The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-05-11
MINING ACTIVITIES m
TREs HREMANAs INCREASING

Ihp writer nlndH iflN w wv
Tres Hermanas last Sunday and Is
indeed surprised to see the amount
VI work that Is being done IN this
mining district There must be- not
less than JOO men employed IN the
mountains at this time, and ~ doubt
a still larger force will be- put on
as soon a. all the promoters gcl
lined up with the smclt"r frr
handling their product
The Gymkana outni have built a
dwrlhng ~ sufficient sire io accom-
mudatc a number of their employees
and have alsn huilt q house fnr the
engine and machinery. They are
working on tunnel from M" has"
Of the hill INTO tho old shafts. and
have gone into the ground about
two hundred feet They are moi
taking out any ore now hut are
|prrparinr a way to get out the body
is ovcrcd IN the shaft put down
several months ago.
The Kentucky Mining Co. have
some men at work making tunnel
Into the hill aud have gone m a dis
|luncc Of about one hundred and
|nfty feet They believe they are
now striking rich body NJ ore.
The shaft pui down IN the hill above
showed ore valued rs high as siO0
per ton. but were unable 10 get at
II In work It a. II should be- done,
land started the tunnel, thinking the
same veins would be- encountered In
THE tunnel at q distance of about
two hundred feet from the starting
point
The owners NJ the Kentucky out
m are Thomas q. Lackland. Frank
~hrrrr, A. \ Parrish. ". ! O'liriau.
Cans Hicks and lur Winner. They
re- Incorporating aud expect to or
.rr q small amount NJ stock for sale
within a few weeks
Dr. q, +. Snkor has some claims
that show up good only a short dis
.iancr from the Gymkana aud Ken
urky. and has several men doing
development work \ shaft II he
ing made that may be- put down tu
'a depth NJ twu or three hundred
feet.
The lapis laF,ai mihrs diiruvrrt
about on" year agn do not seem Il
have lasted very well Development
work IN the form uf assessment
has been done ou q few bat the most
.of the land stakcd n now vacant
and open for rc-slaking. whether
|or not there T. any real value Ia
this property Is yet Ia be- determined
| The smrltrr In nrminr il part
.ly responsible fnr the amount ni
work that r. nuw bring done. n
the smrltrr will accept ,mall uuau,
titles of ore II Will be- hut short
time until several nf the smaller
companies Will start shipping.
Those who desire little rVrrcis,
should take q trip to thr mountain.
go over some uf these mining
properties. n a fellow is intrr,,,
ted hn Will feel IN, hr has done a
500 'ry> work after visiting a frv
ot these claims that are being dr.
v"'oprd Frank Shrrcr NJ IA,
Clark Cafe, seems to be- very murl
'ini"r"st"d-so much, that h. rlim,
bed io M" tup of the north peak o
III" Tres llrrmanas last sunday
THIS Is a guod climb fur = man n
good physical condition, and M,
Tact that Mr. Shrrcr made the irlI
without the USE NJ his legs and ais,
without his crutchcs seems almos
nrrrdltahlr, Int II il q fact.
The Tres .Hcrmanas mining dis
irlct Is attracting men of mean, an,
b while no rich strike has been made
he findings are sufficient tu curour
az" men iu make a greater ofInrt 4
discover M" main bodies of ore an,
in time II n very possible that srn,
IN" viii make hig discover,
small veins of pay ore have hrrI
found all over the mouuinirs. an
. here evidently Is some place v her
large quantities are stored