About 6,000 feet of underground development work has been completed at the Bonney Mine, near, Lordsburg, New Mexico, being operated by the Pacific Copper Company, with principal offices at 1107 Sun Building, Los Angeles, California. Operations are going forth on the continuance of the 500-foot shaft to the 700-foot level, and considerable new machinery is being installed at an estimated expenditure of $100,000, including a 10-drill electric compressor and hoist and a 120-gallon electric pump.
The power line from Silver City, New Mexico, has also been extended to the mines. At present shipment of one and one-half cars of ore per day is being made to the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company’s smelter at Douglas, Arizona, and with the installation of the new machinery, production is expected to be stepped up to three cars per day. E. B. Dawson, Box 57, Lordsburg, is in charge of operations as superintendent.
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New machinery is now being installed at the Silver Spot Mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Silver City, New Mexico, B. I. Kirchman, manager, under the $80,000 appropriation plan made by the company a short time ago. The mine is said to be producing at the rate of 9,000 tons per month, and produced approximately 100,000 tons of ore last year. This is the third largest tonnage reported from that district.
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Frank G. Cline of Lordsburg, New Mexico, is reported to have taken over the Norman King Mine in the Steeple Rock District of that state, and operations are now under way opening a new strike discovered on the surface, which is stated to average around $40 in gold and 213 ounces silver. This is an old-time mine, which, in 1920, shipped 846 tons of ore that averaged $58 in gold and silver to the ton.
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Improvements representing an investment of approximately $50,000 are reported being made for the installation of new electrical equipment by the Anita Copper Company, developing mines near Lordsburg, New Mexico. With the installation of this new equipment, the company will be in a position to handle the large tonnage of ore already in sight. The main shaft is down to a depth of about 610 feet, with three levels, and 2,000 feet of lateral work on the vein. Thomas E. Henderson is general manager.
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The Reynolds and Hitchen lease on the Atwood mine has shipped its first car of ore, and is now preparing a second car for shipment. The Atwood is located near Lordsburg, New Mexico.
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Arrangements are being made for an active development program at the Wolverine Mining Company, which was incorporated a few months ago for the purpose of taking over the mining property formerly known as the Cooperative Mining Company, 14 miles northeast of Lordsburg New Mexico. A new truck has been purchased by the company to facilitate the transportation of supplies to the mine. A. W. Morningstar of Lordsburg is representative for the Wolverine Company.
The Shandon Placer Mines, located a few miles north of Hatch, New Mexico, are being opened up for development by C. H. Taggart, who has been prospecting in that district for many months, it is stated. A 75-horsepower Fairbanks-Morse engine, which will be used to pump a water supply to the mines, is reported being transported to the property. From shallow workings several fortunes have been taken from this ground by former owners.
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It is understood that the United Verde Copper ‘Company, Jerome, Arizona, will shortly make an examination of the Homestake-Tremada properties, in the Lordsburg district of New Mexico. Negotiations are in the hands of W. O. Woodbury, mining engineer and son of the late J. P. Woodbury, of the Mackay & Fair Bonanza firm of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada, who holds the option.
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The Silver Icing Mine will be examined at an early date by a Butte, Montana, copper company, which has this property under consideration. W. O. Woodbury holds an interest in this mine, which is situated near Lordsburg, New Mexico, and is active in the negotiations.
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MINING IN THE LORDSBURG
DISTRICT IN NEW MEXICO
The Lordsburg district of New Mexico is the scene of greater mining activity this year than ever before in its mining history. The Eighty-Five Branch of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company is the principal producer of the district and has for several months been engaged in extensive improvements. The new three-compartment shaft, which is to be sunk to a greater depth than the present shaft of 1,650 feet, is now close to the 600 level. A number of surface buildings, constructed of reinforced concrete and rock, have been erected. The company is increasing its output because of the necessity for siliceous ores at the Douglas smelter.
The Pacific Copper Company, which recently took over the Bonney property, has its new electric hoisting machinery in place, and as soon as the Texas-Louisiana Power Company can connect the electric line, the entire machinery at the mine will be operated by electricity. It is estimated that with the new machinery in operation it will be possible to ship three ears of ore per day, some very good ore having been encountered at the 500-foot level.
The Anita Copper Company has sunk its mineshaft to a depth of 610 feet with three levels, and 2,000 feet of drift work, exposing a fine vein of ore, it is reported. The company is preparing to handle a much larger tonnage of ore than ever before, following the installation of electrical machinery.
During the month of February the Lordsburg mines shipped to Douglas and El Paso smelters 8,226 tons of copper, gold and silver ore, this amount to be greatly increased with the further development of the mines now being electrically equipped.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL APRIL 15, 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL April 15, 1929
NEW MEXICO
Considerable development is reported being done on potash deposits in the State of New Mexico. Snowden and McSweeney, oil operators, have purchased 27% acres of land near Carlsbad, New Mexico, for the purpose of erecting warehouses and loading sheds for their potash operations near that place. It is also understood that a new refinery is to be built on the old Livingston ranch, 25 miles east of Carlsbad, for treatment of this product from that district.
Plans are being made for the construction of a new road from Highrolls, a station on the Cloudcroft branch of the Southern Pacific line, to the Warnock mines, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. It is stated that the road will cost approximately $50,000. The work is expected to be started immediately.
Application made by the La Bajada Copper Mining Company, Domingo, New Mexico, W. B. Kolman, president and manager, for a permit to appropriate 6,000 acre feet of water from Santa Fe Creek for the irrigation of 3,000 acres, and for the generation of 200-horsepower has been cancelled by Herbert W. Yeo, state engineer upon the failure of the applicant to comply with the rules and regulations of his office.
Shipments of silver-lead-copper ore are reported being made regularly from the Warnock mines, located in the Sacramento Mountains, Frank J. Holmes, Alamogordo, New Mexico, general manager. The present high prices of metals and the recently granted reduction in freight and smelter rates enables the profitable shipment of ore running as low as 15 per cent lead from this mine. The ore is hauled in trucks to Highrolls, a station on the Cloudcroft branch of the Southern Pacific line. The product is principally sulphide, and is being successfully treated in the new flotation mill, which is capable of 50 tons daily.
The Memphis Corporation shipped a carload of high-grade copper ore, taken from shoots encountered in the new shaft being sunk under the direction of H. H. Hughes, Jr., Box 80, Las Cruces, New Mexico, superintendent, to the El Paso smelter around the middle of March. This shaft is down about 180 feet, and will be continued to a depth of 300 feet, which is the water level in the old shaft, 400 feet north.
A lead-silver property, known as the Hidalgo group of mines, on the south Percha Creek, near Kingston, New Mexico, and owned by Sam Hidalgo of Hillsboro, New Mexico, and H. A. Raynolds of El Paso, Texas, is soon to be developed on a larger scale. Arrangements have been made with G. Townsend of Las Cruces, New Mexico, for development of these claims, and also for exploration of claims owned by these two men, located at Lake Valley, New Mexico. It is understood that diamond drill work will be employed. A vein of lead carbonate ore is said to be exposed on the surface of the group at Kingston.
The main shaft of the Wolverine Mining Company, operating claims 14 miles northeast of Lordsburg, New Mexico, is being un-watered, preparatory to making examinations for more extensive development work. A. W. Morningstar of Lordsburg is representative for the company.
The Texas-Louisiana Power Company has completed installation of an electric power line from Silver City to Lordsburg, New Mexico, and to the Waldo, Atwood, Anita Copper Company and the Pacific Copper Company. This will materially reduce the cost of mine operations in that district.
Ore containing gold is reported being taken from property of the Texas Mine and Development Company, located in the Tres Hermanas Mountains, 23 miles south of Deming, New Mexico. From the same shaft deposits of silver and lead are also found. This company is represented by J. M. Crump
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 6 30, 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL JUNE 30 1929
NEW MEXICO
An important ore strike has been reported made on the Lady Stratford property, which is located in the Mancos district of New Mexico. The quartz is stated to run as high as $1,000 gold per ton.
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More mining activity is said to be under way in the district near Kingston, New Mexico, than there has been for many years past. The Franklin, Bullion and Superior claims, owned by Keith & Company of New York, as well as the Comstock and Black Colt mines, are now being worked by lessees. These claims, all located on Bullion Hill, are said to have been large producers of silver ore in former years, and large tonnages had been piled on the dumps to await a process that could handle the ores at a profit.
It is the intention of the leasers to erect a mill on Bullion Hill, near the dumps, capable of handling about 50 tons of ore per day, and, if operations are successful, an additional unit will be added. Miners are also at work in the Bullion tunnel in an effort to recover ore deposits left by former operators.
It is reported that lessees have taken out approximately $300,000 worth of ore from the Comstock mine in one year.
A large body of manganese ore has been opened up on the Iron Duke mine, in the same vicinity, it is stated, which carries a good percent of manganese, lead, silver, and some copper. The new highway to Kingston is to be finished in July, which is expected to result in increased shipments of ore from this district.
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Production at the Silver Spot Mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Silver City, New Mexico, has been curtailed to 8,000 tons per month, according to Robert I. Kirchman, manager. The mine will be operated on this basis until September 1, the curtailment being the result of reduced production at the furnaces. The mine is understood to have formerly produced at the rate of 9,000 tons per month. The company will go ahead with construction work and development during the summer.
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A certificate of incorporation has been filed with the New Mexico Corporation Commission for the J. N. Lummus Mining Company. The amount of authorized capital stock is $25,000, and the amount actually issued and with which the company will commence business is $4,000. The incorporators were: J. N. Lummus, J. E. Lummus, A. J. Cleary, and E. N. Belcher, all of Miami, Florida. F. A. Catron, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, has been named agent.
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The U. S. Treasury Mines Company, incorporated in Delaware, has filed a foreigner’s statement with the New Mexico Corporation Commission. The authorized capital stock is $250,000, of which $34,. 000 has been issued.
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The Silver Monument mine, in the Black Range, 10 miles west of Chloride, New Mexico, has been reported taken over under option agreement by the Frederick Velie interests of Kansas City, Missouri, who have already started work with a small force of men. Heretofore, this mine had been operated by the Virginia Bell Mining Company, of which W. D. Davis, Sheldon Hotel, El Paso, Texas, is president and manager. It is understood that the Velie interests have also secured other mines in the same district.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 9 30, 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL FOR SEPTEMBER 30 1929
NEW MEXICO
As a result of the mineral survey just completed on the Gold Nugget patented claims in the Pinos Altos Mountains, near Silver City, New Mexico, a checked geophysical survey to be followed up by diamond drilling has been recommended. The survey was made by K. D. Foster, economic geologist of 2687 Moss Avenue, Los Angeles, for Emma C. McElvain, owner of the property.
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The National Group of Mines, owned and operated by Charles Fowles, Hachita, New Mexico, is employing 40 men in mine development. This is a gold, silver, lead, copper property. Mr. Fowles plans for further development, by the sinking of three main shafts, and three prospecting shafts, together with the necessary crosscutting and drifting.
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George H. Utter of Long Beach, California, is in the Steeplerock District of New Mexico, east of Duncan, Arizona, making preparations for the development of his Nugget group of claims.
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The Dictator mine, located six miles east of Fairview, New Mexico, is being worked by a small force of workmen under the direction of F. Parker, manager. The ore is lead-silver, with some Zinc.
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At the Silver Monument mine, purchased by the Velie Metals Company, active work is being carried out under the management of F. W. Cook, 417 Roberts-Banner Building, El Paso, Texas, and recent geological surveys are said to have indicated deposits of copper, silver and gold ore below the present workings. The underground work is in charge of C. B. Hullinger of Chloride, superintendent, and a force of about 30 men is employed. The 50-ton flotation mill is being repaired for treatment of the ores. This company is also working a fluorspar mine, 10 miles southeast of Hot Springs, New Mexico, with Blanchard S. Hanson as superintendent. Shipments of pulverized fluorspar are being made from this property.
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Six miles north of Chloride, New Mex., the old Mail Line Mine has been developed to a depth of 90 feet, revealing a fissure vein from six to ten feet wide. The development work is backed by eastern interests.
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Work is steadily in progress on the Alicia Claim of the Caballo Mountain Mining and Leaching Company, 20 miles north of Salem, New Mexico, of which J. C. Baumgarten of Schulenburg, Texas, is general manager. It is the intention to install a new hoist, compressor, and drills, within a very short time. Development is under way on a body of copper oxide and chalcopyrite. Phillip Carrera, 2906 San Diego Street, El Paso, is purchasing agent.
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A new strike of ore has been reported made on the Portes Gil and Graf Zeppelin claims, located two and one-half miles southeast of Fairview, New Mexico. The ore is copper, silver and lead, and two tons recently shipped to the El Paso smelter are said to have netted $145 per ton. The properties are owned by Sam Hidalgo of Chloride, New Mexico and H. W. Yeager of El Paso. Mr. Hidalgo is manager of the Santa Fe Mining Company.
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New parties have taken a lease on properties of the Bear Canyon and Andreas Mountain Mining Company at Las Cruces, New Mexico, where operations are to be commenced shortly. The holdings consist of 16 lead and nine copper claims, and there is a small mill and smelter on the ground. W. J. Stevens and J. G. Stuart are the owners.
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The Gold Range Mining Company, Bland, New Mexico, is employing a force of 12 men in the development of its property, under the direction of T. H. Jenks, president and general manager. This is a gold-silver property, equipped with a 100-ton cyanide milling plant.
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The Adycopt Company, Alamogordo, New Mexico, F. B. Wideman, superintendent, has installed a compressor and hoist and is sinking an incline shaft, contemplating sinking to a depth of about 750 feet. This company has acquired something over 4,000 acres, with excellent showings on the greater portion of the ground. Values are in copper and lead, with copper predominating. At present there are about 25 men on the payroll.
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Stewart and Holmes, operating the Warnock Mine at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on lease and bond, are installing a three-drill Ingersoll-Rand compressor. This property is shipping on an average two cars of copper ore per week and one car of lead ore. When the compressor is in operation production will be increased.
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The Forest Service has completed and made connection with a new road from the Stewart and Holmes property, a distance of four miles, to the Courtney mine. Ore is being trucked this way now, and the shipping point is High Rolls, New Mexico. The Forest Service, with Mr. Myers as engineer in charge of construction, is now continuing the new road, making connection from the Courtney Mine, a distance of three miles to High Rolls. This is a great improvement for the district, making a favorable cut in ore haul costs for the entire district.
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The Courtney Mine, E. A. Corrie and George Warnock, owners, High Rolls, New Mexico, will in the near future start to milling copper and lead ores. Mr. Corrie has just recently taken a lease and bond on Mr. Warnock’s interest in the property. A shipment of hand-sorted copper ore, which is expected to average 10 per cent copper and some silver values, is to be made by the middle of September. Through agreement with Frank J. Holmes of the Stewart-Holmes property, Mr. Corrie contemplates the milling of nil ores of the Courtney property. The company already has secured favorable shipping rates to the El Paso smelter, and the new Forest service road has greatly improved ore-haulage costs.
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Jason Daugherty and Brother, High Rolls, New Mexico, made a shipment of copper concentrates to the smelter, the first of September, that averaged 23 per cent copper, and some silver. This was concentrated by the old method of sluicing. This product came from La Luz Canyon, one mile north of High Rolls.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 10 15 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL for OCTOBER 15 1929
NEW MEXICO
The Mary Betty Mining Company, of Elizabethtown, New Mexico, has been chartered by the New Mexico Corporation Commission. The company has an authorized capital stock of 100,000 shares without par value, and was incorporated by A. T. and W. P. McIntyre, C. R. Bair and H. T. Young.
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Property of the Black Cloud Mining and Milling Company at Magdalena, New Mexico, which has been idle for some time, is to resume operations within the next 90 days, with John F. Duling in charge as general manager. A 75-ton mill is available on the ground, and the values are principally in lead and silver.
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Announcement has been made of the sale of the Hilltop Mines, located in the Organ Mountains, 20 miles east of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The new organization is composed of J. Menary, and Albert Menary, of Santa Rosa, California; W. L. Cunningham, of Kenwood, California, and Don Hamill, of Las Cruces. Development work will follow.
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A strike of gold ore has been reported made in the Mountain Lily Mine, located near La Plata, San Juan County, New Mexico, by Dan Muir and the Eddy brothers. The property is situated near the Small Hopes and Eureka claims.
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F. W. Cook, manager of the Velie Metals Company, with offices at 417 Roberts-Banner Building, El Paso, has announced that his company expects to spend approximately $1,000,000 in development of its mining properties in the southwest, a number of which are located in the state of New Mexico.
The company recently acquired the Silver Monument Mine, near Chloride, New Mexico, as well as the Humboldt fluorspar mine, 15 miles southeast of Hot Springs. The Lucky Sunday Mine, 10 miles west of Sierra Blanca, Texas, and the Lilly Faye and Los Colorado Mines, seven miles north of Allamore, Texas, are also being worked by these interests.
This company also has properties in Chihuahua, Mexico, and maintains offices at Las Cruces, New Mexico, with Dr. C. W. Gerber in charge. S. H. Velie of Kansas City, Missouri, president, will be in El Paso, in October, when a directors’ meeting will be held for election of officers.
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The Margie Mine, in Quartzite Canyon, six miles north of Organ, New Mexico, is being developed by J. A. Yawger, and high-grade silver ore is reported being sacked for shipment. Mr. Yawger Is also interested in a number of other properties in that district.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 10 30 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL for OCTOBER 30, 1929
NEW MEXICO
The new Cucaracha lead-zinc ore deposit discovered below the 800-foot level of the Pecos Mine, of the American Metal Company of New Mexico, Valley Ranch, New Mexico, is believed to extend for a length of 700 feet. Recent diamond drilling has also indicated new ore at a depth of 900 feet in the Katydid shear zone. Operations are in charge of J. T. Matson, general manager.
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Thirty men are employed repairing the road to property of the Norman King Gold Mining Company, in the Steeple Rock District, in New Mexico, and as soon as this work is completed, new mine machinery, to include a new hoist and compressor, will be installed. It will be necessary to clear the shaft for further development work. Buildings are to be erected shortly, including a hoist house and machine shop as well as houses for employees. The Norman King company has also purchased the Billali Mine from George H. Utter of Long Beach, California, through Frank G. Cline of Lordsburg, New Mexico, who secured an option on the mine about six months ago.
This gold property adjoins the Norman King property on the southeast. Headquarters of the company are at Albuquerque, New Mexico, although the company is largely controlled by interests of Hamlin, West Virginia. A. F. Black is president; G. T. Ray, vice-president; Velma Pauley, secretary; and Guy B. Ray, treasurer. Lyman Pauley is superintendent in charge of operations, with Fayette A. Jones of Albuquerque, consulting engineer.
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Complex lead-zinc ore has been revealed by drilling operations south of the main shaft of the Pecos Mine of the American Metal Company of New Mexico at Valley Ranch, New Mexico. It is understood that the deposit has been proven to extend from the 800 to the 1,100-foot level, and for this development the three-compartment shaft will be sunk to the latter level. Drilling will be continued south of the new ore body. The company operates a 600-ton selective flotation mill at Glorieta, New Mexico, under the direction of H. D. Bemis. J. T. Matson is in charge as general manager.
The Southern Pacific Railway Company has started work on taking up the track which connected the towns of Hermanes and fleming, New Mexico, a distance of 32 miles. This action follows the granting of a permit to the company by the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon this line.
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Following a curtailment in mine production to around 3,000 tons per month during the summer, efforts will now be made by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company of Silver City, New Mexico, to step up production to the 7,000 tons a month mark. This will require the employment of 30 additional men. Robert I. Kirchman is manager.
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An investment of $30,000 has recently been made in the workings of the DeadwoodMmine at Mogollon, New Mexico, in retimbering and getting the property in readiness for extensive operations, according to reports. This property is owned by the General Milling, Mining and Power Company, of which Nils Bagge, Jr., of Glenwood, New Mexico, is superintendent.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 11 30 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL for NOVEMBER 30, 1929
NEW MEXICO
The Lehigh Metal. Company has completed renovation of its milling plant near Mogollon, New Mexico, and is now operating three shifts per day, with about 50 men employed. A squad of men from the plant have done some excavating in Whitewater, and measured the flow of water there, establishing a possibility for hydropower. Major Hart of Scranton, Pennsylvania, vice-president of the company, is expected soon to look over the late improvements at the plant.
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W. 0. Groene of Fort Worth, Texas, was recently in Lordsburg, New Mexico, where he conferred with J. J. Mahans in regard to properties of the Forest Mining Company at that place. Mr. Mahans is president, and Mr. Groene is secretary, of the company, which plans to start development work immediately.
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The Queen and McDaniel group of claims, near Cook’s Peak, in New Mexico, have been taken over by L. W. Miller and Riley George, who plan the erection of a new 100-ton mill. The plant will probably be in operation by the first of the year, when it is planned to have between 25 and 30 miners employed. Mr. George has been interested in these properties for a number of years, and will now be associated with Mr. Miller, in the management. The mines produces complex ore of lead, zinc and silver. Mr. Miller has headquarters at Deming, New Mexico, and has been at Cook’s Peak since April, investigating the properties.
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An amendment has been filed to the original certificate of incorporation of the New Mexico Zinc & Copper Company, with the New Mexico Corporation Commission, changing the name of the company to Humboldt Mines, Inc., and increasing the capital stock to $2,500,000.
J. A. MacDonald of Kelly, New Mexico, is manager of the company.
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Allen W. Burget, of Kansas City, Missouri, director of the Rico Gold Placer Company of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was recently in Denver, Colorado, for the purpose of buying additional pumps, and other equipment, to speed up the company’s operations on its placer claims in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Considerable development work is being done.
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Gene Reisner has purchased another one-fourth interest in the Champion Mine at Red River, New Mexico, having held one-fourth for some time in association with Tom Holder and Carl Johnson. A new development program is to be inaugurated at once.
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It is stated that the stockholders of the Oro Amigo Platino Mining Company [Goodsprings, NV Yellow Pine Mining District] of Los Angeles, have voted to increase the capitalization from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, while the directors have approved the purchase in fee, of 160 acres of prospective oil land, located about one mile southeast of Farmington in the San Juan oil basin of New Mexico.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 8 15 1931
THE MINING JOURNAL august 15 1931
NEW MEXICO
The Real del Monte Metals Company, Inc., Carrizozo, New Mexico, Carl E. Degner, general manager, is engaged in developing its two properties, the Surprise mine and the Gallinas mine. A crosscut tunnel has been advanced 700 feet at the. Surprise group and a 400-foot shaft is being sunk. Mr. Degner reports that gold ore has been found on one of the properties assaying up to $715, with the average on an 18-inch stringer of $6. Mr. Degner has just returned to Carrizozo from several months spent in New York City where he went in regard to financing the company. Full operations will depend upon the advance in prices for base metals. R. L. Easton is assistant general manager.
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One of the most active of New Mexico properties is the American Metal Company of New Mexico, with mine at Tererro, and mill at Glorieta, New Mexico. This zinc-lead property, under the management of J. T. Matson, is employing a force of 550 men and producing regularly at the rate of 500 to 600 tons daily. Clifford Hoag is mine superintendent and H. D. Hemis, mill superintendent.
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Mineral Industries, Inc., organized in 1929 under the laws of Delaware, has a management and operating contract with the Valencia Corporation of New Mexico, at Diener. The Valencia Corporation is a consolidation of the Matthews-Whiteside mine, the Copper Hill Company, the Clara Barton Mining Company, the Valencia Mines Company, and the d’Aix-Montoya mine. Under the direction of Frederic C. L. d’Aix, president, Mineral Industries has undertaken the financing of, and has under construction, an enlargement of the metallurgical plant for the extraction of copper, gold and silver. The new plant will have a capacity of 800 tons a day and will replace the pilot plant which was partially destroyed by fire a few years ago.
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The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company of Pueblo, Colorado, has cancelled its lease on the Silver Spot mine at Silver City, New Mexico, and is removing the equipment. The company at this time is not operating any New Mexico property.
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The Arizona Lead & Copper Company of Orogrande, New Mexico, is planning on sinking the shaft on its By-Chance mine 100 feet deeper, and drifting where veins show. This property has been developed to a depth of 860 feet, is equipped with a gravity concentration plant, and when operating employs a force of about 26 men.
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The Continental Mining Company is under lease to N. L. Brown of Dcming, New
Mexico, who plans within a short time to sink the present 150-foot shaft to the 800 level and to erect a selective flotation mill to handle the complex lead-zinc ores of which there is said to be a considerable tonnage developed. A. L. Eaves of Hachita is general superintendent.
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Notice has been given that certain property and equipment of the Gold Lake Mining Company, Inc., is to be sold at public auction at the court house in Silver City, New Mexico, August 11. It is claimed that this action was brought about to satisfy a judgment rendered Charles H. Roark, involving the amount of $1,759.75, together with accrued costs, interest, etc.
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It is reported that suit for $9,971.11 against the American Smelting & Refining Company has been filed in federal court by the Alta Vista Company of Socorro county, New Mexico. The petition alleges that A. S. & R C. contracted to remove a slag dump of 65,000 tons and pay 20 cents per ton for the material. It states that only 15,000 tons of the slag were removed, yielding $8,028.89, and that $9,971.11 is due by the contract, said to total $18,000 for removal of the entire dump.
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The United States Potash Company, Inc., of Carlsbad, Ne’v Mexico, is now employing a force of 58 workmen. This number will be considerably increased when construction of the proposed 2,000-ton refinery is put under way. Principals of the company’s local personnel are: C. M. Rasor, assistant manager; C. A. Pierce, general superintendent; T. M. Cramer, mill superintendent; Fred Beik, construction engineer, and P. M. McNerney, foreman. Main headquarters are located at 598 Madison Avenue, New York City, C. B. Zabriskie, manager.
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Manager T. F. Cooney of Las Cruces reports that the Girard Consolidated Mining & Milling Company hopes to have its mines at Organ, New Mexico, in operation again by Christmas.
0. W. Frenger, also of Las Cruces, is president of the company.
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SAN PEDRO MINE, NM WORD POST 1 15 1940
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 1 30 1930
for JANUARY 30, 1930
NEW MEXICO
New equipment has been installed at the Ground Hog Unit, of the Asarco Mining Company, at Vanadium, New Mexico, to facilitate the handling of production. A large ore bin, with five chutes, has recently been completed, which makes sorting of the various grades of ore an easier task. New surface structures have also been constructed. The sinking of a 500-foot shaft is contemplated, this to be located at the north end of the property, near the boundary line of the San Jose Claim. The Ground Hog Unit has been operating on the 400-foot level, and lately a 100-foot winze was sunk from this point, revealing the same grade of ore as the level above. F. W. Richard is in charge of operations as general superintendent.
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The Pacific Copper Company is widening its main shaft at Lordsburg, New Mexico, to three compartments, and sinking to the 1,000-foot level. About 50 tons of ore per day, are being produced at the present time, 50 men being at work underground, with 26 employed in surface operations. Fred F. Stevens, 705 Foreman Building, Los Angeles, is general manager, and J. C. Moulton is in charge at the property in the capacity of mine superintendent. Clyde Thompson is head of mechanical work.
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Work at present, being undertaken at Central, New Mexico, by the Silver King Mining Company, Sam T. Poteet, president and manager, is purely of a developmental nature, according to reports. Eight cars of ore have been shipped, and the last car is said to have shown a return of $1,835. Considerable material has also been piled on the dump. The mine is equipped with hoisting facilities, compressor, and a gasoline engine.
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A new air compressor has been placed in operation by the Black Hawk Consolidated Mines Company, on its properties, south of Hanover, New Mexico. The Black Hawk was recently closed down for a couple of weeks for repair work, but is now again in regular operation. Ira L. Wright, Box 306, Silver City, New Mexico, is manager.
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Following a rigid examination of property of the Copper Queen Mining Company, near Tyrone, New Mexico, by Clarence E. Doake, mining engineer of Silver City, recommendations have been made that new equipment, including a hoist, compressor, drills, etc., be installed for the sinking of a new shaft, to a depth of 250 feet, and crosscutting to the old workings. This work is now being put under way. It is considered advisable to crosscut at greater depth at intervals of 100 feet. Former workings comprise a 140-foot shaft sunk on the vein, and about 350 feet of drifting on the 100, and 140-foot levels. There are also numerous other small shafts, varying from 5 to 40 feet in depth, where surface ore was mined. Two parallel veins extend across the property, a distance of 150 feet apart, running east and west, and the iron dyke, which extends across the entire property, has been tested by sinking numerous holes to shallow depths. Hamilton S. Roach of Silver City is president of the organization.
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A shut down of the mill at the Fanny Mine at Mogollon, New Mexico, has been threatened by the inability to secure oil for fuel, because of the heavy snow on the road. The trails are now being dragged, and it is hoped that work can soon be resumed on regular schedule. W. J. Weatherby has been in charge of operations.
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A merger has been brought about by negotiations of J. I. Mccullough of El Paso, Texas, whereby the Memphis, Torpedo, and Stephenson-Bennett properties, as well as a number of smaller claims in the Organ District of New Mexico, have been consolidated into the Memphis Torpedo Mine. Corporation Officers of the new company are: Benjamin B. Earl, Fall River, Mass., president; J. I. McCullough, First National Bank Building, El Paso, vice-president and general manager; Geo. H. Woodin of Boston, treasurer, and Leslie W. Simms, also of Boston, clerk. New equipment is expected to be installed, and ready for operation, within 90 days. It is planned to undertake an extensive development program before erecting a mill on the Stephenson-Bennett Property, and a leaching plant on the Torpedo. When actual operations are under way, it is the intention to employ at least 100 men.
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Due to conditions of the zinc market, operations at the Pecos Lead-Zinc Mine, of American Metal Company of New Mexico, near Tererro, have been reduced from 600 to 300 tons daily, although development work is being continued as before. J. T. Matson is general manager.
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The U. S. Bureau of Mines has started drilling potash test hole No. 16, located 17 miles east of Hagerman, New Mexico, which is the fourth, and last potash test, to be made under the contract with the Sullivan Machinery Company. Two additional tests will be made during the current fiscal year, ending June 30. Contracts have not been let for this work. One of these is to be located in Lea County, 50 miles east of Carlsbad, New Mexico. W. B. Lang, geologist in charge of the tests for the U. S. geological survey, which is doing the work in conjunction with the Bureau of Mines, is at present, in Washington, in conference with department officials.
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Formal application has been made to Herbert W. Yeo, state engineer of New Mexico, by J. W. Ady, Jr., 224 Burns Building, Colorado Springs, Colorado, who is associated with the Adycopt Mining Company, for a permit to appropriate water from Fleming Springs, by means of diversion works, and to convey it by 5,600 feet of pipe, and there used for mining, milling and domestic purposes. The Adycopt Company has properties in the Sacramento Mountains, near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 6 15 1930
THE MINING JOURNAL
NEW MEXICO
H. D. Hill of Hatch, New Mexico, manager of the Shandon Gold Mine, located in the Caballo Mountains, a short distance from Hatch, has been spending some time at the property, making preparations to shortly resume operations with additional equipment. Mr. Hill has been associated with development of the Shandon for a number of years.
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Having secured an appropriation of $1,000,000 for preliminary work, Snowden & McSwinney of New York, opernting under the name of United States Potash Company, are reportedly sinking a shaft for exploration of potash deposits in Eddy County, New Mexico, 28 miles northeast of Carlsbad. The shaft is now about 400 feet deep. It is planned to sink to 1,100 feet, where it is expected to start drifting on a bed of potash-bearing material, which the company believes to exist in commercial quantities. The tests are in the vicinity of recent potash exploration by the United States Bureau of Mines. It is understood that negotiations are under way for electrical operation of the machinery now in use.
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Eighty tons of ore have left property of Real del Monte Metals Company, Carrizozo, New Mexico, for the El Paso Smelter. Development on the company’s Gallinas Mountains Property is being directed toward the 600-foot level, and the Surprise Claim is soon to be worked by a 700-foot tunnel. Carl E. Degner, president and manager of the organization, is at this time, on company business in New York.
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The Hidalgo Copper Company, of Lordsburg, New Mexico, has taken a lease on the Waldo Property, and, under the direction of C. R. Riley, will sink an 800-foot shaft. W. A. Leddell, metallurgical engineer of El Paso, Texas, is assisting in the selection of equipment for this work.
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Property of Manganese Valley Mines, Inc., at Deming, New Mexico, has been temporarily closed down, reports E. D. Osborn, Jr., mill superintendent. Previously a shipping schedule of 250 tons per month, was maintained. Experiments have been under way on a process for leaching the company’s low-grade ores, but to date a conclusion has not been reached. Shipments have been made to Birmingham, Alabama, and efforts are to be made to secure a nearer market.
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Two cars of concentrate have been shipped to the El Paso Smelter, by Velie Metals Company, following placing of its newly rebuilt mill in operation, 10 miles west of Chloride, New Mexico. The first consignment ran 9.17 percent copper, and 45.4 ounces silver, per ton, according to reports. The second car had not been sampled, but is expected to run higher. Two cars of crude ore have also been shipped. Shipments are made by truck to Hatch, 90 miles distant, and shipped over the Santa Fe, to El Paso. T. C. Velie, 908 Mills Building, El Paso, is general manager of the company, and S. Everhart is in charge of mill operations at the mines.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 6 30 1930
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A carload of lumber and machinery is now on the Waldo Property, at Lordsburg, New Mexico, according to reports, and C. H. Riley, superintendent, has engaged a rather large force of workmen, for considerable development work. Already, a three-compartment shaft has been started, which will be carried approximately 800 feet, before other development is under taken.
W. A. Leddell, metallurgical engineer of El Paso, assisted in the selection of equipment for this work. H. C. Walter has been given the contract for shaft timbering. There is on the ground a Sullivan angle compound compressor, three transformers, a Butte type sinking cage, and a 40-foot all-steel headframe. A framing shed, steel shop, tool room, and hoist and compressor rooms are to be set up. A pipe line has been constructed from the 85 mine to furnish water.
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The Grant County Mine, of the Peru Mining Company, has been closed down, and a change-over made to the Pewabic Mine, in the same district, near Hanover, New Mexico, according to current reports. A new crusher is being installed at the company’s mill at Fleming, New Mexico. As soon as this is completed, and the Pewabic placed on a productive basis, it is planned to step the mill up to capacity. P. H. Argall of fleming is general manager.
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The Bonney Mine of the Pacific Copper Company at Lordsburg, New Mexico, C. B. Riley, superintendent, is reported to be on a 100 ton per day basis at the present time, exclusive of the leasers, all of whom are making good above the 400-foot level. A one and a half ton skip, with automatic dump, is being installed, preparatory to increased production, it is stated. The water problem has been definitely settled, and is being handled very nicely, at an average of 65 gallons per minute, keeping the mine free of water. The No. 2 Shalf, three compartment, of latest design, is rapidly going down to the 1,000-foot Level. Another ore strike has been reportedly made on the 700 Level. Approximately 100 workmen are employed in mining and construction work. About 80 people are now living at the company’s camp.
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Harold Swanson, recently in Therma, New Mexico, from the Baldy Gold Mine in that vicinity, reported the property turning out high-grade ore, carrying values in gold, copper, zinc, and some lead. A crew of workmen have development work well under way.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 7 15 1930
NEW MEXICO
The milling plant of Peru Mining Company, at fleming New Mexico, J. S. Harris, superintendent, is again in operation after a shutdown of 10 days, for repair work. The company is completing installation of a new crusher, at its new shaft, at Hanover; this to have a capacity for 300 tons daily. The Pewabic Mine, being opened by the company at this point, is a zinc property. The ore is practically free of lead content.
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Reports from New Mexico state that work has been renewed on property of the Buffalo-New Mexico Mines Company at Red River, with F. E. Munden in charge.
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Production is being continued at the Eighty-Five Mines of Calumet & Arizona Mining Company, Valedon, New Mexico, at the rate of 270 tons of ore daily, and a working force of 285 men, is being maintained. The new shaft being sunk is now down 1,500 feet. It is planned to sink at least 250 feet further. A. J. Balmforth, mine superintendent, is assisted in operations by B. B. Youtz, chief mine engineer, and H. L. Scofield, mine foreman.
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No work is being done on the Nelly Gray Group of Claims, at Lordsburg, and the property, owned by Thomas A. Lister of that place, is being offered for sale. The property lies between the 85 Mines of Calumet & Arizona Mining Company, and the Bonney Mine of Pacific Copper Company. The two shafts, 150 feet deep, are connected at the 90, and 150-foot, levels.
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When the crosscut tunnel being driven on property of the Corona de Oro Mining Company, at Buckhorn, New Mexico, is completed, A. J. Stockbridge, manager, intends to increase the capacity of the small milling plant, install an aerial tram from the mine to the mill, and construct a new road to the mine. At present all supplies are brought in by pack train. The mining is done by hand, the ore averaging $30 gold, and $10 silver, per ton. The camp has been equipped with a boarding and bunk house, and a blacksmith shop. A 50-foot shaft has been sunk, and the tunnel extends 450 feet.
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The Chino Mines of Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, Santa Rita, New Mexico, John M. Sully, manager, are producing 7,000 tons of ore daily, which is being treated in the company’s 18,000-ton milling plant at Hurley. A force of 716 men is employed in the mines, with 852 employees at the mill.
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The Log Cabin Mining Claim, at Tierra Blanca, near Lake Valley, New Mexico, is to be developed by an incline shaft on the north end of the property. Three men are at work, and a depth of 200 feet has been obtained so far. D. M. Miller, of Lake Valley, is president of the operating company.
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J. C. Baumgarten of Schulenburg, Texas, reports that the Caballo Mountain Mining & Leaching Company, will shortly install a new hoist on its property near Hatch, New Mexico. The mine is at present being developed by an incline shaft. The lowest level of the mine is at 300 feet.
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W. L. Bradley of Gage, Luna County, New Mexico, 20 miles west of Deming, reports mining at the lead camp in that district, quiet, although a few men are at work prospecting, and practically none of the owners having entirely abandoned their properties. Approximately 1,000 tons of lead ore, also carrying $3 in gold, and eight ounces silver, per ton, has been shipped from the Bradley Mines this year.
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Reports from Lordsburg, New Mexico, state that D. B. Smith, and M. E. Patterson, have recently opened up new lead ore bodies in the Stems District, one, 14 feet wide, running 11 percent lead, and four ounces silver, per ton, and a 60-foot surface showing, varying from 11 to 19.4 percent lead.
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Carl E. Degner, president and manager, expects to install a 200-horsepower Diesel engine, and other equipment, before the end of the year, on property of the Real Del Monte Metals Company at Carrizozo, New Mexico. Eleven men are sinking the shaft to the 600-foot level, and about 3,000 feet of drifting is being done on the various levels. The company owns 26 claims and leases
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A check of the Hanover Bessemer Iron & Copper Company, Fierro, New Mexico, L. M. Kniffin, general manager, shows that 14,000 tons of ore per month, are being handled at the present time. A force of about 140 men are at work under the direct supervision of L. H. Duriez, mine superintendent, and T. W. Lawson, mill superintendent.
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I. J. Stauber has 46 men at work, on his copper property, at Pastura, New Mexico, producing from 50 to 60 tons of ore daily. Shaft-sinking has been abandoned for tunnel, and open pit work.
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Prospecting is being continued by the Board of Trustees, of the Maxwell Land Grant Company, at Baldy, New Mexico, with a force of 25 workmen under the direction of J. P. McMenemy, mine superintendent. The company’s mill is not in operation at this time. Mail for the property is received at Ute Park, New Mexico.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS 8 15 1930
THE MINING JOURNAL 8 15 1930
NEW MEXICO
Preparations are being made to start operations within the next two months, on the old Shandon Placers, 25 miles north of Hatch, New Mexico. A large earthen reservoir is to be cemented, into which water is pumped, some 350 feet above the sluice boxes. The gravel is delivered to the grizzly with a Caterpillar tracto, and the fines go to the sluice boxes. The proposition is said to be backed by J. I. McCullough, 568 First National Bank Building, El Paso, Texas, and C. H. Taggart of Caballo, New Mexico.
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In a recent address, President E. H. Wells, of the New Mexico School of Mines, stated: “Tests made in Eddy County, show that New Mexico has plenty of potash, and that it can eventually be produced commercially, and take the market away from countries from whom we now import such mineral.”
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The Gold Range Mining Company of Bland, New Mexico, is continuing the development of its gold-silver property, under the direction of T. H. Jenks, president and general manager. A force of 12 men is employed in the mine.
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The Girard Consolidated Mining and Milling Company, P. 0. Box 144, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Thomas F. Cooney, consulting engineer, hopes to begin operations within the next 60 days. This company holds 11 full claims, seven of which are patented. It is proposed to sink a 200-foot, three compartment shaft, and crosscut to the lime and porphyry contact —this on the silver-lead group. At the copper-silver group, it is planned to crosscut from the bottom of a 165-foot shaft, and intercept at depth, a 20-foot cross-fissure, which gave values of 6 percent copper and 20 ounces silver, at the surface.
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The American Metal Company of New Mexico, Tererro, New Mexico, is increasing the tonnage being handled by its mill, to 450 tons daily. This plant has a daily capacity of 600 tons, but since the first of the year, has been operating on a curtailed schedule, at the rate of 350 tons. Development work has continued at a normal rate, under the direction of J. T. Matson, manager. The main three—compartment shaft at Pecos has reached the No. 10 level, with stations cut on both the No. 9, and No. 10, levels. A new 1,000-g.p.m. electric pump has been ordered and will be installed to permit work on the No. 10 level. During May, the tramway traction cable was replaced, without any interruption to milling operations. This change involved installing 120,000 feet of new cable.
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The Mary Betty Mining Company, Eiizabethtown, New Mexico, is employing six men in the development of its gold-silver-lead property. The permanent tunnel is being driven under the proven ore bodies. The company, managed by Otto J. Mueller, superintendent, is planning on the installation of a 30-ton mill this month. C. Roy Bair, 1299 Bryden Road, Columbus, Ohio, is company president.
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Owners of mica properties near La Madera, New Mexico, have protested to the state corporation commission, against the proposal of the Denver and Rio Grande to abandon its Taos Junction, La Madera branch line. It is claimed that the abandonment of this line would eliminate mica production. The protests have been forwarded to the I. C. C., before which body the application will be heard.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 1 15 1930
for JANUARY 15, 1930
NEW MEXICO
The American Potash Company has decided to drill two or three additional core tests for potash, about 20 miles east of Carlsbad, New Mexico, the work to start soon after January 1. Under the company’s lease agreement, one test well a year, is required for a period of 10 years, or until the number of wells equals the number of sections of land embraced in the lease. Homer R. Mitchell, 1311 Republic Bank Building, Dallas, Texas, is president.
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A. J. Stockbridge of Buckhorn, New Mexico, engaged in mining on Little Dry Creek, for the Corona de Oro Mining Company, reports that an Ellis ball mill has been installed, and a new bunk house completed. The contemplated pipe line has not been put in place yet. Operations are also soon to be undertaken on the Gold and Silver Lode property on Big Dry Creek.
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The application of H. M. Little, president of the Arriba Gold Fields, Ltd., to divert water from the El Rito and Protrero Creeks, to be used in placer mining, in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, has been rejected by State Engineer Herbert W. Yeo. Mr. Little has headquarters in the Denham Building, Denver, Colorado.
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What is expected to be a strike of lead-zinc ore of considerable importance, was recently discovered in the Steel Galena Mine, near Magdalena, New Mexico. There has been 480 feet tunneled, and a 12-foot body of ore uncovered, 18 inches of which are said to be of shipping grade. An operating company has been formed, composed of Magdalena and Prescott, Arizona, people, with E. B. Nutter, president; I. Mactavish, trustee, and J. Grant, treasurer.
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The United States Bureau of Mines Car No. 2, with F. E. Griffith, mining engineer, in charge, has been stationed at Socorro, New Mexico, since December 14. Twenty seven members of the senior and junor classes at the New Mexico School of Mines, are being trained in mine rescue and first aid.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 8 30 1930
for AUGUST 30, 1930
NEW MEXICO
George T. Meyers, and E. L. Head, of Santa Rita, New Mexico, are now working the Little King Mine, located at the north end of the old Opportunity Vein, near Hillsboro. This is in new ground, and very near the surface. Ore now being taken out, for another carload shipment, is expected to net, without sorting, over $200 per ton. Work at the Little King has been retarded somewhat during the past few weeks, due to poor ventilation, necessitating the driving of a raise, from the face of the working tunnel, to the surface. Meyers, and Head, now own the Snake and Opportunity Mines outright.
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The main shaft of the Ground Hog Unit of the Asarco Mining Company at Vanadium, New Mexico, is at this time being cleaned out, and re-timbered. Installation of the new electric hoist has been put under way. Production is being maintained at around 125 tons daily, under the direction of F. W. Richard, general superintendent.
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With an authorized capital stock of $1,500,000, the Alamo Copper Company, of Lordsburg, New Mexico, has filed articles of incorporation, with the New Mexico Corporation Commission. The organization, was incorporated by C. R. Smith, D. A. Outlaw, and J. E. Rogers, all of El Paso. J. L. Augustine is agent for the company.
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The Mexican Gold Mining Corporation, is working the Caballero Property, near Hillsboro, New Mexico. This organization is composed of a group of Arizona men, who plan to form a $100,000 corporation, and put in a mill within the next several months.
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Excavations, believed to be for gold, are to be started about August 1, in an old cave, 15 miles southeast of Las Cruces, New Mexico, according to Albert J. Fountain, Jr., one of the owners. This cave found last year by BenitoM and Sefino Benavides, while prospecting, has proved to be a most startling scientific find. Fossils unearthed at a depth of 10 feet, were identified as those of the ground sloth, and numerous human skulls, and fragments were uncovered. The new work will be under the supervision of geologists from Los Angeles, and Roscoe P. Conkling, archaeologist of El Paso.
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John Gait, of Lordsburg, New Mexico, has secured a contract from the Hidalgo Copper Company, operating in that district, for the sinking of 800 feet of a standard three-compartment shaft. He has also been granted a contract for 200 feet of two-compartment shaft, by the Alamo Copper Company. He expects to make these record-breaking shaft-sinking operations, his plans calling for exceptionally fast work.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 10 30 1930
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NEW MEXICO
Sinking 300 feet deeper, at the old shaft at its Eighty-Five Mines, at Valedon, New Mexico, is reported being planned by Calumet & Arizona Mining Company. This is to give a depth of 2,400 feet. The Jim Crow Shaft is now down 1,748 feet. The new shaft was sunk at an expense of approximately $100,000, it is stated, and deepening of the Emerald Shaft is expected to involve an expenditure of around $50,000 more. Shipments are being continued from the mine, while construction work is in progress. A. J. Balmforth is in charge as mine superintendent.
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Sam A. Hidalgo of Hot Springs, New Mexico, is now leasing the Garfield-Butler Mine, at Hillsboro, and reports that he has encountered gold ore believed to be of considerable importance. Assays of the ore are to be made in El Paso. Mr. Hidalgo is also working two other claims near the Garfield-Butler property, and is also interested, with A. H. Raynolds of El Paso, in the Leadville Mines, seven miles southwest of Hillsboro.
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Notice has been given that property and equipment of the Emperial Consolidated Mines Company, near Silver City, New Mexico, will be sold at public auction, at the courthouse in that city, on November 6. This is to satisfy a restraint warrant issued by the State Tax Commission, against the company, for the collection of delinquent taxes for the years 1922, 1924, 1925, and 1926, in the amount of $4,093.03, including penalty and interest to date. Machinery of the company includes both mine and mill equipment.
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Approximately 200 tons of ore per day, is now being handled at the Pewabic Shaft, of the Peru Mining Company, at Hanover, New Mexico, the shaft having been equipped with hoisting capacity of 50 tons per hour. This is a zinc property, practically free of lead content. R. I. Kirchman is with the company as mine superintendent. The ore is treated at the company’s milling plant at Fleming, where James A. Adams is the new mill superintendent.
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The Carnahan Mines Company of Carnahan, New Mexico, was ordered to show cause, October 11, why a receiver should not be appointed to take charge of its properties, for disposal. The order was issued, after William C. Gladdin had filed suit against the company, asking judgment for $2,181, allegedly to be the amount he invested in a store business, to be operated co-operatively with the mining company. It is reported that Gladdin also filed suit against the company for $8,600 claimed due him, for two years services as a watchman.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 11 15 1930
NEW MEXICO
Sutton Brothers, of St. Louis, have become interested in development of the Garfield-Butler property at Hillsboro, New Mexico, which has been leased by Sam Hidalgo of Hot Springs. Gold ore, in paying quantity, is reported being revealed by the un-watering of the old shaft.
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Men who went from Arizona, to Hillsboro, New Mexico, to assist in work at the Caballeros Mine, have leased a portion of the old Opportunity Property, in that locality, owned by George T. Meyers, and E. L. Head, of Santa Rita. It is understood that they have made a good strike of ore near the surface.
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The National Park Service is proposing to construct a vertical shaft, 750 feet deep, and 14 feet, 3 inches, by 6 feet, 10 inches, in the clear, at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad, New Mexico. This shaft is to be lined with gunite or concrete, where necessary. Bids have been called for the sinking of this shaft, and are to be opened November 25, 1930. The elevators, machinery, and guides, will be in separate contracts. Full information can be obtained from Superintendent Thomas Boles, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad, New Mexico, or Chief Engineer F. A. Kittredge, 409 Underwood Building, San Francisco, California.
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An ore strike, indicating considerable importance, has been reported in the Combination Mine, of the Black Hawk Consolidated Mines Company, southwest of Hanover, New Mexico. A drift on the 200 Level, entered the ore for a distance of 60 feet. The ore body, thus far explored, is carrying lead and zinc values of probably 80 percent, in addition to some silver and copper content. Its width is said to be running about 14 feet. Black Hawk operations are managed by Ira L. Wright, of Silver City.
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The Warmelco Mining & Milling Company, headed by V. C. Warren, D. Jackson Melton, and Wilhelmina Coe, of Albuquerque, has been chartered by the New Mexico Corporation Commission. Capital stock of the concern is placed at $250,000.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 12 15 1930
tor DECEMBER 15, 1930
NEW MEXICO
Charles H. Dunning, Mining Engineer, with headquarters in the Heard Building, at Phoenix, Arizona, was the lowest bidder for the work of sinking an elevator shaft at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, at Carlsbad, New Mexico. His bid was made at $59,225. The Pacific Elevator & Equipment Company, with a bid of $18,429, was low bidder for installation of the elevator and equipment. To these figures must be added additional expenditure for miscellaneous equipment. Contracts for the work have not yet been awarded, pending receipt of advice from Washington, D. C., as to the availability of funds.
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The Wilcox Mining District, in Catron County, New Mexico, is at present, attracting considerable attention due to recent discoveries of high-grade gold ore, and it is understood that new developments are being planned, with prospects for a mining boom in that district, during the coming year.
One of the most promising properties is known as the Indiana, where, according to reports, miners have opened a streak of gold ore, assaying $800 per ton. Another vein on this property, carries values of $45 per ton, across a width of five feet. Development work at the Gold and Silver Ladle Property has also shown additional bodies of free milling gold ore, and negotiations are under way looking toward operation of this property on a larger scale.
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The Molybdenum Corporation of America, of Questa, New Mexico, has made formal application to the State Engineer of New Mexico, for permission to appropriate certain public waters of that state. Such appropriation is to be made from an unnamed arroyo, tributary to the Red River, by means of diversion works, to be conveyed to a milling plant by means of a flume and pipe line, and there used for metal milling, and domestic purposes. Any protests to the granting of this permit should be filed with Herbert Yeo, State Engineer at Santa Fe, on or before December 31. 1930.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 12 30 1930
THE MINING JOURNAL
NEW MEXICO
Charles H. Dunning, Mining Engineer, with headquarters in the Heard Building, at Phoenix, Arizona, has been awarded the contract at $59,225 for the sinking of an elevator shaft at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, at Carlsbad, New Mexico. The shaft, to be 14 feet, 3 inches by 6 feet, 10 inches, will be sunk to a depth of 750 feet. Steel and cement will be furnished by the government. Thomas Boles is locally in charge of the project as Superintendent.
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Property of the Malone Mines Company, at the old gold-silver camp of Malone, 10 miles south of Tyrone, New Mexico, has been taken over by a group of California and Idaho mining men. Machinery has been installed, and operations are in progress under the direction of Sam T. Poteet, who is President and Manager of the Silver King Mining Company at Central. A new road is being built to the mine, and a milling plant is to be installed as soon as this preparatory work is completed. Leach & Leach of Tyrone, former operators of this property, now plan to devote attention to further development of their Golden Link Mine.
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DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSES AT ANITA COPPER MINES
Four years ago, this month, Mining Engineer T. E. Henderson, of Wheeling, West Virginia, assumed the responsibility of General Manager, of the Anita Copper Company’s mines, near Lordsburg, New Mexico, and at once, started a campaign of development that has again proved that intelligent engineering, coupled with co-operation, is the secret of a successful mining operation.
Principal development of the Anita property is carried on through an 820-foot shaft, with approximately 2,500 feet of drifting and crosscutting, on the 500, and 600-foot levels. According to Mr. Henderson, fully 40 percent of the drifts have developed silicious ore of shipping grade, the vein ranging in width from 3 to 12 feet. The 800-foot level crosscut, has within the past month, intersected the vein 92 feet south of the shaft, showing width of the ore to run 13 feet, 9 inches, the vein matter being a hard quartz with a strong showing of copper, lead, gold, and silver.
Development at the 500 and 600-foot levels showed such marked improvement in ore conditions, the management considers it reasonable to expect still greater value when the 700 and 800 level drifts have reached the ore shoots believed to extend from the upper levels, and from which, several thousand tons of ore have already been shipped of sufficient value, to yield a substantial profit. Ore improvement with depth has been the most encouraging feature of this operation.
Equipment at the Anita, is modern and up to date, in practically every respect. Power is supplied the property by the Texas-Louisiana Power Company, over a transmission line from Lordsburg, some five miles distant. Electrical equipment, installed by the company has been in continuous operation for the past 21 months. The transportation and handling of material was formerly one of the biggest problems at the camp, but this has now been solved to a maximum point of efficiency, and low operating cost, by a surface tramway, 7,200 feet long, constructed from the mines, to a tipple, on the Southern Pacific line, at Shakespeare, giving direct rail connection.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 1 15 1931
THE MINING JOURNAL FOR JANUARY 15, 1931
NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS
General Manager Ernest G. Miller, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, reports that the American Dominion Copper Products Corporation is just beginning the construction of a 100-ton leaching plant, at the Spanish Queen Mine, at Jemez, New Mexico. The company holds this property under lease and option, from the Burnett Mining Company. The American Dominion Company is adding to the old smelter, built on the property by the Burnett organization, and has recently installed a laboratory and assay office at a cost of over $1,600. The new program will include the installation of necessary solution, filtering, and precipitating tanks. The company also owns a number of other copper properties. Mr. Miller is being assisted in the supervision of mill construction by John L. Burnett, Assistant Manager, and Frederick A. Brown, who will be Chief Chemist at the plant.
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As an auxiliary to the new 1,000 g.p.m. pump installed on the No. 10 Level of its Pecos zinc-lead mine, near Tererro, New Mexico, the American Metal Company is said to be considering the installation of an additional unit of the same size, to handle the increased water flow, as the result of development work on the Nos. 9, and 10 Levels. The company’s milling plant at Glorieta is at present, handling about 500 tons of ore daily, which is on an increased schedule from the 350 tons handled daily, early in the year. A small wage cut was recently put into effect, by this branch of the company, managed by J. T. Matson.
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Charging that the corporation is insolvent, a group of Eastern stockholders have asked for a writ of injunction, and the appointment of a receiver for the La Bajada Copper Mining Company, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in a suit filed in the U. S. District Court of New Mexico. The plaintiffs charge that the mine was closed in August, 1928, the machinery sold, and the buildings removed, and that the company’s liabilities now exceed assets. The suit was heard by U. S. District Judge Neblett, in Albuquerque, on January 5.
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MINING OF IRON ORE BY THE HANOVER BESSEMER COMPANY
The Hanover Bessemer Iron and Copper Company, of Fierro, New Mexico, enjoys the distinction of being the only producing iron mine in the Southwestern section of the United States. Operations at this property are described in a paper, “Mining and Engineering Methods, and Costs of the Hanover Bessemer Iron and Copper Company,” by Lloyd M. Kniffin, Manager. This is one of the series of papers prepared by the United States Bureau of Mines, on mining methods, practices, and costs, in the various mining districts of the United States, and is known as Information Circular 6361.
This mine is not a large producer, as the long distance from blast furnaces limits its output. In recent years, the annual shipments have amounted to about 200,000 tons, nearly all of which is shipped to Pueblo, Colorado, a distance of 694 miles. About 175 men are employed.
It is probable that exploration for copper was carried on in the district several hundred years ago, for relics of Spanish operations have been found near the ancient adobe furnaces, and slag dumps. It was not, however, until railroad connection was made, that shipments of iron ore in any quantity, were made.
The ore occurs in lenticular masses dipping about 50 degrees. An underhand stoping method has been developed at the mine, which requires but a very little handling of ore. As the ore is very irregular in iron content, and also in the distribution of impurities—chiefly sulphur, silica, and magnesia—a method has to be used that will permit selective mining, and will also allow ore and waste to be taken out separately, as conditions change. A magnetic cobbing plant raised the grade of the ore shipped, about 10 percent.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 1 30 1931
THE MINING JOURNAL for JANUARY 30, 1931
NEW MEXICO
Work started January 12, on the sinking of the 700-foot shaft, at the Carlsbad Caverns, under the direction of Contractor Charles H. Dunning of Phoenix, Arizona. The first work is the running of a 50-foot crosscut, from the caverns to the bottom of the shaft, which will permit of the shaft work going both up and down at the same time. It is figured that about two-thirds of the work will be done by raising, and one-third by sinking. It is not going to be necessary to hoist the muck from the raise work, as arrangements have been made to dispose of it underground. A crew of 20 experienced, and seasoned shaft men have been employed by Mr. Dunning, and work is going to be pushed with all possible speed. Chicago Pneumatic drills are to be used.
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The Molybdenum Corporation of America, of Questa, New Mexico, has been granted the use of a half-second foot of water for milling and domestic purposes, according to an announcement of Herbert W. Yeo, New Mexico State Engineer. The water is to be taken from an unnamed arroyo tributary to the Red River. This appropriation is in addition to water rights already held by the company.
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A four-compartment shaft, 1,100 feet deep, is being sunk by the United States Potash Company, 23 miles N. E. of Carlsbad, New Mexico, in what is understood to be a satisfactory deposit of potash. The shaft has been concreted to below the 600-foot level. It is planned to sink to 1,000 feet, before lateral work is undertaken. If favorable results are obtained from chemical tests, the construction of a plant capable of handling 2,000 tons of material daily is planned, to be erected close to Carlsbad, on the east side of the Pecos River. C. A. Pierce, of Carlsbad, is General Superintendent of the company.
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Pumping operations at the old Carlisle Mine, in the Steeplerock Mining District, of New Mexico, 13 miles northeast of Duncan, Arizona, ceased with the close of 1930. For the past two or three years, operations at the property have been confined almost entirely to keeping the water down to the 500-foot level, no active mining having been done for a number of years. The pumps have now been pulled from the mine, and the few employees released.
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NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES MAKES ADDITIONS TO MUSEUM
Fall opening at the New Mexico School of Mines at Socorro will see a number of new attractions at the museum, in the way of several hundred new mineral and ore specimens, as well as new laboratory equipment, library expansion, and the latest improved rock drills, up-to-date flotation machines, and other equipment, states E. H. Wells, President of the school.
The institution is also continually adding to its collection of New Mexico minerals, which are to become a part of the permanent resource exhibit of the State, to be placed in Santa Fe, when complete. The first unit of this exhibit is to be sent to Santa Fe by the beginning of the Autumn term of school.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 2 15 1931
THE MINING JOURNAL 2 15 1931
NEW MEXICO
As soon as a geophysical survey can be arranged for, the Girard Consolidated Mining & Milling Company, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, plans to let a contract for the sinking of a shaft on its Black Quartz property, according to Thomas F. Cooney, in charge of operations. The company plans to drive a crosscut of 80 feet, from the bottom of the 165-foot shaft, at its Chippawa mine, extending north into the Apex mine, for the opening up of a cross-fissure of high-grade copper ore.
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Manager Frank Staplin plans to start shipments from the 10 to 13-foot ore body, in the Bottom Dollar mine, at Santa Fe, New Mexico, as soon as metal prices show some improvement. This body of ore runs from 15 to 67 percent lead and zinc. The old 150-foot shaft on the property has been cleaned out, and sunk an additional 25 feet. Further sinking is planned.
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P. H. Argall, manager of the Peru Mining Company, Deming, New Mexico, reports that the company is at present, centering attention on the sinking of a three-compartment shaft. This is principally a zinc property.
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At its Eighty-Five Mine at Valedon, New Mexico, Calumet & Arizona Mining Company is sinking the main shaft, known as the Emerald, from the 1,650-foot, to the 1,950-foot level. Extensive drifting is also under way on the 1,800 and 1,900-foot levels. A. J. Balmforth is in charge as superintendent.
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Raymond A. Chase, president of Chase Mines, Inc., Prescott, Arizona, has announced that through the backing of New Mexico and eastern capital, the International Mining Exchange has been organized with headquarters in Albuquerque. The concern has taken a six-year lease on office space in the Occidental Building in that city, preparatory to the opening of its headquarters February 15. Mr. Chase stated that in no case will the exchange operate any mining property, but will act strictly in the capacity of an engineering distributing agency.
The company will secure compensation for its services by a 10 to 20 percent commission, in the event the exchange brings about sale of the property, or by an interest in the project handled. The International Mining Exchange, Mr. Chase stated, is to have five separate and distinct departments—geological, geophysical, engineering, legal, and distributing. It is understood that arrangements have been worked out to produce further financing for the Chase mines through this organization.
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Proposed construction of a $500,000 concentration mill, for the Alamo and Hidalgo copper companies, of Lordsburg, New Mexico, has been announced by J. S. Cosden, president. Mr. Cosden recently arrived in El Paso, from New York City, when it was announced that the construction work would be started at an early date. A crew of approximately 80 men has been engaged in development work at the mines, for the past eight months. It is understood that C. R. Riley of Lordsburg, has charge of work at the property.
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William J. Weatherby of the Lehigh Metals Company of Mogollon, New Mexico, states that the company now has 50 men employed in three shifts, putting the mine in shape to start mill operations around February 20. Mr. Weatherby reports that the Lehigh company has uncovered some exceptionally good ore, carrying high gold values. Officials of the company from the east, are expected to visit the property in the near future.
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Shorty Miller and associates of Alamogordo, New Mexico, are developing 18 mining claims in the San Andreas Mountains, about 45 miles northwest of Alamogordo. Assays of ore from one of the claims showed 22 percent zinc, and from several of the other properties, 25 percent galena.
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An area of barite, 300 feet in length and 10 feet wide, has been reported encountered near the Warnock lead mines, east of Alamogordo, New Mexico. The deposit has been partially developed by A. L. Austin of Alamogordo. Engineers are of the opinion that the deposit is considerably larger.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 2 28 1931
for FEBRUARY 28, 1931 THE MIINING JOURNAL
NEW MEXICO
The Argo Mining Company has completed drilling a well on its property at Golden, New Mexico, and in the next few weeks, expects to start working down in the shaft. R. J. Iversen is in charge as manager.
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According to reports from Artesia, New Mexico, the American Potash Company has completed sinking its shaft for potash exploration, in the eastern part of Eddy County. The shaft was carried to 1,062 feet—just below the potash stratum, and workmen now are to start mining the deposit. The potash discovery was the result of oil development in this area, and the American Potash Company has spent two years testing and experimenting at the property.
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Notice was recently given that property of the Carnahan Mines Company, of Carnahan, New Mexico, was to be sold at public auction, in Bernalillo, New Mexico, February 19. The announcement was made by William C. Gladdia, receiver for the company.
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The Deep Tunnel Mining Company is constructing a new warehouse and compressor room, on its property at Baldy, via Ute Park, New Mexico, states H. E. Strong, Manager. The company is endeavoring to complete driving of the tunnel through Baldy Mountain, 9,200 feet of the 11,000-foot distance having already been finished. Five hundred feet of development work has also been done on the east side of the mountain.
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Geo. L. Grover has started a new shaft on the Great Eastern mining claims at Deming, New Mexico, about 800 feet east of the old shaft. A boiler and steam hoist are available for mine work, which may be moved to the No. 2 Shaft, if ore indications there look good.
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Shaft sinking and crosscut exploration is continuing at the Caballo Mountain Mining and Leaching Company properties, at Sierra County, New Mexico, according to J. C. Baumgarten, Manager, of Schulenburg, Texas.
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It is planned to replace the old cyanide plant, with flotation, at the James Brothers Mines, better known as the U. S. Treasury Mines Company, Chloride, New Mexico, Edward James, Manager. The property has been idle for some time. At the mine, the development plans call for the development of the 400 Level, to which point the shaft is now sunk, and the sinking of the shaft to the 500 level.
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Reports from E. D. Shipe state that he expects to put the Homestake Mine, Organ, New Mexico, on a shipping basis, during this year. The present work is the retimbering of the shaft to the 130-foot level, and the sinking of the shaft another 50 feet, and drifting under the ores on the east side of the shaft, where a silver-lead ore body of importance has been opened on the 130 level. To the west of the shaft, copper ore has been exposed. At the Organ Well Mine, owned by E. D. and Judith Shipe, the shaft has been sunk to a depth of 70 feet, and will be continued 50 feet further. From this shaft, it is expected to open up copper deposits, which are extensions of the ore bodies of the well-known Torpedo Copper Mine. Sulphides now showing in the bottom of the new shaft, are stated to closely resemble the ores of the Torpedo Mine.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 3 15 1931
NEW MEXICO
The flotation plant of the Lehigh Metal. Company at Mogollon, New Mexico, has again been put into operation. This news has been received with much enthusiasm in mining circles of that district, as it was only a few weeks ago that the company started work, employing 50 men three shifts a day, in preparation for the starting of mill work. Since that time, it is understood that the force of workmen has been increased. W. J. Weatherby of Mogollon is in charge of operations.
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The annual meeting of stockholders of the United States Copper Company was held in Silver City, New Mexico, February 14, when the following board of directors was elected: W. H. Park, George B. Skogmo, Nettie A. Karsten, Charles H. Tharinger, Mabel W. Witte, Dr. J. Mietus, all of Milwaukee; John Orlebeke of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Dr. O. J. Hurth of Cedarburg, Wisconsin; F. J. Schwalbach of Germantown, Wisconsin; J. T. Janes of Pinos Altos, New Mexico, and Alvan N. White of Silver City.
At the meeting, the stockholders considered several propositions which involve the sale of a portion of the company’s holdings at Hanover and Fierro, New Mexico, but no definite action was taken. John Odebeke, vice-president, who presided at the meeting, stated that Milwaukee stockholders of the company were in favor of starting immediate work at the company’s property at Pinos Altos.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the New Mexico Corporation Commission for the Indiana Gold Mines, Inc. The incorporators were Frank Ackerman, John H. Ellis and L. J. Gould of El Paso.
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS EMJ 10 28 1922
NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS EMJ 10 28 1922
Company Plans Exploitation of Mica Deposits in New Mexico E&MJ OCTOBER 28, 1922
The American Mica Co. has purchased a number of inactive mica properties in Rio Arriba County, N. M., the principal one being that formerly owned by the Petaca Mining Co. Mining engineers have reported that they expect the Petaca mica field to be one of the largest in the United States, and also that the mica produced will be of high grade.
The American Mining Co. expects to erect a grinding plant in Santa Fe. Low cost should be possible because of low wages. This company will endeavor to supply ground mica to western users and to some in the east-central states.
Heretofore, the cutting and trimming in the vicinity of Santa Fe has not been satisfactory, because the company was unable to obtain the services of skilled workers, but under proper supervision, this condition can be overcome in some measure. It is the intention of this company to install at once, a number of punch machines for the manufacture of mica washers and disks, for use in electrical insulation. The mica produced by these mines is muscovite of a light green color, flexible and free of iron.
These mines were originally worked by early Spanish settlers, who used the product for window glass. The padres used it also in the windows of the old San Miguel church, the oldest in America, which is still standing in Santa Fe.
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NEW MEXICO E&MJ OCTOBER 28, 1922
Chino Copper Increases Output; Anita Company Cuts Copper Vein
Burley — Production at the Chino Copper Co. mill has increased to about 350 tons of concentrate daily. This is shipped to the El Paso smelter under contract.
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Lordsburg—The Calumet & Arizona Mining Co. has purchased the Old Town claim, adjoining the 85 mine property, from the Johnnie Brown estate.
Smelter returns on the last shipments of Bonney mine ores, to the Copper Queen smelter, at Douglas, Ariz., ran 0.46 oz. gold, 6.08 oz. silver, and 5.27 per cent copper. This vein in No. 1 shaft, is 3 ft. wide.
The Anita Copper Co. has cut the big vein in the 800 level, from the old shaft on the west side of the property. This level is 700 ft. long and shows a vein, where struck, about 6 ft. wide. A drift will be run on the vein, and raises made at No. 1 and No. 3 shafts. A carload of concentrates carrying lead, silver, and copper was shipped to the El Paso smelter last week.
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Mogollon—La Corona de Oro Mining Co. has been organized under Arizona laws, to take over the Gold Crown No. 1 and No. 2 claims from E. G. Foreman, of Cripple Creek, Colo., and associates. L. C. Gould, of El Paso, is president of the company. A tunnel now in 150 ft. will be driven to cut the vein, giving about 400 ft. of backs. The vein, as exposed in a shaft from the top of the mountain, is from a few inches to 8 ft. in width, with values said to run up to $30 gold per ton, the ore being a free milling quartz. A Gibson mill will be erected on Little Dry Creek.
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Santa Fe—The Gypsum products Co., of Alomogordo, has filed incorporation papers. The capital stock is given as $100,000, with $15,000 paid in. The incorporators are J. C. Barrett, Alomogordo; C. L. Beatly, Long Beach, Calif., and J. W. Fetz. It is this company’s intention to work the gypsum deposits west of Alomogordo, known as the “white sands.”
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NEW MEXICO MINING NEWS Mining & Scientific Press MAY 1
May 1, 1920 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS
NEW MEXICO
WORK RESUMED AT OLD CARLISLE PROPERTY.
GRANT COUNTY —The Duncan Mining & Milling Co., Steeple Rock mining district, H. E. Spence, manager, has completed a 125-ton milling and cyaniding plant, costing $125,000, to operate on its own ore, as well as to handle custom ore from the surrounding mines in the Steeple Rock district. The mine is developed by a 300-ft. shaft, and has sufficient $12 to $20 gold-silver ore blocked, out to operate the mill for several months.
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The old Carlisle Mine, which has produced $6,000,000 in gold, and is one of
the famous high-grade mines of the Southwest, has lately staged a comeback with the discovery, between the 300 and 400-ft. levels, of what is believed to be the continuation of a high-grade ore-shoot, which is said to have netted the original owners about $3,000,000, when the mines were active, 40 years ago. Shipments of gold ore, running as high as $60 per ton, are being made to the American Smelting & Refining Co., at El Paso, by G. F. Utter, and Livingstone Utter, lessees.
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The Lone Mountain district, 10 miles southwest of Santa Rita, and 4 miles west of Hurley, is showing signs of activity, after having been idle for 35 years. Julian Padilla, leasing on claims of Roberts and Betts, is shipping several cars per week of lead-silver ore, to the American Smelting & Refining Co.’s plant at El Paso.
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Placer operations are being resumed on Bear Creek in the Pinos Altos district, under the management of W. E. Caldwell, who, with associates, has secured control of large areas along the creek.
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Placer mining has been done in, and near Pinos Altos, since the discovery of the camp, but this is the first time an attempt has been made to work the deposits in a large and systematic way.
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PYRAMID COUNTY. The El Centro Mining & Milling Co., in the Pyramid district, has purchased equipment to sink the Last Chance shaft to the 500-ft. level, to further develop ore bodies, which have recently shown well under development on the 275-ft. level.
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