Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-06-07

per tunnel, extends down for lOC
feet, and is connected by a horizon.
tai tunnel with a raise of 60 fee,
from the lower tunnel. The depos.
It's consist of small lense.shaped mas,
ses along the fracture and of i'm.
pregnations of the altered andesite
along of red granite.
VICToRlO DISTRICT.
The high plains extend for long
distance west of Deming with an an.
proximate elevation of 4.400O feet
and are diversified only by few
small reddish or black volcanic hills.
The Gage railroad station (elevation
4,47S feet lies Is miles west of Dem
ing, and 4 miles south of it a some.
what conspicuous group of hills ris-
es to IA height of about 600 feet
above he plains. Immediately
south of the main mass is "A low level
topped hill extending for about lI
miles in a west.northwest direction.
and on this is situated the Victorio
Camp. named after the Apache chief,
whose strongholds were in the MINI
bres and Mongollon mountains.
The principal period of activity
was from 1880 to 1886, when the big
bodies of lead ore were being work.
ed bv Mr., Hearst, of San Francisco,
under directions which now would
be considered very adverse. The
Chance and the Jessie, the principal
producers, are reported to hav
yielded 100000 each in oxidized ar.
gentiferous lead ores. +. A. Jones
gives 81. l59, 600 as the total produc-
ton up to January |, 1904. In re-
cent years renewed prospecting by
Wyman and COrbett and Lesbos has
shown that the camp may yet re.en-
ter the ranks of producers. Small.
er shipments of partly oxidized lead
ores have been made at intervals
during the last few years.
Shipments are now being regular
ly made by Mr.. Bradley from. the
Victorio district.
The two claims which contained
the principal ore body are the Jessie
and the Chance, the former being
owned by Wyman and Corbett the
latter by the Higgin interests. The
total production had n value of over
81 100000. Mr.. Corbett, states that
SS00,OOO was taken out from the
Chance and an equal amount from
the Jessie.
TRES HERMANAS DISTRICT.
About 25 miles south of Deming.
and 10 miles north of the Mexican
boundry the small group Of noun
tains know as the Tres Hermapas
rises from the general level of the
high plains. The mining district is
situated in the northern part of the
group. the three peaks of which are
in plain view from Deming. The
road from Deming to the camp is
almost level and has an elevation OF
1000 to 4,3O0 feet: on the east ot
the crags of the Florida mountains
form a picturesque background to
the plain. According to Wheeler
the highes peak of the Tres Her
manas attains an elevation of 7,lM
feet. The railroad from Demlng t"
Hcrmanas station is at the nearest
point 10 miles from the mines, which
as vet are most easily accessible
from Deming.
The mines have been known for
many years and have yielded a mod
crate production. possibly $2OO,Ooo.
The zinc ores shipped from Tres Her
manas probably contained about 81
per cent zinc. The shipments OF
lead.zinc ores made by Doctor Swope
are stated to have contained from !
to 40 per cent of lead and 2 ounces
of silver to the ton. They also con-
tain up to 10 per cent of zinc be-
sides a per cent Of lime, AZ pei
cent of iron, and IA per cent of 81
lica, ore analysis shows 800 zinc.
New MINING COMPANY.
An important mining company
..o oroar,yed in this city Monday