The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-17
Luna Co. Mine Resources
Exhibit at Fair Results in New Com.
panies---lOcal Miners Win.

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make history m The near future al
one Of the most active mining
fields IN New Mexico. For The past
week The town he's been IN the
thrncs Of mlnes and mining, Oh
and drilling. Two companies formed
for mining thla weeh IN Columbus
are In the initial stage and q num-
brr OF upstate mining men are
here IN attendance al conferences.
Tho Courier bent on reliable
Information Of everything pertain
Ing 10 mining has discovered just
what Il IL after and what the
ciiiEens hore want 10 know In
recent issues Of the Dcmine Head
light and subsequently we clip
copiously with due credit 70 the
paper.
The Courier received the fol-
lowing letter this morning from NJ.
s. Nord Of Demine:
Editor. Columbus Courier:
The prize check OF $500 awarded
Grant county for best exhibits has
boen made out and forwarded 10
Mr.. o. Wiser. Hanover. New Mexico.
President Of the Republic Mining
and Milling Co.
N. s. NoRD.
Fifly-one entries were made In
the mineral exhibit which the
judges considered a. being up u
the astndard OF rules as previously
announced In the papers. The en-
tries by counties were as follow:
Luna % entries; Grant ~; Sierra
10; eierra county furnished be-
sidsa more than one hundred OF
hish grade cabinet ore specimena
running from 500 per ton up
20 siiL77s.3t per ton. The last
specimen mentioned was exhibited
by Mr.. N. s. Finch Of Deming'
formerly OF Kingston. This orr
specimen was taken from a King
ston mine containing gold and sill
yer. His beautiful cabinet placed
In the showcase al the exhibit
proved 10 be quite an attraction
with ils numerous specimens. Thi.
was also the case with specimens
furnished by William ID. slease. o.
Hlllsboro. N. NJ. taken from th'
Lookout Mine AZ TERRA Blanca
running from $500 up 10 $4,000 pei
ton. The Log Cabin Mine at Tierrl
Blat-a also furnished some beauli.
ful specimens. This mine has pro
duced over $4,000 IN gold and sil-
yer. The two last mentioned prop
critics and the Bi-Metallls Mining 1
Milling Co. property Ia DeminI
eorporation) are adjoining eacl
other and are oil on the sam
mineral belt line running through
Cooks Peak and TERRA Blanca OF
10 Kingston. according 10 the I
s. Geological Survey Maps.
Examining these various exhibit
the editor is ready 70 ask what 1
the matter with Luna county?
Judging from the exhibits, Lun
has just as good quality OF ore a
The other counties that had or
on exhibit and we conclude tina
II Is only lack OF capital for de
yelopment 10 bring Luna county u
70 the standard. II is understoo
that up 10 1910. Luna county wa
about equal in production 10 an
OF the other counties mentioned
Peak alone had over St.OO0.OOO u
10 that time 70 its credit accordin
10 the u. s. Geological Survey.
little more boosting Of the minin
industry OF our county would Ger
tainly be In line. All camps q
Luna county were showing grer
interest In theae exhibits and ths
was good sign. There were en-
tries. not only from Florida an
Tres Hermanas, but also frol
Cooks Peak aud Gaea. the latte
camp being very seldom spoken {
in our city but their exhlbi
showed that they had the stun
When Sierra county gave us 4
exceedingly interesting EXHIBIT :
high grade ore, Grant county Il
cluding Hachila and Lordshul
camps presented not only qnalil
hut quantity production and wei
therefose awarded the arsl pri
for the best county exhibit N
second prize for county exhlI
went TO Sierra county and u
third 10 Luna county. The Or
prize for the best individual exhit