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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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for JUNE 30, 1930

NEW MEXICO

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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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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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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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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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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for OCTOBER 30, 1930

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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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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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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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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