The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-23
SHOWED
SAMPLES WHICH
Leo TO BONANZA
Copper Ore Displayed Years
Ago Led Men TO Badly Peak,
Whence Gold Indications
Were Followed Up.

In the days when New McVco wac
a hintoriaud an Indian showed some
specimens Of rock he had found On
Badly Peak ia white men who rocog-
nizod thcm as copper ore and who.
guided by the Indian. found tine ledge
and located a prospect. The men do
10 Development work on his copper
prospect in 1866 found placer sold aud
rae d to It's parent ledge. The
placers yielded $4,000 and the
gold mine about Si.1j0.O10. but the
rich ore was exhausted IN .cw years
and Tor over forty years dcsultory
prospecting tor other ore bodies was
carried on without notable Itsults. In
recent years prospecting based ON the.
g%eolosic relations ~ the Old ore body
resulted IN tho discovery Of a new
body of rich ore. which has yielded
nearly t250. o0o IN ten months n Is
SIN producing.
\ detailed account of this bonanza
Is given IN Tho Aztec Gold Nine.
Haldy, New Mexico "a report written
boy willis r. Lee and published 10y the
United states Geological Survey as
bulletin 62O-N.
Thc mine now is owned ny Jan Van
Houtcn. Frank and Charles springer
aud associates, and has produced a
quarter OF "A million dollars the past
ten months after having lain idle for
forty years. In 1866 the mine Yielded
f%1,i5O.00O and the nearby piacers
S~2..J0.000. but since then prospecting
failed to locate any other ore bodies
that /, paid Il mine until asst year.
t.lau "a. ,A..a.ns ut.al.a .sa9 mod. aud
is still producing.
The mine VAS described bN a.. W
Raymond IN lSiO ana later uN y \
Jonts. president Of til. ; hool OF
u mes at socorro, n l.. = Grafton OF
IN, geological survey. IN ndit start
ed several years ago wac driven
through several small deposits OF
moderately rich ore ana IN Aueus'
1914. entered "a large body Of high
grade ore yielding an average of s25.-
000 a month.
The mine Is located az an altitude
of moro thnn 10000 feet ~ ..b0o feet
beneath The top - Badly peak, rho
| mine o. connected by wagon ioad with
Ute park, one was inst discovered
by an Indinn who f.ity ysnr5 ago ox-
hibitcd some specimens Of copper ore
NJ Fort Union. The Mystic lode was
thcroupon located ~ an attitude" oi
~ 200 feet. \ party sent AZ IN 1855
| discovered placer gold On. Willow
| creek on the western slope ~ Noun,
| Badly and g. 2b0, 600 worth uf orc was
taken from the placers. In 1868 tho
| outcrop Of he lode minc waS discor-
cred and the Aztec mine was opened
| ON 1t. A l5-stamp mill was put In OPP
Grafton. the ore averaging $tS.s3 per
ton. aud tl.250.OO To $500, 900 was
taken out. II was t.. Y. Deshayes
who. following the clue given nv J T
| Sparks. discovered the deposit heins
worked out AT present. Sore aim
Guilty IL found IN obtaining water foI
the mine. although II lies ut the head
OF Tte creek. The formations are
Pierre shalc OF c~retaceous and tho
INSTRUMENTATION 81 early tertiary age
The igncous rock consists pt quartz
monzonitc porphyry In bikes and aiils
prospect tunnel l,t00 feej long or
the west side Of Mount Baby went
through sir such stills ~aggrogating taS
feet. The gold ore is closely assoc
ciatcd with the igneous rock, espe'
cially at It's contact with the shaie,