The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-02-04

pl"ird. The ore reserves. including that
~ ~" ella Copper company ground
taken aver by III" Ray, are said 10 be-
7j,UUu. 600 tons.
Metal Mining IN New Mexico
TIL" geological surrey reports that
mining conditions in New Mexico b.
1910 were favorable to nn increased
yield in all the metals ~ compared with
the production OF 1909.
The Mogollon ~ Cooucy district. IN
III" southwest corner Ut Socorro county,
contain. several gold mines, chief of
which T.. The Ern".tiuc mine. which
is aud has been for wears the heaviest
producer ni gold ~ the territory. The
>ocotro Mines company mill, at Mo
%g"ll"n, Was operated throughout the
year; aud IN" Helen company aud the
T%r"asur" mining aud Reduction company
were also producers ~ 1910. In the
Magdal"uH district, q lead zinc camp.
~ Ne" rauirHl western part of Sor"fro
county, the operation, uf the Dlurk
smelling aud Rcunug company, aud
Triiiulliuu smelling aud Developing
company III" Gcrirauy Mining company.
and the Mi,,l,'ur Mining company
should show au Increased output. The
~ stamp mill Of the Ro,cdulr Gold Min
ing Company, nt R%usrinlr, which has
been Operating ou gold ores, wa, burn
"l tu September.
Around silver City
~ Grant ruuuiy there was much pro-,
p%rrtiup with ,huru irill, aud some de-
'"l"pmcut ct copper ore bodies. The
chino Copper rompHuy, ut santa Rita,
acquired iu 1909 % total urru ut 9suu
acres. including the Santa Rita mines.
and hn. been prospecting Tor two wears
with chum dri!l, aud developing the
properties by underground work, n we'll
~ making Ju output both Ia crude ore
shipments mud ~ruuccntrnt" from ~" old
santa Rita mill. Ia 1903 the company
wn, build NJ % new 3uOu ton mill ri
Hurley, . miles from the mine, to treat
the ore from n" santa Rita mines. This
mill will be- pf the st,lc ct the Utah
: "prrr company :. plnut nt Garfield.
l'tnh.
Other mines included IN the company -
holdings viii be- worked hy steam shovel
aud the ruNiug system. Ia November,
1910, the Chino company = reserves were
estimated NJ io,oon.uoO tons, u,,uyiup
80 rrr rent copper.
In the Burro Mountain district de-
,clupment work, a. well ~ shipping.
were carried on hy the Rurro Mountain
copper Company. The Chcmung Cop.
per company whs also engaged In de-.
,rlopmcnt work until October, 1910.
The Mnnpu, Development company.
which was prospecting with rhurn drills
stopped work temporarily IN October.
The mines 81 the savannah Copper
company, ia Rurro Mountain aud pinu,
ALTOS districts, were developed under
lease. In the Lorl,hurg district the
principal mines were the Bonnie, the
'HE"'N HN't NHN wv HNI'llhIs
DOuA Ana and Lincoln
ColfaS county Placcrs maintained an
even yield for the year, shipments from
bona Ana county were not equal 90
those NJ 1909, Lincoln county mnin
tanned its gold output from the amalga
mating mills AZ white Oaks. Lama
county produced chiefly lead, from
Cooks Peak aud Victoria districts.
The Orc Grsnde Smelling company.
at Orc Grande, was idle In 1910. Some
placer gold was recovered NJ ORC Grandc
during the year. The Tularosa Copper
company at Tularosa, completed a 100
ton concentrating plant during the year
and started shipments Of copper con.
ccntfai's in November.
The Boston. Cerrillos Mines company.
at Los Cerrillos, Santa Fe county, which
produced gold, silver, copper, lead and
zine in 1909, was reported to have aus.
pended work In December, 1910.
Sierra County
There wal considerable activity IN
Sierra county, particularly In the Black
Range District, near the towns Of