The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-20
MINING
The Mineral Wealth of
Lincoln County New Mexico
fFrpm the CarrInn,o Ncws.l

: while tho development Of the nat
iiral resources OF Lincoln county is
being encouraged and advanced, It
might be well to look more closely to
the developmcntsof the great mineral
wealth of the different districts.
which some day viii produce a great
er annual wealth than all other lines
Of cndcavor followed In this part OF
the ate. In the vast mountain
ranges of Lincoln county there ex-
lists coal. iron, gold. silver. copper.
lead and many OF the rare metals OF
commerce In paying quantities. aud
only development Ia needed to make
their wealth and usefulness available
TO mankind.
II IN impossible. in one issue, TO
mention the many promising districts
uf the county and their progress; 80
beginning near home the News repre-
sentative visited that part OF the Mo-
gal district nearest this point. aud
found promising prospects with very
little actual development going on.
The principal properties nearest the
town are those OF the Iowa and New
Mexico Mining and Milling Co. and
the Economic Mining inc Milling Co.
The first Is at present inactive. but
the Economic company IL steadily
carrying on development. The prin-
cipal properties OF this company at
tho present time are seven In numa
her. tho Telluride. Sylvanite. Cold
King. Gold Queen and Copper Hili
Numbers 1. and 3. and upon these
properties the principal development
work has zen done.
ON the Gold King there II a shaft
9s feet deep and a tunnel 1876 feet:
On the Gold Queen "a 90 foot shaft
and considerable open cut work; on
the S~ylvanite open cuts and shafts.
and on the Copper IIiil group sever
al hundred feet of tunnels, shafts and
open cuts. The ore bodies so far
shown are OF low grade cope but
large. and also generally carrying
values In gold. Occasional high
grade ore occurrences have been dis
regarded by the company and the ef-
fort has been to get depth. where
prospects from the surface down en-
courage the belief that large bodies
of ~hiEh-grade copper. gold ores exist
and accompany the much larger bod
irH IT lower grade copper ores alroad,
shown To exist ON the surface ans
Go the depth now attained. Engineer
examining the property have giver
favorable opinions upon both the ore
bodies and the method OF develop.
mcnt. II il the opinion that TIA,
tunnel on the Gold King now IN 10.
fect and intendods 10 cut the larg'
iron vein carrying copper alread,
opened In the deep shaft, viii cut th'
ore body at a depth assuring sulphid'
ores. II has already beer demon
stratcd that the sulphides are IT muci
higher value han the surface ores
The Economic company's propert'
should become one Of the pToducini
mines of the southwest with a fall
amount OF development. as the low
grade ~carbonatcs on the surface al
ready offer an attractive ieachinl
proposition for capital while value
increase as the sulphides show. Tn
principal low-Rrade vein h fully on
hundred feet ia width on the surfac
and an the vein matter Is minerali2eG
Tn large bodies OF low-grade orc
already available. the more than flat
teriHg prospect OF materially increas
ing values with depth. to say nothin
OF high-grade streaks already show