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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1891
Page
2
Sigeta outs Advocate and Sierra county topics alongside ads and notices. The piece notes tax gains, mining prospects, rail and road plans for Hillsborough Kingston and Black Range, warns of Apache activity, and argues for a toll road to spur development while praising local business.
Rainy weather sorrows miners as Garfield mine nears the end of a tunnel. Bonanga mine keeps teams busy delivering timbers. A private sale reports Miles Standish mine to G A Hammet for 15000 dollars. Silver Mining Co declares dividend 5 percent payable May 15. Rich mond hopes to liquidate debt by district court. Cave Creek prospectors report side coarse gold and Indian relics. Cuchillo Creek news sparse despite past excitement. Young America mine in Magdalena mountains yields a six foot wide vein with rich silver ore improving with depth.
The Hillsborough Sorcangar Company sues Moxes Thompson and Nicholas Gallos and their Milling Company in Sierra County New Mexico seeking a lien enforcement for materials furnished between 1884 and 1889. The suit asks for sale of the Weeks and Brest Mill Site and related structures to satisfy a $109 615 claim and costs, with a special master to execute deeds and a decree for foreclosure and general relief.
An effort to build a county road from Pinos Altos to Hanover is noted with local leadership changes at the School of Mines in Socorro. Rich ore is again found at the Surprise mine on Cook's Peak, NM, averaging 32 percent silver and bullion. The turquoise mines in Barro mountains show development and growing jeweler interest. Careta mine owners Douglas Smith and J W Stone report 195.3 ounces silver and 7 ounces gold from a shipment, plus ore from Mayflower mine to be sent for processing.
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