Show NEW MEXICAN SILVER MINES AGAIN IN PRODUCING CLASS LAS CRUCES N M may 20 reports received by the las cruces chamber of commerce are that the sinaloa exploration alor and development company which has been operating i ng on tile the west coast of mexico will soon take over the deadwood mine and other properties owned by cleveland weatherford in the mo mogollon 6 ollon district northwest of las cruces and operate them R G sampson manager of the company is is already on the ground with supplies and men the deadwood mine has been one of the heavy producers of silver in the richest silver camp in in new Al mexico exico and is equipped with a milling 6 plant and all the necessary machinery machiner y for operation the mine was operated se iveral years ago under lease by the magallan mines company and has produced large tonnages ton nages of good ore the renewal of mining activity in mogollon will prove a boon oon to that camp which has suf suffered f ered from the depression in mining aiming almost as much as other minin mining camps in the country with the shipment ent of a carload of silver ore from the lone mountain mining district southwest of silver city another old time mine is placed in production and incidentally wright of this city next to the chino copper company are the largest shippers of ore from hurley station the ore in the lone mountain mine lies in a blanket formation and is easily mined wright and Stra tiber have the mine under tinder lease from dark clark rogers and the estate of the late W H newcomb which was ivas once operated by john brockman who afterwards made a fortune in the commonwealth gold and silver mine at pierce ariz and is now living in los angeles of which lie he is one of the wealthiest men and property owners immediately Immedi atey after the arrival of first shipments of manganese iron ore from boston hill near silver city comes active demand for heavier shipments which is gratifying news to the operators and the merchants of the he city E A foreman of the manganese mining operations for L P goodier received a telegram from the colorado fuel iron work at pueblo colo requesting that the shipments be increased to tons of ore a day which is about double the amount shipped heretofore sixty five men are now employed in the mine on an boston hill and as many teams as can be secured this exhausts the supply of suitable labor in silver city this increased demand for heavier shipment of manganese iron ore will be met and shipments increased soon the total tonnage yesterday was approximately tons two large quarries and 35 pits in the big boston hill west of silver city are bein being 6 worked on petition of robert jackson a stockholder of silver city frank S skidmore of Mogollon has been appointed by the united states district courtat santa fe receiver for the american silver corporation operating extensive mining properties at mogollon skidmore furnished bonds in sum of and now has charge of the mines of which he has heretofore been superintendent the receivership is said to be for the purpose of effecting a new reorganization to resume mining and milling operations on oil the properties that haye have been shut down two years the mining property was formerly owned opted and operated by the socorro mining milling company the manager then being D B scott during the former ownership and management the property produced several million dollars in gold and silver there are 66 mining claims in the holdings the best known being the fannie johnson maude S cooney peacock little charley independence and flourice Flou ride groups the property is equipped with a large cyanide and milling plant power plant and other extensive improvements the reopening of 0 these properties will be a boon to the mogollon district and add the second big producer to the district since the Mog mogollon olion mines company has continued to operate continuously during tile the last several years although on a reduced scale reduction in freight rates on ores shipped from the silver city area and other south southie sout hwe web camps to el paso has been announced by the santa fe railroad rail roa effective may 22 which will increase manint mining 1 activity the redi red tion on carload shipments will amount to 47 cents a ton the new rate being a z against 1 62 it will appy to ito shipments from santa rita hurley fierro silver city whitewater doming nutt and rincon |