The
mill has capacity Of 200 tons day
and very shortly it is expected that
1t will be put in operation.
Sees Much Improvement.
H. J. Rosenfeld, secretary and
treasurer Of the mining company,
who has been here the past few
days on matters pertaining to the
interests OF his company, is especi-
ally enthusiastic over the building of
the dam. Mr., Rosenfeld stands very
high In financial circles In his home