Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-05
WONDERFUL STRIKE
IS REPORTED IN
SACCATONE
Grub Stake ProspeotOrs Lo-
cate Ricn Vein Of Ore Forty
Miles From Silver City in
Hills.

Hills.
silver city, n. NJ. Feb IA strike
made six months ago by David Mat
thews. an old tine southwest pros
peCtor, In the SaccatOne district. ten
mlles north OF Cnn, on the ella, has
0een kept quiet until the lucky lOcat-
ors could determine the extent and
quality OF the ore body. The strike
was made last August by Dave Mat
thows who was being grub-stakcd Dy
p NJ. Shelly. n prominent and well 20
do rancher OF the ella. who has al
ways been OF the firm belief That
there were hidden treasures In the
foot hills sklrting the MogoliOns. The
strike was passed over by prospectO-
Ors Tor years because It looks IKE
common rock. Il consists OF o ledge
OF rock rising ooldly out OF the
ground and can be traced for some
distance along the surface Happen
ing TO knock on piece OF the rock
he was astonished TO see Il glisten
with free gold Samples We're imme'
dlately taken and sent to Denver ana
the rock proved all shat IL looked,
some of tho assays running up In the
thousands of dollars Mr.. Shelley and
his sons. who were ia on the grub
stake and also MIR Matthews. imme-
dlately located claims along the ledge
aud are now developing same. Mining
men who have visited the scene OF the
strike recently, declare that b. looks
Extremely good and they would not be
at all surprised 10 sec 10 develop into
a bonanza. Certainly the indications
point that way al present The strike
/ Is right IN lire between the famous
gold and silver producers OF MogOllon
ant the famous gold mines OF Pinos
ArOs. e being the belief at nearly
| all mining men who examined the
| district that the same veins OF gold
and silver run through from Pinos
| Altos TO the MngullOns. The scene OF
the strike Is 40 miles north OF Silver
] City In the Black mountains.
! Kennedy Taken 20 Prison for Life.
James Kennedy who recently had
his sentence commutcd by Governor
Mills az being one of his last official
actsl from hanging to life imprison'
ment, left recently 10 begin hts life
! term IN The state prison at Santa re
lie was handcuifed and accompany
ing him were Deputies Tom Moore
and Joe Montez. lie sat silent In nis
seat and looked curiOusly al the crowd
gathered outside TO bid good bye "a
the other prisoners. lie looked wan
aud pale from his long confinement
and appears in w-etcbed mental and
physical condition
Kennedy was convicted Of the muir
der OF Francis Evans, a prominent
lCattlemau on the morning OF Ian. /
1909. In southern Grant county as al
lay around O camp ire Kennedy was
the camp cook and was angcred al
something Evans had said the dag
previous. He arose In the early morn
ing hours. procured an Ak aud chop
ped Evans head on. The commute
ton Of sentence was made on the rec
O ainendation OF judge Parker and th'
4 jury who convicted him on the grouni
oi mental lmbocility
Other prisoners consigned 90 The
insane asylum al Las Vcgns weg'
Lola Marquee. silver city; re bliss
santa Rita; Jesus Monia. Silver CITY
Modesto Salais Nimhres, and JOIN
Lewis OF MogollOn. The latter Is 4
years of age.
Robbery az BaYard Station.
Sometime last Wednesday nigh
thieves broke into the station az Bay
ard and stole five or six express pack
lagcs Their value Is unknown TIL
) same night, some one started al
empty coal car from a sidinE az SAINT
, Rita bat could not get It on the mail
line. They then went TO Corha,
small station below Santa RIA. an
} look box ear and coastod 20 dow
TO Bayard station. leaving II on th
main line. Fortunately there wer
no trains that night othowise Their
might have been a FERROUS wreck.
Breaks Worlds Record.
Steam shovel No, / at Santa nit
broke the worlds record during IN
month Just past IN the amount OF or
handled during the 81 days. The
started ont on sew Years day
break the record, and they succeeded
Figures are not available az preseu
. as to the number of thousands Of ton
} handled. A new shovel was adde
4 this week, making six in all, and the
\ lare literally tearing down the noun
tains OF Santa Rita.
The three sections Of the cunceI
\ traitor at Hurley, each of 1000 ton
capacity, are now IN operation. tn
FIRST section produced 100000 pound
of copper during December, and
the other sections equal this produ
ton the mill viii be turning out 9
100000 pounds of copper "A mont
TWO additional sections are now ID
ing constructed, which when con
4 pleted will give the mill a capacity
5000 tons, and make Chino rank MT
or sixth In the worlds production,
Memorial 70 Bishop kendrick.
AZ meeting held after the reguli
\ services al the Episcopal church lai