The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-03
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b, the stccpleroek Development Com
pauy In March. 1914 The mines had
been practically abandoned tOr cigh-
teen years. though their early history
was one Of production running into
the millions. and all the surface i'm
provements had disappeared. Mr.
utter knew something OF the early
history Of the mines and. being close ,
IN In touch with the trend Of modern
mining development. with lis improv-
ing methods OF separation n in
l CrensiuE demands for the hascr met
ais. decided that the district presented
"a good opening Tor Investment and
he backed his Judgment by buying the
five groups OF mines centcring at
Stccpicrock.
Bcgins Rehabilitation
He Immediately set To work 90 clean
up. unwatrr and explore mis- property,
in itself an expensive propositions He
tackled thc hardest first. which was
the Jim crow Now. before ne has
had time to give the Carlisle any a.
tcntijn ne has sold Il 10 q company
which will proceed at once to install
machinery and work the mine.
The buyers, who were represented
here by ". u. DuNall. consist Of an
eastern syndicate, with headquarters
In New 'York, whose and
ability to operate tbc mine to It's full
capacity cannot be doubted for "A mo-
meut ". X Nclch. "A New York
engineer. who has had years 81 cXper-
fence In the west and southwest, made
the expert examination of the proper.
ty. insofar as this was possible. ON
account OF the water Mr. buyall b.
now In III Pdso. placing orders for
the necessary machinery and supplies
of aIl kinds such ls will be required
60 unwutor the mine INC equip il for.
the taking uut of thc large bodies Of
ore That q large mill viii hc erected
on the property is assured and the.
possibilities of a rauch line 81 rail-
road connecting between Lordsburs
and Duncan are not as remote as.
might be supposed
adverse Report Relied TN.
\ sale involving such e large sum
OF money being made with thc mint
fun OF water is somewhat unusual,
especial, In "a mine which had been
abandoned Tor eighteen years, hut the
engineers report referred to above
WAS largely responsible, This report,
dated 1889, WIS made by an eminent
I AalNAilNH fIlhllIf'l lAllAih Y lN" NNAAs II
was obtained from the offices Of the
London Exploration company by Mr.
Utter. after q good deal OF trouble
and expense. with Il were five maps
accurately drawn To- scale and cover
ing the entire underground workings
of the mine. clayton condemned the
mine IN his cport IN no uncertain
terms and he told In minute detail
why 1t was no good. M vein was
immense, hc said. but tho free gold
was carried In "a narrow pay streak
on the hanging wall The vein nut
ter was composed of base metals hat
could not possibly he worked az a
profit These were coarse crystalline
completes. consisting 81 sphalcrlto,
C~halDopyrite. galena and others with
low values in gold and silver. There
were 500. 600 tons OF this stun ia
sight. with British thoruuEhness ne
had even estimated the mou of
Nulucless ore iu sight. Twcnty-scNon
years later this old the milne IL VAS
supposed To- Damn for these base ores
are no longer yaluolcss hut are actual.
Is more sought after than those of
gold.
Professor Claytpus report was
backed boy evidence found iu the up
per portion OF the workings ana hy
the appearance throughout me i'm
mensc dumps uf the ores named.
Altogether lt is another case of
country opened 100 search OF gold now
proving "a bonanza for the man who is
after ores of copper, lead and zinc
through being able 10 take them ont
of combinations that baffled the met
a%lluTgists OF twenty years
Three Claims and Milisitc.
The Carlisle group consists of tire
olaims and a millsltc. II is located a.
miles west of Silver city and fifteen
miles north and east Of Duncan.
Aria, which is the supply point Il
Is opened to q depth OF 637 feet boy a
.thrcc-oompartmcnt haft and has in
the ueighborhu1d of two miles OF
Workings.
This property, after PRODUCING mil
Hons in gold, was sold TO the London
Exploration company Tor 81 .2OO, 600
and about a million spent len further
development IN search col hiRh-grade
gold ore. The next Owner was the
ISteeplcrock Development company,
which sold tu Mr.. utter after hOlding
the property many years,
The resumption Of mining opera
itions ON e large scale 40 Stocplerock
means "A great deal for Grant county,
which is already the greatest metal
producer OF the state with q good
road n would mean much more 90 Sil-
yer city than Il does under present
conditions.
The Carliyle group constituted oni,