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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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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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