Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-06-07
VAST MINERAL WEALTH
Of LUNA COUNTY
The United States Geologic.
al Survey Makes Official
Report
RICH MINERAL DEPOSITS
Everybody Taking Renewed
Interest in our Wealth Of
Mining Interests.

North, south, east and west, our
vast mining interests are waking up
to new life and marked activity. For
n long time paying shipments have
been made from each of the four
mining districts In Luna county,
Cooks district north, Florida dis
trict east, Tres Hermanas south and
Victorio district west. Miners see
the glitter of pay dirt" and are GO
ing after it.
Luna county is Il place of great
opportunities and among the most
gigantic are its unto d wealth in
minerals.
The United States Geological Sur
vey has recently published a report
on THE Ore Deposits of New Mex-
co." from which we CLEAN the fol-
lowing interesting information:
Luna County has four producing
districts; At Cooks Peak lead ores
have been mined since 1880 and
work is still in progress. AT Victo-
tio Camp. lS miles west of Deming,
occur rich lead.silver.gold ores. In
the Florida Mountains a silver-lead
ore was extracted many years ago.
The Tres Hermanas yield lead-silver-
gold ores as well as zinc ores; the
deposits are in part of contact-mct-
amorphic origin and in part tissue
veins. All these districts contain
lead or lead.zinc ores as replace.
ments in paleozoic limestones, and
they are genetically connected with
the older Tertiary porphories rather
than with the more recent andesites.
Prospects of copper are reported
from the Stonewall district, near the
Mexican boundry line. and the rail-
road station of Hermanas.
Cooks PEAK DISTRICT.
The first discovery of ore in the
Cooks Peak region appears to have
been made in 1876, but no import
ant locations were made until 1880,
when Taylor and Wheeler located
the principal producers of the dis
trict. During succeeding years
there was much activity. and the
rich oxided lead ores were eagerly
sought by the smelters. The annu-
al production ranging up to l,5OO,-
600 pounds. The total production
is estimated to be about $3,OW,OO
of which the Desdemona group is
credited with $4,000. 900, the Graph
ic group with $3.50, 900, the Summit
group with $35O.OOO and the re.
naming properties with about $500
600. Four.ffths of the production is
lead and one.fifth silver.
The report speaks of the Poe
mines, known as the Summit group,
and it may be of interest to know
that the Growers have leased some
Of the American Smelling and Re-
fning Co.'s, properties.
FLORIDA DISTRICT.
Deposits similar to those at Cooks
Peak occur about the southeast end
of the Florida Mountains. but as
they were not Wis e d no definite
statement can be made concerning
them. One of the most notable OF
these deposits was encountered IN
the Cave mine. (now being operated
bye. M. Sadler.)
On the northwest side of the
mountain south of Capitol Dome, 10
miles south of Deming, an opening
has been made on a vein carrying
sulphides Of copper in a shattered
zone of andesite. lntrusions OF
granite porphyry were observed in
the vicinity. The gangue consists
of quartz and crushed andesite'
The strike Of the vein is about N.
So east and the dip so southeast.
Two drifts have been run down for