Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-28
Black HuUk Mine in SilUer City
District to Be Opened Again

Sil,ur CirN, y NJ bee. Is Thrl
Black iIu"N mine. which na, hrpu|
closed down 'ur prrrud ,l over lA,n.
Is years is about To- lrr operated aGaIu.
This property was once It great at.
Yer prudrrrr ana has shipped ore
which brought ~ much ~ so, 600 pct
ton, II wts closed down immrdidtcl,
after ur' tu The NHlu" 81 AIOO,DUu had
been stolen rom ia" mine,
j. Il. Guis"iin. a thorough mining
engineer of l.us Angeles. In the inter
est of himself ana Hssurlntcs has nrrn
spending several months making AN
examination of the property and
studying ia" formation. alsu Ia having
various l"gi shipmrniH Of ore made at
the EmrIt,r at ~ pasu. His cXam.
| nations aud trsts proving very salts
| factory, he has interested california
| capital ia a sufficient amount t. uu.
| dcTtHku Tie operation ut the property
| on 81 seal" ul considerable magnitude.
| He has occurred u long time lease and
! option uu TIA" mine, 80 that he viii
| hHNo pIuuiN of time To- determine lis
! yalu" Hnd the ACCESSIBILITY Of taking
| II over, II h understood that at least
| {i0. 600 Is To- be- spent In cleaning out,
Strengthening up and tlmbcrIng TIA"
old working 80 that any additional
| work ON the properly can he done sys-
| icmitlcnIIN ana economically.
Mr., Gnisrllu now has sufficient
| equipment on the ground To prosecute
| the work which has been determined
| upon ~ well ~ develop the mine Cx-
| tensiycly, and present Indications are
! that hc Will meet with success even
| greater than he yet dHTes hope for,
| Accompanied by his wife he left for
| that camp today, where he will cXCT-
| glHn IA fslnHt aIiItRTNiklHn N
which Is 10 be- started Immediately.
The Black Hawk mine is located I ;
miles west by south uf silver CITY. and
its operation will be- Of paprrClnblo
benefit Ia the town, ~ all the ncccs-
| Bary supplies viii be purchased here,
, II being the nearest supply point and
the terminus Of the santa Fe tairUud
branch line,
Col. j. w. Fleming Of this city, and
| who IL one NJ the pioneer mining men
OF this section of the southwest. II
thoroughly familiar with the Black
| Hawk property, and II was through
his efforts and greatly Ia his credit
that the capital has been interested
for the operation Of this one-tlme ia
mOusly rich mine.
| Undoubtedly there are many pieces
OF mining property located close Ia
this city which could be- developed into
paying propositions II mon OF ability
had the handling Of them and they
we're properly managed.
Chloride Fiat.
| Chloride HAT In again IN the shlppinI
| class. Two cars Of ore were shipped
from there last week by the company
for which Lee Meader In acting al
superintendent. and the returns were
very satisfactory.
siceplerOck.
George A. IGastOn of silver CITY haI
scored lease on the Jim CTOw-lm
perial group Of eight claims ~
3teeplerOck and Will proceed az once
to work the mines. Installing oya'
hide plant for this purpose. II 10 un
derEtOOd that Judge Newc0mb Of thil
entity IN Interested with Mr.. EaHtOI
In this lease. The Jim Crow hal
been shut down since 1897. preVlOu
! TO which time much hiNh grade orr
} was shipped from H. II u openet
; tO n depth Of 900 feet. There ar
eight claims In the group, which lle
about three miles south Vt bteeple