Nevada Nugget Hunters

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for MARCH 30, 1929 MINING JOURNAL

NEW MEXICO

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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