The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-09
MINE PROGRESS
Of STATE TOLD
IN MINING WORLD
Review of Developments in
New Mexico Shows Marked
Increases In Production Of
Many Materials.
Mining nnd EngIneerine Worldl

lIttlp attention was nnfd a, tho unut
~situntiof Of tho suy.r industry tiow-
ever there was n general rcfuvenatinn
of mining IA The stare. This statcmcut
may b, confirmed lv estimates else
where In thls issue giving All metals
Lam Increased neur. In their nrnduc-
ton with , total increase in value Of
, app,oximately S72O0OOo. COLD yu-
yer. lead. conner and zinc vere mo
duced. with "A majority of The product
sent ia Texas. Arizuna Colorado ar
zinc and lead sucltors In th. NOR,
eastern .t,tss Thai ndVnuc.s were
firm ana we'll thought of n, tho usonl,
Is shown a., the urganignttou or ia.
! Taos Mining many. Twipiug Tao.
county The company ,nnk OVER IN,
Fraser mines ana win com
! mence operations early in 1916. II
| was lncorporatcj with capitnl STOCK,
! OF 81. O0e 600. par vain. of share SO.
| which were offered al 81. Labor
troubles and transportation offered NJ.
tie resistance to operations. aud the
items OF most importance were those
of new operations aud construction.
Grant county. as IN the past. was thc
largest producer. fielding Nnlues over
i2o times those of nnN other county.
as this county includes he nurru
Mountain. HanoVer, Ficrro and Santa
Rita tChinoi mines, Nhich are well
known rs the largest producers IN the
state. The Burro Mountain Copper
company. Tyrone. has Home and ha.
much work under way. The Niagara
tunnel was completed IN December
1914, and a new onccntrator n
Teaching plant are still under coustruc-
zion 500 men were employed mpst Of
the time. and besides erecting mine Of
hccs. machine and other shops, with
various new mine structures. two 1000
horsepower Diesci engines were !n-
stalled, II "A third VIII he added. Two
units Of the mill are nearly completed
ana are rated az 500 tons per Unit.
when completed the min VIII have
eight units. with direct electric con-
nec,iuns ana laundcts and pipes plac-
ed under the floor An estimated cost
of $1,000. 600 has been made.
The Mogollon district remained the
PRINCIPAL ~proluc.r OF gold ana silver.
showing an Increase OF 100 o0a
ounces Tor silver and "a decrease of
over stOO q for gold. Tho Socorro
and r,rnestiac mines and mill. were
operating. but the N~eathcrhrad and
cleveland mines and custom mills were
not operateu AZ an. At Lnrishurp.
! composed for tho most part of smniI
properties. with tho So Mines
as q principal. thlngs were fitting to
as good "A trend a. in other diatt.cts.
! Tho SO mine, a copper producer. was
employing about 200 me, 'nd shippiny
two or three cars Der la, To both th.
Calumet A ARIZONA sm,lt.r and r.
Paso. \ n.nc-mlic tramway was COM
| plcted for taking Empire comm rs
| ores from the m.nc To tho santa Fc
railroad The sam, ,nmpa.. MIS-.
started a nov uiI f,l .l.ctrestatl,
se~paratIon of the ores. Tho pinos Al
tos Mining a Milling Go. was Ircnr-
| pora,cd AT $4,000 to pufs.. pros.
! pccting. mining. milling ana various
| plant operation. About July wright
A Stauhcr complctod their s250Od
min. which Viii troa, ores from the
! savannah and G. A Co.. proucrtics now
! under lease ia IN, builder. OF rho min.
J.. "A. Cook and associates toon o,cs
lthe cash Entry mines az Saltl pc.
| which were held les tho Boston A Cor.
i rllos Mining Co. The min Nns re-
| modelled ana treatment OF the ores.
! which run 10 Der cent lead ana ~
! Der cen klilt, uftNfllNE rs lf".
was commenced 10 this place also
the Santa Fe Gold a Cobppr Co. re-
sumcd operations. ma the ig,-tnu
| mating pIaut al San Pedro was a
source for "A large output of ooppe
In sandoval county. the bland dis
trict. which has no, produced FOR some
years. operations were again taken up
at th. Cos,ack inu-tun cs-
anide plant and treated ores from tho
mines of the old Navajo cnmpauy.
shaft sinking was cnrr.cd ON al he
! Bunalo.Neu Mexico and Memphis
/ RED River prapertt.-. YpI good ore
! wns uncovered nj come Instance. The
| "concentratnrs Of the district were also
] on, rated. At ~EIlznbethtovu the Go,-
| den Ajax Mining A u~eyelopmcnt co.
which mas done DEVELOPMENT wor,
! stc,iduy for three years. the in-stamp
! mill was ovcrhauiod. new cyapide ma.
| chincry pla,od and production started
m th. latter mart of tho yoar.
The hrst uiartcr rcpott nf the chino
| Conner .omnanv shnVs "A larso n-
,ro,e. n,cr IN, ,,.t uunrf,r of I4it
No rrude IN. vas .hiuu,d and M. tom
nnu. tr.nt.1 vas tOs 900 with @, ncr