Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-21
ERNESTINE WILL
SINK MAIN SHAFT
At MOGOLLON
Mill is Now Treating so Tons
of Ore Daily; Oaks COmpa-
ny Rapidly Pushing Tunnel
Work.

Mogollon. - NJ. AUG 2i.-At the
Eruesdns Mining company. con-
tract has been let for sinking the
main shaft. Considerable water was
encountered. necessituting the install
iatiou 81 q pump. a large amount Of
other development " constantly add.
INK to the already large ore reserves
The mill II treating 1870 tons daily
with battery OF 80 stamps. Ten
stamps additional are In reserve for
emergencies The new oil engines
installed several months ago are giv-
ing satisfaction and the company now
has a surplus OF power.
May Light Up the Town.
Al the socorro Mining and Milling
company plant two additional oil en-
gines uf the DE La Vergne type were
also Installed. The company II enter
tnlning a proposition 90 light the buEs
incss houses of Mogollon with cleo
tricity Some of the best grade ore
o. coming from the 500 and 9OO-foot
levels The mill Is handling around
i7b tons daily. In July over two
tons 81 gold aud silver bullion and
large amount uf high grade conccn-
Vious records Ia output.
AZ the DeadwooG mines q new body
Of ore has been cut by the various
levels south uf the main shaft to-
ward the Sunburst mine. one of this
Companys properties The mill is
treating from 400 Co zoo tons Of ore
per week Six hundred pounds Of
gold and silver bullion and 1900
pounds Of concentrates were shipped
from the last cleanup. a consider
able tonnage OF custom ore IL han
died daily from developing com
panes
Pacific Installs Machinery.
AZ the Pacific Mines company "a
large amount Of machinery for de-
Velopment work IN on the ground FOR
immediate Installation including a
compressor. air drills. crushcr. motors
and transformers and electric hoist
a so horse poeycr motor for driving
the compressor Is en- route from Sit
Yer city Current win be Furnished
by one Of the local companies The
main tunnel N now IN 500 feet and
new shaft has reached depth OF 2iO
feet. Drifts are being run on the sec
ond and third levels; the vein n five
10 eight feet wide and assays from
SO Ia SIS per ton. All ore taken out
la development Is sent a. one Of the
local custom mills; t2O tons were
shipped the past week
The g. IT, Putnam Engineering
company. Of Los Angeles. has been
operating the Little Charlie mine. one
of the Mogollon Cold a Copper COM
pnny properties, under bond ana lease |
for over year during which time |
several thousand tons at excellent ore !
have been mined. part Of which wns
hhipped direct to smeitcr and the bal. |
nnce 10 local custom works 2b-
80 horsepower crude oil engine and |
electric hoist have been installed. |
From 90 10 30 tons 81 ore are ship |
ped daily.
Oaks Pushes Tunnel Work.
The oaks COmpany's main drain
age ana transportation tunnel ON Min |
eral creek. which win tap the great /
ore bodies Of the district az depths |
of from i,iOO 10 500 feet. Is advanc-
iug steadily, In east end tunnel /
group tunnel "a" has been driven 400 /
feet ANA contract was recently let /
for sinking n wlnze Work II also GO
ing ON in tunnels "R" and &C" ore
from these Developments Is shipped /
regularly 90 the custom mill
AZ the Maud Mining company, the
Now shaft has reached n depth ~ ass
feet and has been in good ore a great
or part ~ the distance. The COM
pany ~ sending ten tons por day to
one az the customs mills. all coming /
from shaft development
The Lincoln Mining q Development,
company successor to the Enterprise
Mining company, ~ preparing To- do
exclusive development work chief OF
which viii be- sinking the shaft. which
reached water level some time ago
when work had 10 be discontinued on
account ~ the excessive Inflow A
pump viii be- Installed II IA rumor
ed the min VIII be altered "a accom- |
modate custom ore that ia available