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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22

The largest producing companies have been the So mining company
Bonney Mining company through lesses), Croker and Randall at the Nellie
Bly, mine, F. Weldon and associates, Traner and Bonnet and other snaIIp
lesses throughout the camp.
During the past year a number Of improvements have been made at
the 50 mine, the largest producer in the camp, which for 1915 turned om
to the State Tax Commission a gross production value of s7e2 el n III
company has added another DIESEL engine unit to its plants giving it nv
two Lyons-Atas engines each with 500 h. p. capacity. The fifth level of
from that point in the blocking out of new ore bodies. Although not se
curing any new property the company has expended a large sum in develop
ployee's houses have been erected at the 95 camp and the company has plan
anu M ompahV store. a. D. maeIrleden is manager Of the 30 mine. =. W.
jackson is mine superintendent The majority of the stock of the company
S5 Mining company has made big strides in its growth during the past yea
and its shipping of untreated ore to the smelers in the southwest is esi
Near the So mire and in the vicinity of Lees peak, the octo Mining an,
Brothers of Bbbee, Ariz. This work will be completed before mining will
be done At the latter part Of December the shaft was down approximately
and it will likely be o n a paying basis and shipping ore by the last of 1917
at the latest.
During the past year almost all the or shipped from the Bomney prop,
ery has been mined by lesees. Wells and shony operating the No. 1 and
No. 2 shafts have shipped a considerable aree tonnage to the Ell Paso and
Dougas smeuerS WIN e~cenh retWnS Other NSSs nave MADE money
property was taken over by the Western Mining & Development company
T. McCaskey. Their engineer in charge is J. P. Porteus. The work of this
company has been confined to the Nc. 8 shaft. Development work has been
compny has secured a excellent contract with the Douglas shelters and
will be shipping by the first Of the year.
In the spring of 1916 a rich strike was made by Frank Weldon o the
Nellie Gray Formerly Moie Dream) mining claim. Ore vas shipped t.
under lease to J. L. Wells who is shipping to FL PasO
The Nellie Bly, mine at Leidendorf has produced practically all the
shipping IRE of that region for 1916. Col B. W.. Randall and Dr. M. M
Croker have been shipping an average Of ten carloads o oe monthly iron
the property. r#slSSH8
Trainor and Bennett have operated the Wado-Beam property, addn-
ing the Atwood and have shipped several carloads of ore to Ell Paso
A number of small lesses have done work at various points in the
coming into the field The % extension Upper Mm mG H. a. o eGph
company has been organized by Miami Arhp men to work CLAIMS aalo N Hs
Mchigan-New Mexico Copper company and others in that vicinity Other
deals ri pending. Aa
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
Geological Review of Camp

The man part Of the mountains south Of Lordburg is said to be COM
posed o. volcanic rockc, chiefly andeste. Exposures Of fresh rocks ire rare
within the district The bills re mostly covered with residual soil and the
intervening flats consist Of characteristics desert wash. The hard rocks that
are representatives Of the mass, this most pre- lalent rock is a diorte porphvrv
a graylsh Of greenish-gay rock whose Porphyrtic texture is brought out
IN some places by small white feldspar crystals In other places, however,
phenoeTysts re not SEEN the rock consisting of a cryptOcrysta1ne aggre-
gate. II the few specimens found sufficiently fresh to permit determination
are representative of the mass, this most prevant rock il a dionte porphyry.
Pyroxene and a rather acdc pagiocase feldspar appear to have been the
principal constituents: Chloite and epidote m the chief products of altera-
ton and account FOR the color Of the rock; sericte is formed abundantly
near some Of the veins.
OF the district consist Of cold, wallike lodges, locally called bikes Most
Of these have about the anne neutrality-suspicious. Lees Peak is at an
intersection of such lodges at a low angle. They are in reality brecciated
and much shetted zones in the porphyry, and owe their prominence to thier
superior resistance to erosion. ttt
As distinguished from the western part Of the district where the do
rite porphyTy is common, the eastern part shows more numerous exposures
Of ELUSIVE rock, probably andesie.. The freshest Of this rock that was seer
consists of lah of phgncnase with a little pyroxene and numerous patches
of Hmonte that by their outline suggest that they result from fohvine.
Aggregates of chloride carbonate and epidote constitute the more altered
varieties. Owing either to the small exposures or to the advanced alteration
of the roek'te structure generally can not be discerned East of the Abb
erdeen mine, however, near the south end of the Shakespeare camp, the purp-
hh and brownish rock shows distinct bedding. Though the beds are some
what cOntortei, the most prevalent attitude corresponds to a strike Of N.
rs degrees and a-dp of 20 degrees to 80 degrees N. The rock here looks
tufaeeousar
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
The Octo Mining Company

In 1891 the prominent siUcious outcroppng four and a half miles
southwest of Lordsburg was located by a prospector named APPLICABLE. This
man put down a 40 foot shaft in the center of his property and kept III
assessment work for six years later Disappearing to parts unknown. The
next owners became Joe Raby and j. n. Wines. In 1902 the present owners
bought the property and added several claims by location. Three deep shafts
and several shallow prospect holes have been sunk by the Osto company, all
revealing ore in place. There are about eight veins taveBing the companys
property, all ou6roppng at the surface and all becoming enriched with
depth. On the southwestern end of the property there is a prominent blow
out toward which all veins seem to converge and it is at this point the future
development work of the company viii be done. At depth it is doubtless but
that the high grade suphide ores. viii. be reached. Wherever prospected
veins up to 20 feet in wt6th have been cut and commercial ore blocked out.
Five or six years ago a contract was let for a deep shaft but the con
tractor fell down and abandoned the property but now the company is sub
santaly financed and nothing VIII be left undone to prove the worth of the
Lees Peak ground. "
A three compartment shaft has been started at the, new site and is
tmbered up with eight by eight tunbers and a splendid head frame forty
feet high. There is an excellent shaft house at the mine. The equipment
consists of one 85 h p steam boiler and a new Sullivan double stage COM
pressor and a 80 h P. White hoist ~-~- .. e.
From all indications this property is destined to become one Of the best
in the local district. The heavy naturalization and high values are there
and all that is needed is the work necessary to take out the ore.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
IS Extension Group

Final arrangements have been completed for the transfer of about
twenty mining claims in the local district, neal and adjoining the property
of the So Mining company, to a newly organized company which will be
known rs the IS Extension Copper Mining and Development Company. The
men backing the project are the organizers of the Old Dominion Extension
Copper Company of Miami Arz 1he. company is to be incorporated with
. capitalization of five million dollars.
Claims in the Virginia Mining District have been sold or optoned to the
Arizona people by the following persons: Messrs. Scarborough, Black,
Reynolds, Trimbe, Hayden, Fuller Chase, Oney, Hutchinson, Bradberry,
Peterson and Shearer. 1t is likely that other owners will put in their
property in the deal.
Many valuable claims have been taken over by the new company and
the property lies in an ideal location in the local district for ore occurrence.
The ore-bearing dykes of the section are o the area and in many places
excellent ore has been opened up Som of the claims have been developed
and others have very little work done on them. 1t is the intention of the
new company to begin development work soon after January 1st