Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-22
SILVER CITY mlNIne MAN
TELLS OF BIG MINERAL FINDS

hItefWufu taken up AGAIN Nv DINERS
and became great properties" said
Colonel Jack ". Fleming of Silver
City. and one of the most successful
mining men in that district. "Just
for instance, the Hearst people aban-
doned the mines of Pinos Altos. sew
en- miles north of Silver City. Then
the CoInanche Mining company took
The properties over aud after working
them for some time they, too, aban-
donrd them 81 far as working them
was concerned.
after these same mines had lain
dormant for several years they were
= leased to Bell aud Wright. two young
men who were not afraid of hard
work. and they selected place to
sink shaft on the vein and soon be-
gan taking out ore and shipping to
the shelters ut III 'aso and Douglas.
which neltcd them 300 per ton in
carload lol-. the richest ores being
sacked aud held by the lrsse"s to be
treaty separately.
~ lot of this ore weighing $50
pounds was shipped Ia San Francisco
aud melted down. rs il should he,
which Melted the boys few cents
less than $4,000 gold The shaft
has now reached II depth Of about
2OO feet and the high grade ore is
being extracted every day. In less
than a week $4,000 worth of ore has
been mined. These two Young men
deserve great credit for their energy
and pluck.
"Since this wonderful rich gold
strike nearly every mine in the Pino~
Altos district has been leased or is
being operated by the owners" says
Colonel Fleming. "and no doubt other
rich strikes will be- made soon. In
deed. the Pinos Altos mines are de
-linrd 10 be- the great gold producers
of Grant county within the next six
months.
THE same thing is true Of the biz
mines of the Mogollon district. eighty
miles from Silver City. which were
abandoned by several different part
les. bni are now in the hands Of new
people. with capital aud mining
ability. Large mills have been erect =
I'd and the ores are being treated on
the ground by the cyanide process.
II is almost daily occurrence Ia see
any or Two automobiles come into
town loaded down with large gold
aud silver bricks. weighing one hun
drcd pounds each and deposited in
the Silver City banks. The mines ct
the Mogolon district will undoubtcd-
I " produce over 100000 during the
year 1914. The Socorro Mining com
pany OF that district paid two divi-
, dcnds Of one per cent inside of thirty
= day, ON $4,000. 900 capitalization.
and the company expects to pay n
monthly dividend Of one aud one
half per cent from now on. We ex-
pert to hear of the other properties
also paying similar dividends soon.
"Anoihcr abandoned mine which. !
am informed, was owned by the
Hearst people. after having yielded
over 100000 worth of silver-lead
ores. was the Victoria group. near
Gage station. eighteen miles west Of
Deming. They evidently thought it
exhausted and closed down opera
tons. Afterward man named
Burns. n good miner, got lease. and
in less than u year he took out OF the
abandoned mine ores which Melted
him over $150,00G. His lease termi-
mated and new one was refused by
the owners. Finally the present own
ers got hold of it. and It has been
paying big dividends ever since"
Silver City is in the center of one
Of the richest silver, gold and copper
districts in the whole southwest. We
have the great Chino copper mines,
seventeen miles east of MS and the
Rurro Mountain mines Of Phelps
Dodge company, only fourteen miles
southwest with their railroad COM
plcted from the Santa Fe railroad at
Whitewater to the mines at Tyrone.
The Chino company has on" thou
sand FIVE hundred men on its payroll,
and inside Of twelve months the Bur
ro Mountain company will he working
over one thousand at Tyrone. All
that. prevented them working that
number of men nj present is that the
bir concentration mill now under
construction will have Ia be com
plricd first 10 handle the output.
"why 60 to old Mexico for good
mines. where life and property have
no protection" asks Colonel Fleming
'Whcn there are any number Of pro-
slccts and mines up in our section oil
New Mexico where, under the Stars
and Stripes and with Uncle Sam to
hack you up. your life and properi,
are safcs