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‘ APACHE anlHG DISTRICT, SIERHA CUUETY, How nEXICU.
These mines are located on the cost flank of too
Black Range of nountains in the northwest corner of sierra
County, flew Hexico, wholly within the QATLL EAIIOHAL EOHEST
I fiEbEnVn, about one hundred and fifty miles, as the crow flies,
northwesterly from.fil Peso, Texas, union is an important ore
. buying center, and Where is located one of the largest smelters
y in the world, that of the American Smelting and Refining Company.
The little town of Fairview, about ten miles to
the southeast of the mine, is the center of the population and
business of too surrounding mines, and the country between
. the mines and,fairview is almost level, even in the mountains.
The mine is reached by automobiles and trucks, over
very good and.procticable roads. ’
Ehe nearest railroad stations are MAGDALEMA, fifty-
eight miles to the northeast, and EHGLE, thirty-eight miles ,
to the east, as the crow flies. The wagon roads to these
points, however, are much longer, that to kagdelena being
eighty miles and that to Engle being sixty-five miles.
The climate is salubrious. The rainfall is not
much more than ten inches annually. Work of all kinds may
be done out of doors, about every day of the year. The winters
are mild. The summers are great. The elevation is about
seven thousand, five hundred feet above sea level.
The only known enemies tending to retard the
financial success of these mines is the exceeding hardness of

 the rocks and the ores contained in them, and the long haul
to the railroad.

The railroad magnates should be sheen the large

' tonnage awaiting transportation with.cheap rates, for mutual
benefit,

The ten million dollar dam which has been constructed
by the United States fieclamation Service, a short distance
belOW'fingle, on the Rio Grande, will develop cheap water-
electric power, which will soften these rocks and facilitate
the milling of them. An opportunity for water power is
also afforded, much nearer than the Angle dam, by the
headwaters of the Gila river, 25 miles westwardly from the
mines.

GEOLOGY.

The Apache Mining District, in which these mines
are located, is one vast accumulation of eruptive rocks, nearly
all aphanitio, trachytes, rhyolites, tuifs, andesites, breccias,
conglomerates, etc. This great nucleus constitutes the
Black flange of mountains, famous for its rial mining camps.

The IVAEHOE AED thORIA HINAS are on Turkey Creek,
near the old town of Grafton, ten miles northwesterly from

‘ Fairview, and the two named mines adjoin each other. The
Ivanhoe and the Emporia are patented by the Government.
, Adjoining the Ivanhoe and hmporia nines are the
Gold Coin Mining Claims, ho. 1, No. 2, and K0. 3, the Last
Chance and the Cow Boy, all belonging to Mr. Thomas Scales.

Surrounding the Ivanhoe and mmporia nines, and the
mining claims last mentioned, are thirty mining plains owned '
by Mr. n. R. Crawford, all of which Show the ore bodies of
the same general characteristics as in the Ivanhoe and hmporia,
and these claims have been located as they are, with the View
Of keeping out undesirable neighbors, and this makes them a

 1 big asset to the Ivanhoe and Emporia Mines.
' The vein in the Gold Coin Claims runs oer the .
hill, adjoining the Hmporia vein, and is, practically, the
same vein.
The Kain Shaft of the Ivanhoe is on top of a high
hill, while the Emporie.workings are on the opposite hill;
and, as the two veins do not run in the some direction, they
cross one another in the ravine below, between the two hills.
It is to be deplored that at this point of crossing
no development has been undertaken. Lany mines, all over
the world, flaile mostly barren almxg their courses, become
1 producers at their intersections. Tne Ivanhoe runs on a
course of 230 east, while the bmporie,comes from the north—
west.
. The country rook is very hard, mostly andesite and
andeoitio breccia.
"The Ivanhoe vein is from.fcur to twelve feet Wide, I
and has produced some high grade ore, in quartz, and streaks
, of black ore, brilliant with free gold." (Benjamin Sillimen,
American Institute mining ingineers, Volume 10, page 44l.§
' This fine ore has been shipped, and only low grade
ore appears there, now. ‘
V The dumps run 22 ounces in silver and 0.15 ounces ‘
in gold, a total value of s27.50 per ton.
The upper dump runs 12.? ounces in silver, with
traces of golo, valued at 914.00 per ton.
A sample from the first landing in the shaft gave
14 ounces in silver and a trace of gold, valued at 515.50 per
ton.
A sample from the second landing in the shaft yielded
only 5-1/2 ounces of silver to the ton, which is not of
sufficient Value for milling purposes.

 This mine is fairly developed, and is famous for

its early ores, that ran up into the thousands of dollars per

, ton in valfie. but such ores are not in sight now. It is,
however, altogether likely that, on more developing of the
mine, more of such nigh grade ore will be found. The pioneer
always takes out every dollar in sight, and leaveo to othoro
the took of fincing more.

The meoria vein, probably the biggest of the ‘
whole district, is endowed witn unusual dimensions, running
more than a mile north and south, and measuring, across, more
than sixty feet, at its smallest width, and at places being
twice and even three times that width.

All of the workings are entirely in this quartz
mass. They consist of several open cuts, scattered along
the outcrop. The main working is a tunnel, near the
entrance of whicn is a hundred-foot shaft, at the bottom of
which is 3.10U~foot level. Near the end of the tunnel is _

, a small winze, witn a 45~foot level at the bottom; and at
the end of this tunnel is an upraise to the surface. There
are also quite a number of croso-cuto, to both the hanging

‘ and the foot walls. There are several open cuts, higher
up on the hill. flone of these workings expose, at any
place, any of too andicitic country rock. They show ore,
. although some of it is very low in value, throughout the
whole mass.

Ehe dump at the mouth of the tunnel gives 3.4 ounces
in silver and lE/lou of an ounce in gold, of a total value of
$6,74 per ton.

The dump at the upper Shaft or upraise gives 11

' ounces of silver and 1.4 ounces of gold, per ton, having a
total value of $40.00 per ton.

On the surface, in places between the Emporia No. 2

 and the Emporia No. 3, a sample gave 3.2 ounces in silver
and 45flOO oi an ounce in gold, having a total value of
$12.52 per ton.

Dump Ho. 3 gave 8.5 ounces in silver and 2/10 of
an ounce in gold, making a total value of 513.35 per ton.

Jump Ho. 4 gives a sample running 6.6 ounces in
silver and ifi/loo of an ounce in gold, having a value of,
ulU.4o per ton.

.A sample from the shaft at the momma of the tunnel
gave a return of one ounoe in silver and 4/10 of an ounce of
gold, or a total value of $9.10 oer ton.

The Amporia flouble standard yielded 3 ounces in
silver and 2.2 ounces in gold, with a value per ton of $43.70. ,

(Scales)

The ore lies in chutes and lenses; and, by leaving
in place, undisturbed, the low grade ore assaying less than
@5.Lo per ton, -—- union will sustain the mine and do away
vita the necessity for costly timbering, ~—— a steady production ’
of ore, running about 92o.oo per ton, both from the Ivanhoe
and the bmporie, can reasonably be eXpecteu, daily, to supply .
the mill.

Therefore I would recommeno that, before paying
out very much money, a bond and lease be obtained, and the two
mines to develoyed, which will cost about $15,000.00 for
each mine.

By the time the development has been made, and
this amount of money has been Judiciously expended, you
will know Whether or not you need a mill; and, when you
think that you do, start on a small scale ~-- way with a
mill of ten tons capacity per day of toenty-four hours.

There is always time to enlarge anu grow With the
business, and thus escape failure.

 The ore is mostly free milling; but, as I suspect
that there is in it sulphides and telluriues, both oi silver
and of gale, toe ore woulu indicate that the process of
treatment should VG concentration one cyauiuiZution,

Uyanidizatiou is the modern methoe for toe
treatment of ores by chemicals, that accomplishes the moat

‘ economical results.

who Cost of mining uuu milling will not exceed
t7.wo per ton, including all other costs. do, even tucugu
you start witu a Sflall ten-ton mill, the profits are apparent.

On this property there is really a proper mill~
site, at the foot of the mines, in the heart of a virgin forest,
that will produce fuel for a great many years to come, with
Turkey Creek running torouga the mill-site, and a beautiful
park, with buildings new on it to afford shelter for quite a

' number of people, and with building material on the ground for
more buildings.

There is quite a lot of mining and milling
machinery, of old style, on the property, some of which way be
found useful infihe work of erecting the mill.

Steam water, and water for domestic use, is
pleutifully supplied by the little creek running through the

I ' mill-site, above mentioned.

Wishing you every success in the undertauiug, I
am:

' , Very respectfully yours,
(signed) 3. C. Carrera.