Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-05
MINES ACTIVE
IN FIVE STATES
New District in New Mexico
Is Rich Producer = Iron
Deposit Now Under
Development
TWIN BUTTE ACTIVE

FL. PASO. Jan. "a new and rich
mining district has lust come into the
shipping class. the Red Cloud mining
district. IL lies in the Ga'iinas mount
alas. near the northwestern corner of
Lincoln county. New Mexico, and con
tains deposits of copper lead, silver,
iron and gold Although discovered d
quarter OF century ago. IL has been
comparatively idle for several years
due partly 10 its isolation from rail
way transportation and The long pre-
vailing low prices OF silver. copper
and lead. but principally, until recent
~. from the lack of capital and energy
and enterprise These obstacles arel
rapidly disappearing. The Rock Island
railway now passes within t dozen
miles OF the district through Corona.
The Deadwood mine. operated by j.
II. McCutcheon and his associates, Isl
shipping regularly to the FL Pasoi
smelter. Development is being stead
lily pushed and low grade lead and cop
yer ore are produced
The Crazy Horse claim / salso iHl
course OF development. showing cop
per oxides and Iead-siIver ores The
Spotted Tail. a new location, is being
worked with fair prospects The Rain.
in-the-Face. an extension of the Dead
wood mine shows strong indications
OF a large ore body.
c. NJ Bryan has sold the Camp Bird
and Luis to John H. McCutcheon. the
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WORKING Iron Deposits
d G Kerr and 7 Beaty are wor;,ins,
a very promising iron deposit on the
south end of the GaIIinae range The
analyses of the iron shows II m he
Of q superior Bessemer grade extreme.
a. low in silica and nhosnborus and il
only remains 10 deyelon aud aeter.
mine tho extent of The danosits The
iron outcrous extend from zortb.
northwest to so,ith-southeast down tn
the railroad IN a poiDf bstwaen E,Ideo
and Tacolate a distance of "a miles
while comparativsly little devotion.
rnent has been dome there are from
100 eco TO 500 OOG tons of iron ore on
d,rmDs
John CIiDpenger. of White Oaks y
NJ is working a very promising con
DER property on the north end of the
IL
Activity of Twin Butte Mines.
The Twin Buttes Mining company,
at Twin Butte, AriZ.. instead OF having
closed down its properties, as errone-
ously reported. is accarding to its gen
eral manager, Albert l.. Walters, EN-
ploying more men and producing more
ore than At any former period. The
foreman. is keeping M its usual out-I
put of about 450 tons of ore a week. |
and the Glance mine. of the same com.
pany. under Foreman Smith, has re-
Gently opened M eight feet of nine
Der cent copper sulphides on the 400
foot level. which Is said to be the
largest proved vein in the Twin Butte
district. The vein is much Ieached out
hut seven feet OF red oxide and native
copper. averaging eight per cent cop-i
I1er has now been traced 20 feet in a
drift on this big vein. The Copper
Glance is producing about $50 tons oil
high grade ore per week. which goesl
to the Pioneer smeIter. Another mine
of the same company called the King
mine i'm charge of foreman Bowen.
-, i,,,,or,,n, ~, 81 I'm. Ia. o.,
earr,,tng qo nor con, ~ az nor cont
- - mitch :, Il sbinD;ng IN TONS
!, ,.aaI, 20 he Ennir.. zinc comnanv
,,h;cb has recentIv ,aken over The old
So Viz MIN Tn K,ng is also
sbinnine 1Oo tons ner week Of bigs
er-,il,, CONNER carbonate orr "a the
pianoo~ s,,sItar