Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-15
SILVER AND
COPPER NEAR
CARR|z0z0
COMMERCIAL METALS
COMPANY MAKES STRIKE
Conservative Estimates Place
Value of Average Run of Ore
at S58 a Toni Start Work on
Irrigation Dam.
,s0.cl,l correspondence to Morning Journal

Especial correspondence W I'M vou'""ii
Carrizozo, \. NJ, May LITTLE
Commercial Metals company who
hive been developing property six
miles east Of Carrizozo AVE struck a
ricb bodv of high grade silver and
aonner in their main shaft 1t the hun
dred foot level. The property already
had thousands of tons of low grade
are in sight which would pay a hand
some profit by concentrating but the
nov find has set the people of Carri-
1ozo in an excited state and many
claims are being staked in the vicin-
ity.
stockholders all agree that the prop
erty will undoubtedly be developed
into one Of the richest in the south
west. The average run of the ore
now being taken out, and there is a
large volume of it in sight, VIII go
over fifty-eight dollars to the ton, ac-
cording to very conservative esti-
mates and assays. Samples nave gone
as high as ninety per cent copper. The
vein is in evidence for nearly a mile,
having been uncovered in fourteen
different places and showing up good
in all.
The shaft is being pushed down to
MHItI- ltNtA eho lfhPAtA 49, PNA0 80
which point even greater values Will
doubtless be found. AS soon as water
is struck the company will erect their
mill. install steam hoists and add 9TH
er necessary machinery. At present
two shifts are working to get out suf-
ficlent ore for a shipment to the FL
paso smelter. Plenty of money is at
hand to work the property and the
proposition which lies on the outskirts
of the village will be u boon to Car
rizozo.
The ore is q black sulphide of cop
per. technically known as chalcocite
or copper glance. The vein is perpen-
dicular in @ trachyte country rock
formation lying between a porphyry
dyke and a granite ledge.
The road from the mine to the rail-
road at Carrizozo is smooth and
down grade and little trouble will be
encountered in getting the ore to mar
ket.
The compay is composed of repre-
sentative men of this community and
many Carrizozo people are stockhold-
ers in the company. Geo. G. Hopkins
is president, S. w. Perry, v%ice-presi'
dent. VIM. W. Grow secretary and
treasurer and Forrest Smith superin-
tendent.
The strike is considered as one of
the best for years in this community
and a boom is starting.
start Work ON Dam.
Work of q preliminary nature has
started on the Bull Gap Irrigation
project, fourteen miles southwest of
Carrizozo near Oseuro station. Men
are at work e%xcavating to ascertain
the character of the bed rock in the
site, The dam will connect two hills
and back IN the water into q natural
basin over q mile long and three hun-
dred feet deep in places. Waters will
be appropriated from several springs.
from the flowing water on White
Mountains and from flood waters.
about fifteen townships being drained
for the project. Patten brothers of
Denver are the promoters for the
proposition, and G. b. Williams the IT.
rlgation engineer.
Organize to Drill for Oil.
A number Of the citizens of CAPTAIN
have organized themselves into a
company to drill for oil near that city. |
OIL indications are very strong in the
and oil has been known
to float on water from wells not over
miles from this mountain village.
Work will commence at an early date.