Show IT ALL COMES OUT IN THY THE WASH THOUGH IT IS NOT IN THE LAUNDRY in the last issue of the mining review personal mention was made of the fact that fletcher H wood widely known mining engineer al had been called to santa rita NM at the instance of phil merry formerly chief engineer of the bauer works of the combined metals reduction company in tooele thoele county utah the cause of the call to MT mr wood evidently can be associated with the following newspaper account of mr jerrys activities in new mexico published locally a few days ago some years ago mr merry ran across a blanket deposit of silver lead cincore zinc ore situated near santa rita N M this deposit consisting of a water level outcrop from five to twenty five feet thick can be traced across the country for a distance of to feet during the war while metal prices were abnormally high the deposit was worked woj ked by mr merry with some success but when metal prices dropped because of the refractory nature of the ore operations were suspended improvement in metallurgy and higher prices for the two metals predominating in the ore however have changed the aspect of affairs at the santa rita mine where a product carrying 30 to 35 per cent lead and from 20 to 25 per cent zinc was considered a good grade of concentrate during the war years it is now practical to make a concentrate assaying 65 per cent lead and 55 per cent zinc under present conditions this grade of product can be hauled sixteen miles to the railroad and marketed profitably accordingly mr merry rece recently antly resigned 6 his position with the combined metals company and organized the black range mining company of which he is president and manager grade of theore the ore is uniform but low average assays essays show from 8 to 10 per cent lead 12 to 16 per cent zinc and 8 to 10 ounces of silver to the ton with some gold however mining costs will be small because of the continuity and thickness of the bedded ore deposit and its physical character it is said that one mexican with a jackhammer can break eighty tons a shift at first hand shoveling methods will be used but later mr merry intends to install a butler air shovel at present the company is confining its operations to overhauling of theold the old mill which consisted of crushers jigs tables and K and K notation flotation machines A ton unit with modern flotation machines is to be installed and put into operation as soon as possible |