THE 
 
 OF 
 
 NRW MR.XICO. 
 
 THE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Famous Percha District. 
 
 KINGSTON, NEW MEXICO. 
 PUBLISHED AT THE TRIBUNE OFFICE: 
 
 1883. 
 

A SKETCH OF 
 
 KINGSTON 
 
 ITS SURROUNDINGS. 
 
 The Mining Center of the 
 
 FAMOUS F.ERCHA DISTRICT, 
 
 New Mexico. 
 
 Its Resources and Advantages Truthfully Pre 
 
 sented to the Attention of Business 
 
 Men and Capitalists. 
 
 EDITED BY CHAS. W. GREENE. 
 
 KINGSTON, NEW MEXICO. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY THE TRIBUNE OFFICE 
 
 1883. 
 
WILL BE SENT ON APPLICATION 
 
 This publication is made for the purpose of presenting a reliable description of 
 Kingston and the surrounding mining district. It will be sent to any address upon 
 receipt of a three cent stamp to cover postage. 
 
 Address THE PUBLISHERS. 
 
KINGSTON, 
 
 THE GEM OF THE RANGE. 
 
 Few places have ever attracted so much attention within so 
 brief a period of time as has the one which it is the purpose of this 
 pamphlet to describe. 
 
 In a section of the country comparatively 'little known to the 
 general public, but recently the exclusive home of the Indian, a lo- 
 cality having few attractions for the average newspaper reporter, its 
 almost marvelous wealth of mineral deposits had never been suspect- 
 ed. The Kingston or Percha district is not, however, a placer dis- 
 trict as is the region around Hillsboro, twelve miles distant. Here 
 the precious metals are found only in lodes or veins, and the extrac- 
 tion of them, although extremely profitable, is a work of time, labor 
 and patience, requiring ample resources of working capital. It is 
 not a poor man's district, and the prospector who discovers never so 
 good a property must wait until the attention of the capitalist has 
 been secured before he can realize any portion of its actual value. 
 
 Such attention has been and is being attracted, and no week 
 now passes that there are not only one but several transfers of pro- 
 perty to men having means to develop it. To assist such parties in 
 making their selections intelligently ; to give a general idea of the 
 location of the Percha district, relatively to the surrounding country; 
 to present the special features of its geological formations and mine 
 ral deposits, and the extent of their development; to describe briefly 
 the mines and prospects upon which work has been done already, 
 and the indications presented in each, making of it so far as possible 
 
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 a record of the dates of location and present ownership ; these are 
 some of the objects in view in making this publication. It is not 
 advisable to attract here the mechanic or laborer before there is work 
 for them, or the merchant whose business is already overdone. Such 
 industries come in their due time. 
 
 LOCATION OF THE PERCHA DISTRICT. 
 
 Its boundaries are not distinctly denned, but nature has so dis- 
 posed the mountain ranges that it is not difficult to point out what 
 may be fairly considered tributary to Kingston as a common center, 
 having community interests. It is located on the eastern slope of 
 the Black Range near its southern terminus. It includes the vallies 
 of the chief tributaries of the Rio Percha, known as the north, mid* 
 die and south Perchas, with the smaller creeks emptying into them, 
 and the upper or western canyons or gulches drained by Trujillo 
 creek. The Tierra Blanca district lies directly south and is disputed 
 territory as between the Kingston and Lake Valley people, but is 
 not likely to remain so when the toll-road recently incorporated shall 
 be built between Kingston and Deming via the Tierra Blanca [white 
 earth]. Over a divide to the northeast of the Hillsboro mine, on 
 the north Percha, is the True Fissure district on a tributary of the 
 same. Still farther north in the same direction is the Cave creek 
 district. These are both tributary to Kingston and will become 
 identified in interest with it. 
 
 Kingston, the mercantile center of the district, and Percha City, 
 where are located several stores and a sawmill, are accessible by an 
 excellent wagon road from Hillsboro, about twelve miles distant from 
 either point. The distance is not more than eight 'miles, as the crow 
 flies, almost due east from Kingston. From Hillsboro to Lake 
 Valley it is sixteen miles, and to Nutt. the railway station, thirteen 
 miles farther, making a total distance of forty-one miles, most of the 
 way over roads which could hardly be improved by macadamizing. 
 Traveling on horseback over the mountain trails the distance to Lake 
 Valley is less than twenty miles, and to Percha City but about 
 three miles by the road it is six miles. By the proposed toll-road 
 to Deming the distance will be forty-five miles. By the trail across 
 the mountains to Georgetown it is twenty-five miles, and to Silver 
 City, twenty-two miles farther. To the north of us, in the Range, is 
 Chloride, forty miles, and Grafton, forty-eight miles by the trail, or 
 
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 fifty-five and sixty-five miles, respectively, by the wagon road via 
 Hillsboro. From here to Socorro across the country by available 
 routes the distance is about one hundred and sixty miles. 
 
 TOPOGRAPHY OF THE DISTRICT. 
 
 The general surface of the district is broken by spurs of the 
 main range which shoot out from it in varying directions and which 
 are scored by deep gulches or canyons, often presenting almost per- 
 pendicular walls hundreds of feet high. Standing upon the higher 
 peaks the view is extremely picturesque, and one wonders how so 
 many small mountains, or great hills, can be crowded into so small 
 a space. As you clamber along the sides of them, even up^n a well 
 worn trail, you instinctively lean toward the upper side, .with the 
 consciousness that from a misstep or a fall there could be no recov- 
 ery before reaching the bottom, hundreds of feet below. It requires 
 good wind, strong limbs, steady nerves and strong boots and cloth- 
 ing to prospect in the mountains, or to follow the prospector into 
 the out of the way places which he ventures into in the search for 
 gold. 
 
 In some places the creeks have apparently cut through the solid 
 rock which confines them to narrow channels having perpendicular 
 walls, and into which the sun only reaches the bottom for a brief 
 period of each day. The fall is so rapid that in the rainy season tor- 
 rents come down the gulches of great depth and moving with tre- 
 mendous force, displacing and carrying along great masses of rock, 
 or anything, indeed, which may come in their way. The sudden- 
 ness with which great bodies of water, falling from a "cloud-burst," 
 sometimes come rolling down the creek beds and arroyos is start- 
 ling, and it is not infrequent that teams or horsemen are caught and 
 swept away in the irresistible current. 
 
 Throughout the entire district the vallies and mountain slopes 
 are quite thickly covered with cedar, pine, pinon, juniper, mountain 
 live ouk, wild cherry, willow, birch and black walnut, all of it except 
 the pine and birch of stunted growth. Several varieties of the cac- 
 tus and of the soap weed, as well as the vicious Spanish bayonet, are 
 found in abundance, and many of them will be eventually utilized 
 for their fine, strong fibres and other properties. None of this class 
 of plants are adapted for sitting upon and they are always ready to 
 repel advances toward a close acquaintance. Occasionally the mes- 
 
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 quit is found and other shrubs, all having a sturdy growth in keeping 
 with the rugged surroundings. On both the north and south Perchas 
 saw mills have been erected and considerable quantities of excellent 
 lumber and shingles have been made from the pines, which grow to 
 quite large size. Above Kingston, on the middle Percha, and in the 
 less accessible ravines, to which roads are not easily constructed, 
 there is considerable excellent timber yet undisturbed. 
 
 CLIMATIC AND OTHER ADVANTAGES. 
 
 Though situated at an altitude corresponding with that of Santa * 
 Fe Kingston is a little higher, or about 7,400 feet it is so much . 
 farther south that the temperature is even more agreeable than there. 
 While the rays of the sun from June to August may be oppressive to 
 those directly exposed to them, the least shade affords full protec- 
 tion, and the nights are so cool that one must sleep under cover 
 always. In winter the thermometer rarely ever makes a record so 
 low as zero, and it is only in the deep gorges of the highest moun- 
 tains, where the sun cannot penetrate, that ice can ever be obtained. 
 There it is only possible by flowing over and freezing a thin layer at 
 a time. Upon the highest peaks of the main range snow lies nearly 
 all the winter from December to March but never to a considera- 
 ble depth. In all the mountains of this mining district it seldom 
 remains forty-eight hours after it has fallen, and never exceeds a few 
 inches in depth. There is not a day (luring the year that the miner is 
 prevented from working by the severity of the weather, either in heat 
 or cold. During ten months of the year it is almost continuous 
 sunshine, the rain or snow falling, if at all, at night and always in 
 limited quantities. The rainy season, from the middle of June to 
 August, is but a succession of heavier showers, falling sometimes in 
 torrents but not lasting more than an hour or two. It is not a disa 
 greeable season in any respect as affecting personal comfort. It is 
 warm and one would be quite willing to take a wetting except for its 
 effect upon the clothing. There are no cold storms. It rains in 
 right good earnest for an hour or two and then the sun shines out 
 brighter than before. 
 
 The Percha district is more than usually fortunate in having a 
 permanent and abundant water supply, and generally distributed. 
 It is as pure as possible and will be ample in quantity for manu- 
 facturing purposes as well as for domestic use. There is flowing 
 
water in each of the principal branches of the Percha and in their 
 larger tributaries throughout the entire year, and springs abound 
 upon the mountain sides as well as in the vallies. 
 
 AS a health resort this locality ought to become exceedingly 
 popular. The uniformity of its temperature, the low degree of hu- 
 midity, the purity of air and water, and the absence of any malarial 
 or other injurious influences, combined with the attractions of the 
 picturesque mountain scenery, are enough to induce a visitation from 
 those who are unfortunately invalids. 
 
 There are two tjuite dphur springs near Kingston but 
 
 the writer is not advised that any analysis has ever been made to 
 determine their medicinal properties. 
 
 KINGSTON, l HI MI KI \\ i il. I. CBN 1 i K. 
 ry of a few months only which can be recorded of 
 Kingston at the present writing ; but they are months full of incident. 
 of a remarkable growth, of steady advancement, of pe; ifort 
 
 on the part of all its people, of success in its undertakings. Within 
 them the foundations have been laid broad and deep upon which to 
 build a mining metropolis that shall st ny other in the T 
 
 tor\ . 
 
 It had not been heard of one >. and it was not until the 
 
 Lake Valley exhibit r had neral attention and 
 
 started a great stream of emigration to Southern New Mexico that 
 the mineral wealth which surrounds it begun to be generally known 
 and the town of Kingston became an established fact. It is true 
 that many mining locations had been made within the district, and 
 that considerable work had been done upon the Iron King from 
 which the town takes its name showing up immense bodies of ore. 
 
 The Bullion had upon its dump a few tons of ore which when 
 sampled surprised even its owners by its remarkably high grade. 
 The Grey Eagle, with its cropping* had been located and 
 
 was already involved in litigation. The value of the Superior pro- 
 perty was suspected and shrewd operators were negotiating for its 
 purchase; and there was enough in a general way to attract the 
 overflow of miners, merchants and camp followers which Lake 
 Valley could not make room for. 
 
 About the same time came information that "float" had been 
 found upon the Solitaire, three miles from Kii >n the North 
 
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 Percha, which was practically solid mineral (sulphide, yielding eighty 
 per cent, of fine silver). Not only was it in little nuggets, it was in 
 masses, one of them weighing three hundred and forty pounds. 
 The property was bonded by Tabor & Wurtzebach for $100,000, and 
 a cash payment of $10,000 was made upon it. The large piece of 
 float referred to was taken to the Denver Exposition where it shared 
 the honors with the six hundred and forty pound piece of chloride 
 from Lake Valley. 
 
 The press of the whole country became actively interested and 
 the name and fame of the camp was circulated far and wide. As a 
 result of all these influences people came pouring in till not less, pro- 
 bably, than three thousand had come to view the "promised land." 
 
 Kingston grew as by magic. Lots upon its main street advanc- 
 ed on the run from nothing to a thousand dollars each. Purchasers 
 could be found for lots in the several additions and the question of 
 title was hardly considered for a moment. Lumber and building 
 materials could not be gotten fast enough ; mechanics could com- 
 mand their own price. The road from the railroad was alive with 
 vehicles of every description, stages, hacks, freight wagons and fam- 
 ily wagons. Even the patient burro plodded along, doing his share 
 to fill up the country. 
 
 But there was too much of a good thing all at once. Prospec- 
 tors found less than a claim apiece for all who came, and the choice 
 of them taken long before their arrival. Miners and laborers were 
 too many for the demand. Of merchants there was quite too large a 
 proportion. 
 
 The flurry of excitement was soon over. While no one could 
 gainsay that the mines were as good as represented, every one could 
 appreciate that it would take time, patience, perseverance and capi- 
 tal to develop them. The floating element drifted away ; business 
 settled into legitimate channels. Those who determined to stay cur- 
 tailed expenses, and adopted the methods of established communi- 
 ties. The delay in obtaining materials was a fortunate hindrance, 
 preventing the construction of too many buildings, so that there are 
 few more than the actual need. 
 
 A more beautiful town-site could hardly be selected. It occu- 
 pies a plateau in a cove of the mountains, elevated a little above the 
 Middle Percha, the waters of which course through the town length- 
 
wise and parallel with its main street. It furnishes an abundant sup- 
 ply of water for every purpose. The principal street is eighty feel 
 wide, extending through the town as originally laid out, and also 
 through the upper and lower additions. There is a gradual descent 
 toward the east, and there is quite sufficient space immediately ad- 
 jacent for a population of twenty thousand. 
 
 The first survey on the townsite was comment ed August 21 si by 
 Parker Taylor, and was of the Home Ticket mining claim, owned 
 by A. Barnaby. Next was the Lula claim, belonging to Eraser \ 
 Holt, and then the Grand View mill-site, below U'ater street, owned 
 by Pressly Johnson. The Copper Queen claim, adjoining the Home 
 Ticket, was also platted, and later the Hornet, across the creek, 
 put on the market by Barnaby and Webster, and a number of rcsi 
 dence lots were sold from it. 
 
 Meantime the Iron King mill-site, above the to\\n iraa pun 
 ed by Messrs. Boss, Ritchie and others and a company was or 
 i/ed. The site was surveyed and platted and some sales made, but 
 there has been as yet but little building upon it. A* a resident e 
 locality it cannot be excelled; it offers some ot the- prettiest build- 
 ing sites to be found anywhere. 
 
 The Kingston Town Company was organi/etl October i.st, i.XSj. 
 by T. F. Chapman, Jame- A. I .< " kh.irt Robert Hopper. Col. J. C. 
 Logan. Frank Adams. C. H. Phelps. Thomas Kelly. Ellis Miller, 
 H. (i. Clark and J. C. Roberts. The properly purchased constitute- 
 the eastern portion of the town and includes the Calveston. Old 
 Iowa, Eureka, Mexican Central, Kentin k\ UK <. and other 
 
 mill-site locations. To put the property in form, fractious were pur- 
 chased from surrounding mining claims, the whole making about 
 five hundred lots, 25 by 100 feet being the standard si/.e. The first 
 officers of the company were T. F. Chapman, president ; (i. \V. Hart- 
 mann, secretary; J. A. Lockhart, treasurer, and Me-M- Chapman, 
 Lockhart, Miller, Roberts and Hopper, directors. About one him 
 dred lots have been sold. Several proprietary interests have (hang 
 ed hands so that the present owners are Messrs. Chapman, Lockhart, 
 Hopper, Maxwell and Clark, and W. W. Maxwell is the present sec- 
 retary. Extensive improvements are in progress : the streets are 
 being cleared and fencing the blocks is being done under contnu t. 
 The location is a very desirable one and covers the water privil. 
 
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 and sites where the mills, smelters and other manufactories of the 
 district will necessarily be located some of them in the near future. 
 Its surface is enough diversified to insure good drainage and furnishes 
 desirable business and residence locations. 
 
 At the present time nearly all of the business is located upon 
 the main street and nearly all of the mercantile and mechanical in- 
 dustries are well represented. The Percha Bank was established 
 several months since, and the TRIBUNE newspaper and job office, in 
 which this pamphlet is printed and bound, has been well supported 
 since the first of the year. 
 
 Its society is characteristic of the frontier, but contains a greater 
 number of refined and educated people than one would expect to 
 find so far from the comforts and conveniences to which they have 
 been accustomed in eastern homes. The love of adventure or the 
 desire for gain has brought the head of the family, and the wife and 
 children come that they may be near and share with him the priva- 
 tions and toil which fall to his lot. As rapidly as possible they 
 gather about them the luxuries as well as the necessities of life ; they 
 improve and beautify their homes, and when they have struck it rich 
 live as opulently as the most prosperous capitalists of the older- 
 states. The rough board house is often furnished in far better style 
 than its exterior betokens, and probably there is as much real enjoy- 
 ment and family contentment amid such surroundings as in the 
 brown stone or marble palaces of the great cities. 
 
 Pr vate schools have been well supported almost from the first, 
 although the number of children is proportionately much smaller than 
 in an agricultural district. Steps have been taken to secure the or- 
 ganization of a school district, and until such time as the public 
 funds are available good schools will be sustained by personal sub- 
 scription. 
 
 As to churches, this has not seemed to be a specially inviting 
 field for missionaries. No church buildings have been erected, nor 
 have any societies been organized. 
 
 Good public order has always been maintained. Life and pro- 
 perty is more secure than in many older communities, and though 
 there is no local government except as represented in a justice of the 
 peace and a deputy sheriff there are but few infractions of the law, 
 and those of a trivial character. There is as much business honor 
 
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 and as few bad debts as will be found anywhere. Although it is by 
 no means unpopular to take a drink of beer or whiskey, and temper- 
 ance societies would not secnre a large membership in the camp, 
 there is but little drinking to excess, and no more drunkenness on 
 the streets than is usual elsewhere. 
 
 H \ crnr, 
 
 The finding of the rich float on the Solitaire and the general 
 prospects of the North Percha neighborhood, was the occasion, in 
 the latter part uf Aumi^t. of locating a trading point there, and it was 
 followed by the laying off of a townsite. The location is well chosen 
 at a point where the valley of Carbonate creek furnishing the town 
 
 undant supply of water widens, giving ample room for a large 
 population. J. W. McCuistion was the first merchant, coming from 
 Chloride. No road had yet been built nor trade of any kind estab- 
 lished, though the surrounding count: ill of prospectors to 
 the number of several hundred. He packed his stock in trade over 
 the mountains. It consisted of three hundred cigars, five gallons of 
 whU- .ttles of champagne, eighteen bottles of beer, and $8.75 
 
 ish for a working capital. His success is evidenced by a large 
 log store-room, which cost him $300, and a stock of goods in house 
 and cellar which has cost him $3,000. He has also secured mines 
 and ii n mines which promise a yet larger return. 
 
 The town^it ated August 28th, by John Bachus and 
 
 Me Donald. The construction of the wagon road to a connection 
 with the Hillsboro and Kingv LI commenced September 
 
 5th and the first wagon came into camp on the i2th. The town was 
 surveyed on the i5th and w i^ platted on a box cover. Of three 
 hundred lots, each 25 by 140 feet, one hundred and twenty have 
 been sold for from fifteen to forty dollars each. For a time business 
 was lively, but there was a serious disadvantage in having no stage 
 line. The population reached at one time as many as five hundred. 
 \ D. Osborne was the second merchant, also coming from 
 Chloride, opening the Ore saloon and dealing principally in wet gro- 
 ( cries. John Graden came from El Paso and started a restaurant. 
 J. T. Nickerson came with a restaurant and boarding house. Ballou 
 & Cook opened another saloon, now closed. Mike Mason started 
 in the same business, also gone. Mr. Carmichael opened a small 
 store ; he has also departed. Later J. C. Roberts opened a meat 
 
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 market and then William Bratten came in with a livery stable and 
 Samuel Nelson is the camp shoemaker. A postoffice was established 
 several months since with J. W. McCuistion as postmaster. 
 
 During the fall a saw mill was erected just above the town by 
 W. E. Pratt & Co., with T. E. Harrington in charge. It is a well 
 appointed mill and they have already manufactured a large quantity 
 of lumber and shingles and have kept in operation all winter. It 
 has supplied a large share of the demand for building and mine him - 
 ber at Kingston and in the district generally since it went into oper- 
 ation. 
 
 There are many good prospects on every side of the town and 
 as the mines become developed and are put in full operation it must 
 become a point of considerable importance. 
 
 THE PERCHA MINING DISTRICT. 
 
 The mining interest of the district is the paramount one to all 
 others; it is the foundation upon which all other industries must 
 rest. It is, of course, in its infancy and its full development will re- 
 quire time and a large expenditure of capital. The resources of the 
 camp are but comparatively little known, a shaft one hundred feet 
 deep being the rare exception, while there is not one in the district 
 two hundred feet deep at the present writing March 20th. 
 
 An article written a few weeks since for the San Francisco 
 EXAMINER by Mr. W. F. Hogan contains a very careful description 
 of the general features of the camp and of its geological formations, 
 from which the liberty is taken to make some extracts. 
 
 "The formation consists chiefly of a dolomitic limestone, occur- 
 ring in regular strata, dipping slightly to the south of east and hav- 
 ing a general northerly and southerly strike. This limestone is cut 
 through in many places by dykes of intrusive porphyry and cross 
 courses of quartz. The porphyry has a general course nearly paral- 
 lel with the limestone, while the quartz ledges run in a general 
 northeasterly and southwesterly direction, cutting through both the 
 porphyry and limestone in their course. These porphyry dykes and 
 quartz ledges sometimes assume large proportions so far as width 
 goes, and in the case of the former not only are they exceptional in 
 width but in length also, one in particular apparently the chief one 
 
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 in the district being plainly traceable for miles. In some places 
 the porphyry fails to intrude itself clear through the limestone to the 
 surface, but after rising to a certain plane, has spread out and is now 
 found in the condition of an interstratification in the sedimentary 
 rocks. This is accounted for on the hypothesis that only at the 
 weaker places of the original formation, was the intrusive force suf- 
 ficient to cause the limestone to break and allow the molten lava 
 access to .the top. Hence it is that at points along their course the 
 porphyry dykes are apparently lost, and also that the lime sometimes 
 appears overlying the porphyry, as shown by development shafts and 
 erosion in the adjacent gulches. Argyllaceous limestone is also 
 found in portions of the district, and always overlying the dolomite. 
 It does not, however, appear to have exercised any influence in the 
 deposition of the contents of the mineral waters in their How, al- 
 though ore is sometimes found between it and the underlying strata. 
 It is to the presence of these dykes, and the numerous Quits, slides 
 and fractures in the limestone, caused by them, that the Percha dis- 
 trict owes its mineral wealth. The quartz ledges which mark the 
 surface of the country are also noted for their metalliferous value. 
 They present no special features deserving of mention. Their ori- 
 gin, together with the deposition of thw metallic compounds held by 
 them, being undoubtedly contemporaneous with the formation of the 
 ore belts and veins of the porphyritic ami limestone rocks. Nat- 
 urally in such a formation the experienced prospector looks for 
 more than one distinct type of mines. In this respect the Percha 
 country is remarkable, not only in presenting several well defined 
 species, but also in showing the characteristics of each kind to a 
 marked degree.. Thus it is that there are contact-fissures, limestone 
 deposits, quartz leads and fissures in trachyte. The first are those 
 whose main ore bodies are or will be found at the point. of juncture 
 between either edge of the dykes and the limestone through which 
 they cut. The second are those in which the ore is found interbed- 
 ed with and lying conformably to the general plane of the lime 
 stratification. In both these classes of mines, and notably in the 
 first mentioned, the ore is found frequently branching off from the 
 main shoots and forming pockets irregularly distributed throughout 
 the limestone, but occurring principally along the joint planes of the 
 fractures and faults with which the latter rock abounds. Where two 
 
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 or more of these fractures meet there is usually quite a large pocket 
 of mineral sometimes of high grade and sometimes low. The 
 quartz veins are of a more uniform character, apparently, as regards 
 the occurrence of the ore contained by them. They are very prom- 
 inent factors in the geological structure of the Percha district, as at- 
 tested by the prominence and frequency of their outcroppings. 
 They present no such interesting and complex features as do the 
 others mentioned, the ore being a base mass of quartz mineralized to 
 a greater or less degree, according as it is taken from an ore shoot, 
 or distant from one. There is more or less mineral, however, to be 
 found throughout nearly all of the quartz ledges, as numerous assay 
 tests have proven. The fissure veins in the trachyte are yet an ele- 
 ment of undetermined importance as regards the part they are to 
 take in the future of the district. One of them thus far opened to a 
 limited extent has proven to be of extraordinary good promise. 
 The veins at Bodie, California, and other noted mining sections, are 
 in trachyte, which is evidence sufficient to warrant a belief highly 
 favorable to the discovery of many good mines in that formation as 
 it exists here. It is a field in which little has been done and one that 
 offers great inducements to the prospector. The best established 
 and most accepted theory of the manner in which mineral has been 
 deposited in the rocks, would account for its presence in the quartz, 
 contact-fissures and the limestone, by its having been brought there 
 through the flowing of the siliceous waters. These had their origin 
 undoubtedly in the trachyte itself, hence it would be unreasonable to 
 suppose the fissures naturally occurring in that rock to be destitute 
 of metallic values. The fact that where found they carry metallifer- 
 ous quartz as a vein-filling, is proof not only of the origin of the ore 
 deposits of the Percha district but also of the statement that much 
 may be looked for from the trachyte fissures in the future. 
 
 "The metallic compounds produced by the mines of this district 
 are varied, as is usual with all mineral sections. The predominating 
 form in which silver is found is a sulphide, or silver glance. This is 
 commonly called, by the miners and prospectors, "black metal," ->r 
 "malleable silver." Chloride of silver and bromide is found, with 
 also some ruby and silver in a pure state, or native. Argentiferous 
 galena, carbonate of lead carrying silver, together with pyritiferous 
 copper and copper carbonates are found in some of the mines. An- 
 
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 timony and zinc blende, or "black jack," and iron pyrites are also 
 found in the ores. Brown iron oxide and oxide of manganese pre- 
 vail in many of the veins, the latter being particularly plentiful and 
 forming the outcropping, or mineral blossom of a very large propor- 
 tion of the mines. The gangue of the veins is usually quartz, with 
 heavy spar, calcite and talc, intermixed often with felsite. Some 
 veins show these minerals in different combinations, one predomin- 
 ating over the others, as a general thing. This latter circumstance 
 varies with the character of the mine." 
 
 From the foregoing description of the character of the mines 
 about Kingston, the miner and prospector can glean many things 
 that will enable him to form an opinion as to the merits of the Per- 
 cha district. It is an admitted proposition among mining men that 
 a country whose formation is cut up by dykes and cross ledges, and 
 greatly faulted thereby, is one, which if possessed of mineral wealth 
 at all, is of a very superior kind. This being so and experience 
 has proven it the outlook for the mines and the district of Percha, 
 is one of the brightest to be found throughout the whole of the 
 Rocky mountain region. The mines thus far have done splendidly, 
 and give abundant grounds for unlimited confidence in their future, 
 while the prospects here are invariably of the most promising kind. 
 Capital is needed to stimulate the task of development upon the 
 properties of men too poor to push to a successful issue, the work of 
 prospecting the veins. Once it comes Kingston will acheive a no- 
 toriety that will be as substantial as it will be brilliant. Splendid 
 opportunities are offered those who come with a desire to invest. 
 Instances are frequent where prospectors are willing to give from 
 one-quarter to 'one-half of their claim to have it developed to a pay- 
 ing basis, while whole claims, eligibly situated, and presenting indi- 
 cations of a positive character for the discovery of good ore can be 
 purchased outright on the most moderate terms. No place offers 
 superior inducements of this kind, and certainly none can better 
 substantiate its claims to to intrinsic merit than can the Percha dis- 
 trict. The mineral is here in large quantities and of high grade and 
 work alone is needed to reveal it and make wealthy the owners of 
 the mines. What has been done thus far is but an earnest of what 
 ran and will be done in the future.' The attention of all is called 
 to these things with a confidence in the belief that they are just as 
 
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 represented, and from an actual knowledge of the facts, circumstan- 
 ces and needs surrounding the district. 
 
 As it is the express purpose of this pamphlet to direct the eye 
 of those interested towards the mines, the following pages will be 
 devoted to brief descriptions of the leading mines and prospects lo- 
 cated in the different camps adjacent and tributary to the town of 
 Kingston, commencing with the 
 
 MIDDLE PERCHA. 
 
 The mines of this portion of the district were the first to attract the 
 attention of outsiders in this direction. The first were located in 
 1880. Despite the early date of their location nothing more than 
 mere prospecting work has been done, although in some instances 
 that character of work alone not only has demonstrated the actual 
 merits of the properties, but has also resulted in bringing large re- 
 turns to the owners over and above the money spent in that direc- 
 tion. 
 
 The prominent mine is the Bullion, which by reason of the bulk 
 and richness of its ore has made for itself a name that is famous 
 throughout New Mexico. This mine was located in August, 1881, 
 by Geo. W. Hunsaker and Arthur Phelps, who after its discovery ex- 
 cavated several surface openings and One shaft of about fifteen feet 
 in depth. One of the openings on the surface was at a point where 
 there was a large out-cropping of black oxide of iron and mangan- 
 ese, and this when cut into a very few feet disclosed ore that gave 
 very high returns by assay. One of the owners, fearful that it would . 
 pinch out declined to work it further and prevailed upon his part- 
 ner to offer it for sale, which was done, and in a short time it passed 
 into the possesion of the company now owning it. This company is 
 composed mostly of gentlemen who are conversant with the details 
 of practical mining and who since taking possession of the property 
 have developed and extracted the ore which has yielded them such 
 handsome returns upon their original investment. The price paid 
 the owners was $3,500. The amount of ore extracted to date figures 
 up to the splendid sum of $80000.. When it is considered that the 
 total number of linear feet of work done will not exceed 500, and 
 that of that number over 150 feet are dead work, consisting of a cross 
 drift entirely out of ore, but run for the better development of the 
 mine, it will be understood that the Bullion is entitled to the great 
 
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 reputation it possesses. In other words there has been over Si 60 
 extracted for every foot of ground, straight measurement, excavated 
 in the mine. Such a showing would be considered immense in any 
 country, and it certainly speaks volumes in favor of the character 
 and richness of the mines of this section. The Bullion is of the 
 contact-fissure class of veins, and this, in connection with the cir- 
 cumstance that the ore produced thus far has come out of the lime- 
 stone east of the vein proper, argues much in favor of the future ex- 
 cellence of this splendid property. When the contact is reached and 
 that portion of the mine developed, there is every reason to look for 
 a. much greater showing than has ever yet been disclosed. The ore 
 of the Bullion is of exceptionally high grade, averaging upwards of 
 $500 per ton. It is not unusual to take out pieces weighing from 
 fifty to three hundred pounds that will average at the rate of Si ooo 
 to $5,000 per ton. A pocket of ore recently struck in the mine, 
 consisted of a mass of nearly pure sulphide of silver, average speci- 
 mens of which returned by assay a value of over $18,000 per ton. 
 Several hundred pounds of this rich stuff were taken out. The ore 
 is found in a gangue of lime spar, talc and occasionally some quart/ 
 or other siliceous matter. The mine is supplied upon the surface 
 with an office building, boarding and sleeping houses, blacksmith 
 shop, ore house, etc. An excellent wagon road leads from the mine 
 down to and connecting with the road leading into Kingston, just 
 below town. Mr. T. F. Chapman, the superintendent, is a very able 
 and accommodating manager, and one who takes pleasure in show- 
 ing the product of the mine and explaining its features to parties in- 
 terested. He took hold of the property when it was a prospect, and 
 by his faith and .energy has developed a bonanza. Several offers of 
 high prices have been made for the mine and all refused. While it 
 is not improbable that the owners would sell if they were to be offer- 
 ed their own figures, they are in no hurry and it is safe to assert that 
 the mine is not begging a purchaser. The ore sh-pments from the 
 mine have all been made to the Argo works, near Denver, Colorado. 
 Next to the Bullion, and joining it upon the north, is the Super- 
 ior, a property already known far and near as one which not only 
 has great intrinsic merit but which also promises to do much in 
 the way of ore shipments during the year 1883. It is situated up- 
 on the same vein as the Bullion and presents throughout the sam 
 
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 general characteristics of ore and ore deposits. Considerable work 
 has been done upon the Superior, more in fact than upon any other 
 mine in the camp, except the Iron King, and certainly the resultant 
 effects are such as are calculated to inspire feelings of the utmost 
 confidence in it upon the part of those owning the mine as well as 
 convincing owners of property similarly situated, of the future value 
 of their claims. The Superior mine was located in the summer of 
 1 88 1, by Frazer & Deemer, a couple of prospectors from Georgetown, 
 New Mexico. Ore was found in several places upon the surface of 
 the claim and several small openings were made at those points. 
 The assays obtained were very encouraging, running from a few 
 ounces into the hundreds. In the fall of 1882, and soon after the 
 development of the ore body in the Bullion, the Superior was pur- 
 chased by a company of California capitalists, among whom were 
 Hearst & Head, Col. Logan, ex-Governor Perkins and others, to- 
 gether with Capt. Thos. Burns, who was one of the original purcha- 
 sers of the Bullion. Capt. Burns took immediate charge of the 
 property and at once commenced active development. A shaft was 
 sunk in the limestone to a depth of ninety feet, and at that point a 
 drift was started to the west towards the edge of the porphyry. 
 Three ore bodies were cut in this drift before reaching the contact. 
 This where struck was found devoid of anything of value save what 
 was found as gangue matter, indicating clearly the presence of the 
 vein. Sinking was commenced, and it was but a short distance un- 
 til a large body of low grade ore was discovered. Down through 
 this the work was pushed until at a depth of seventy feet, a body of 
 splendid ore was encountered, rich in both gold and silver. This 
 was the great strike that agitated the whole of the Percha district 
 and set at rest all doubts and fears that may heretofore been enter- 
 tained regarding the future of the camp, Several tons of the new 
 ore were broken and average tests of its value show it to be worth 
 Si 200 per ton. The extent of this ore body has not yet been de- 
 termined but enough has been done to show that it is of large pro- 
 portions. Now that this much has been accomplished, more may 
 lx> looked for in the lower workings of the mine. Aside from the 
 development just described, there has been, as indicated in the fore- 
 going, a considerable amount of work done elsewhere on the Superi- 
 or. Most of this has been confined to places where there were in- 
 
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 dications of ore out in the limestone and distant from the porphyry, 
 while at one or more places the vein has been opened along its ex- 
 tent. None of these but what show the presence of ore in greater 
 or less quantity and of varying quality from high to low grade. 
 In what is known as number seven working, a nice seam of good 
 ore is showing, of good quality. In number four the vein has 
 been sunk upon for seventy feet showing ore and vein matter 
 the whole distance for a width of from two to five feet. Since the 
 making of the rich strike work has been directed towards the exca- 
 vation of an incline shaft from the surface downward, in order that 
 the task of proper development may be facilitated in the future. 
 An improved California whim is in use at the incline. There are 
 other surface improvements connected with the mine consisting of 
 an office building, residence, blacksmith shop and stable. R. B. 
 Taylor, a gentleman of ripe mining experience is the superintendent 
 of the Superior. The mine is being developed by him in a system- 
 atic manner, and should the future warrant it there is little doubt but 
 that the company will erect works adapted to the treatment of their 
 own ores. The extent of the vein on the Superior is such that once 
 it is opened up a lengthened period of prosperity is in store for 
 the mine. The developments on the Superior have proven one 
 thing that is of inestimable benefit to claim owners in the Percha 
 district. This is that it matters but little whether the surface material 
 assays high or not. The bodies of rich ore lie comparatively deep 
 and those having the nerve and means to go down on their veins 
 will almost undoubtedly get good ore if the surface and other indica- 
 tions are right to commence with. Practical experience has demon- 
 strated that in all camps where silver is found as a sulphide that the 
 ore is JY*; as liable to be of very low grade on the top as it is to be 
 the reverse. Once the proper depth is gained and this varies in 
 different localities the ore will be found, if it exists in bulk at all, 
 to be of a high grade character. And this is one of the reasons, too, 
 which induces those of experience to put such great faith in the 
 district. 
 
 The Caledonia lays near the Superior and is owned by George 
 Hartman and Marshal Dansby. It was located in February, 1882. 
 Aside from some surface digging to find the lead the chief work has 
 deen done at two places of twelve or fifteen feet each. The crop- 
 
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 pings are oxide of iron and manganese, all of it carrying some min- 
 eral as shown by the assays, and showing more and better as depth 
 is attained. It is in quite large quantities but the vein has not yet 
 been found in place. A small seam of ore at the bottom of one of 
 the openings has assayed up as high as $300 in silver per ton. 
 
 The Comstock lying west and alongside the Caledonia is on the 
 opposite or west side of the hill. It is opened in a contact betwen 
 porphyry and lime, at least seven feet in width, dipping into the 
 hill. Where opened the crevice is filled with iron and manganese. 
 From a seam next the porphyry wall at a depth of sixteen feet ore 
 was taken which gave an assay value of $625.40, and assays from the 
 croppings have returned from five to forty-one ounces. The vein is 
 the same which shows in the Black Colt and crops out its full width 
 on the surface over one hundred feet from the shaft where it is now 
 opened. The Comstock is owned by James Dawson Joshua Roberts 
 and others and was located March 30, 1880. It gives excellent 
 premise of developing into a mine. 
 
 The Lady Franklin belongs to Dan Dugan and John Donohoe. It 
 was located in 1881. It lies west of the Superior and south of the 
 Caledonia. The vein pitches at an angle of forty-five degrees, or a 
 little more than the slope of the hillside. Its pitch corresponds with 
 that of the Comstock on the other side of the hill, and is in a con- 
 trary direction to that of the Caledonia. The vein matter corres- 
 ponds with that in adjoining claims, with a mixture of talc and fel- 
 site. It has given good assays all the way down, being now at a 
 depth of about thirty feet. 
 
 The Mountain Chief is owned by Ed. Doheny, Thomas Grady, 
 Tim Corcoran and James Delaney. It was located in November, 
 1880. It is located diagonally across a ridge of porphyrymad lime- 
 stone. On top of the hill a shaft has been sunk on the contact, 
 nearly vertical, in a mass of disintegrated iron-stained porphyry. 
 There is a wide belt on the surface covered by iron boulders, appar- 
 ently float, but the source has not yet been discovered. Down in 
 the gulch an iron capping covers a vein of quartz and spar, with iron 
 and copper pyrites. The vein is well defined, nearly vertical, with 
 lime walls. The ore that has been taken out assays well, some of it 
 averaging fifty dollars. The vein is only opened to a depth of twelve 
 feet. 
 
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 The Polar Star is the north extension of the Superior mine and 
 covers a tract of ground that shows abundant surface indications of 
 mineral. It has been worked upon at several places, the principal 
 openings being close to the south end line and near to the Superior 
 ground. Two shafts sunk there have produced very good ore, the 
 average in ton lots running upwards of $200, and picked specimens 
 going very much higher. The ore so far taken out came from the 
 limestone and is of a quartzose character. It shows native silver 
 and chloride throughout. At another portion of the claim an open- 
 ing has been made upon a surface showing or outcropping of iron 
 and manganese, carrying silver. The Polar Star is regarded as one 
 of the leading claims of this district and rightly so. It is owned by 
 Col. Logan and Geo. Hunsaker, the latter in connection with Arthur 
 Phelps, being the locator of the property. A shipment of about two 
 tons of first-class ore has been made. 
 
 The Silver Queen, located in April, 1882, by Burke and Skipp, is 
 along the course of an immense contact-fissure vein between lime- 
 stone and porphyry. It is opened in several places on the vein and 
 everywhere shows indications of great strength and permanance. 
 The center workings, which are the most prominent, are confined to 
 the middle of the width of the vein and are all in vein matter, top, 
 sides and bottom. The vein at this point has a width of eighty feet 
 by actual measurement, and wherever stripped or penetrated shows 
 the same character of filling. These center workings consist of an 
 adit level, run in thirty feet, to a point where it branches off, the 
 main branch continuing on for a distance of forty feet further. The 
 second branch goes beyond the parting place only a few feet, and at 
 the face a shaft is down to about twenty feet. Every foot of these 
 workings is in vein matter all more or less mineralized, and carrying 
 pieces of ore from which high assays have been obtained. This vein 
 stuff consists principally of decomposed iron stained porphyry, brown 
 iron and manganese. Assays have been obtained from the material 
 described, running $4.00, $12.00, $104 and $117 respectively. A 
 general sample of the disintegrated vein matter returned $12.00 
 per ton. With so large and strong a vein, so well filled with min- 
 eralized matter there is every reason to look for much from the future 
 of this property. Doubtless the surface ore has undergone a leach- 
 ing out process at the hands of nature, it being of a free character, 
 
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 and so easily acted upon that the course of the vein is traceable by 
 a marked depression in the hill through which it passes. Naturally 
 the apex ore of a large vein of this description, is found debased 
 through the influence of surface infiltration. It is the candid opinion 
 of some of the best judges of mines in New Mexico that the Silver 
 Queen will prove an immense mine upon deep development. This 
 is an opinion in which the writer of this pamphlet shares. The 
 course of the vein is north and south. 
 
 Silver Queen, Number i,is located parallel with and adjoins the 
 Silver Queen upon the west. The ore is of a quartz character, car- 
 rying galena, sulphide of silver, chloride and native silver. There 
 are two openings on the claim, consisting of a shaft eighteen feet 
 deep, and an adit level eighteen feet in length. As yet the ore is 
 low grade, the assays showing only the presence of a small amount of 
 silver. Burke and Skipp are the owners and locators of the claim. 
 
 Silver Queen, Number 2, is an east and west location, its east end 
 line joining with the west sid'e line of the Silver Queen, Number i. 
 It shows a vein of iron sulphurets in porphyry, and was located more 
 with a view to taking up and protecting the water right of that por- 
 tion of Sawpit canon, in which it is situated, than for any other pur- 
 pose. Burke and Skipp are the owners and locators. 
 
 The Black Colt is a property upon which considerable surface 
 work has been done. At numerous points on the claim there are 
 outcroppings of iron and manganese, nearly all of which have silver 
 in greater or less quantity. Several of these have been stripped 
 off, and three shafts have been sunk. The vein is a contact-fissure, 
 between limestone and porphyry. One shaft is down a depth of 
 forty-five feet, one over sixty feet and one twenty-five feet, all show- 
 ing an abundance of mineralized vein matter. Assays from ore tak- 
 en out have returned from fifty to sixty dollars per ton. Peterson and 
 Simpson located and own the claim. 
 
 The Savage is located alongside the Superior mine, and is own- 
 ed by Frazer, Holt and Cosgrove. It covers quite an extent of the 
 same belt of limestone as do the Bullion and Superior mines and 
 has also within its lines a contact-fissure. The owners have put 
 down a fifty foot shaft on an iron capping in the limestone. No 
 work of consequence has yet been done on the contact. Some very 
 favorable assays have been obtained from ore out of the Savage. 
 
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 The Little Jimmie is owned by Moore, Bennett & Co. It is 
 opened in two places from the surface by means of shafts sunk in . 
 limestone. Quite a large body of low grade ore has been struck in 
 one of the shafts and development is being done with a view to 
 reaching a better grade of ore. In character the ore is similar to 
 that produced by the Bullion and Superior, but the value so far is as 
 stated, low. The workings of the Little Jimmie are in the same lime 
 belt as are the two famous mines mentioned. 
 
 The Southwick is east of the Savage' and parallel with it. It is 
 owned by Burke and O'Rourke. A ten foot shaft shows vein mat- 
 ter consisting of iron and manganese. 
 
 The Evening Star, west of and parallel with the Bullion and Su- 
 perior, is owned by Burke and Skipp. It shows a contact on the 
 surface. 
 
 The Silver Bullion, owned by Burke and Skipp, lies close to the 
 Bullion upon the east. It has a shaft sunk on a contact, and makes 
 a fair showing of mineralized vein matter. 
 
 The Uncle Jack is owned by Dugan, Donohoe and McNally. 
 It is on a contact between lime and porphyry, and is opened by a 
 shaft to the depth of eighty feet. The vein matter is iron and man- 
 ganese, all mineralized, but of low grade. 
 
 The Empire is the extension upon the north, of the Iron King, 
 and is owned by Dan Dugan. It is' in the same lime belt as the 
 Iron King and shows upon the surface the same iron cropping. 
 There are about fifty feet of work done upon the claim and some 
 assays have been obtained that show well. Average samples of the 
 ore assay from twenty-two to sixty odd ounces. 
 
 The Palmetto is owned by Skipp, Burke and Barnaby. It lies 
 parallel with the Iron King and Empire. No work of consequence 
 has been done upon it, but there is the same surface showing of iron 
 and manganese, as is to be found upon the surface of claims in that 
 locality. 
 
 The Judge is owned by Skipp, Burke and Thompson. It has a 
 shaft upon it twelve feet deep, in iron and manganese, from which 
 some fair assays in silver have been obtained. 
 
 The John Brant is owned by Dawson, Ferguson, and Roach. It 
 is opened by a twelve foot shaft showing excellent indications of the 
 
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 same character as that exhibited in other claims of the neighbor- 
 hood. 
 
 The Iron Ma.sk is owned by O'Donnell and Stanley. It is the 
 north extension of the Silver Queen and shows an extensive outcrop 
 of the same material as that held between the walls of the "Queen." 
 It is opened by two shafts, one twenty feet deep and one ten feet 
 deep. The vein matter assays from twelve to fifteen dollars in silver. 
 
 The Roman Beauty is owned by Timothy Kelly and Thos. Don- 
 nor. Shows the same croppings as the Iron Mask and is opened by 
 means of a twenty foot shaft. Some high assays have been obtained 
 from ore out of this claim, one. going as high as $ 1,400. 
 
 The Star of the West is owned by Skipp, Burke, O'Donnell and 
 Barnaby. No work of consequence has been done upon it but there 
 is a good surface show of iron and manganese. 
 
 The Nip and Tuck is a fractional claim lying between the Iron 
 King, Miner's Dream and the Mountain Chief. It is finely located, 
 lying in the midst of a group of excellent claims. It is located along 
 the course of a porphyry and lime contact, and shows iron and man- 
 ganese cropping. The owners are Burke, Delaney and Corcoran. 
 
 The Moore Bros, and Co., have several claims north and east 
 of the Bullion and Superior. They are located with good discern- 
 ment as regards the probable existence of ore. One of these, the 
 Fijiean, shows a strong outcrop of ferrugineous quartz. The decom- 
 position of the iron has completely metamorphosed whole portions 
 of the original rock, until it resembles what is commonly called 
 "burnt iron." This claim has produced ore from a ten foot shaft 
 that gives encouraging returns in silver when tested by assay. 
 
 The foregoing embraces most of the mines and prospects which 
 are of a uniform character, lying north and east of the Iron King and 
 Miner's Dream, and south of those which would come properly un- 
 der the head of North Percha mines. They are grouped as given 
 for the sake of convenience in the compilation of this pamphlet. 
 
 The mines, commencing with the Iron King and Miner's 
 Dream, which lie south and west of the ones already described, will 
 now be taken up, embracing all those of prominence and prospect- 
 ive value situated upon the east and west slopes of Kentuck moun- 
 tain, the adjacent mountain upon which the Black Eyed Susan, 
 Andy Johnson and Brush Heap are located, and all others about 
 
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 which it has been possible to gather information, and which proper- 
 ly belong under the head of Middle Percha mines. 
 
 The Iron King is perhaps the best and most widely known of 
 all the properties in the Percha district. It was the first location, 
 and by reason of its quick sale at handsome figures, and the subse- 
 quent development of its vast ore bodies, it caused to be fixed upon 
 this section the attention of prospectors and mining men from all 
 sections of the country. The mine was located in November, 1880, 
 by Elliott and Forbes, who sold the property when there was only an 
 eight foot shaft upon it, for the sum of $25,000, Philadelphia people 
 being the purchasers. It is located upon a zone or belt of limestone 
 in which the ore is mostly found lying conformably with the plane 
 of the strata of the enclosing rock, and belongs to that class which 
 comes under the head of limestone deposits. It is, in fact, the chief 
 representative of that class of mines. It differs locally from most of 
 the others because the strata of limestone which originally covered 
 the ore along the east half of the claim's length has been almost en- 
 tirely scored off, leaving exposed, close to the surface, the ore of the 
 the vein, except where covered by thin scales of limestone, or the 
 detritus incident to all mountain surfaces. The middle workings of 
 the mine comprise two shafts and an adit level. One of these shafts 
 the main one of the mine is down seventy feet and shows ore all 
 the way, at the sides and bottom. The first forty feet is ore that 
 averages well in lead, being a decomposed quartz, carrying lead car- 
 bonates and iron. The balance continues in -ore of a slightly differ- 
 ent description, consisting of brown oxide of iron principally, carry- 
 ing copper carbonates and showing bunches of galena distributed 
 throughout the mass. Three hundred feet west, or near the center 
 of the claim, a shaft is down through limestone eighty odd feet, fol- 
 lowing a streak of ore bearing lead carbonates. Between the two 
 shafts an adit level is in forty feet, showing ore the whole way, top, 
 sides and bottom. It is of the same general character, being a 
 brown and red oxide of iron, galena and lead carbonate. Near the 
 north end there are two shafts of fifty feet each, in black iron and 
 manganese, carrying some lead. For two hundred and forty feet, 
 the distance between these two shafts, an open cut has been excavat- 
 ed to a depth of ten feet, showing ore all the way. At the extreme 
 north end and close to the center end stake, there is a quartz cross 
 
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 course which has been stripped along its length for forty feet, pro- 
 ducing considerable galena ore. At the south end there is a twenty- 
 five foot shaft in iron and manganese ore. The ore from this shaft 
 averages sixty-five ounces in silver. At the extreme south end there 
 is a cut of sixty-five feet, in black iron, and from the bottom of this 
 an incline shaft is down forty-six feet all in ore of the same charac- 
 ter of iron and manganese, averaging fairly in lead. Fifty feet east 
 of this is another cut twenty-five feet long, with a vertical shaft forty 
 feet deep. From this it will be seen that the territory of the Iron 
 King, embraces an extensive tract of valuable mineral bearing 
 ground. Exploitation shows that the ore exists at every point be- 
 neath the surface of at least one-half the property, and extremely 
 strong probabilities for its continuing under most of the remaining 
 surface. It also shows that this body of ore is over seventy feet 
 thick, which of itself is something enormous. While it is not what 
 would be called high grade, the ore is sufficiently valuable to furnish 
 good returns over the cost of mining, handling and treating, when 
 once the district is supplied with local smelting establishments. The 
 ore ranges from twenty to ninety ounces in silver and from twelve 
 to sixty per cent, in lead. The property is now owned by a private 
 corporation of ample means and first-class financial standing, and is 
 being developed with a view to demonstrating its actual worth, and 
 also for the purpose of extracting and marketing the great quantities 
 of ore known to exist in it. E. Lucien Richie is the resident agent 
 and general manager at Kingston, and Wm. Welch is the working 
 superintendent at the mine. 
 
 The Miner's Dream lies east of and immediately parallel with 
 the Iron King. It is owned by Delaney, Corcoran and company. 
 The ore so far found lies in an interstratafied condition in the lime- 
 stone, but the general trend of it is toward a contact-fissure which 
 is plainly indicated upon the surface of the ground covered by the 
 property. The main development is an adit level which has follow- 
 ed ore from the surface and which shows a fine body of ore several 
 feet in thickness, at the breast. It is an argentiferous galena, select- 
 ed samples of which return high assay values. Considerable blue 
 and green carbonate of copper has been produced from this mine. 
 There is a large dump of ore at the entrance of the main opening. 
 
 The Pinafore is located south of the Iron King and Miner's 
 
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 Dream. It is owned by Burke & Skipp. Shows surface indications 
 and is the same character of mine as the " King." It has a shaft 
 down fifty-four feet and has produced ore which assays well in silver. 
 
 The Cave mine, owned by Dugan and Donohoe, is in the same 
 locality. It has a shaft twenty feet deep, with good ore of a quartz 
 character, from some of which high assays have been obtained. 
 
 The Ready Cash is a contact-fissure, upon which the work -done 
 has resulted in making a very handsome looking prospect. There 
 is a well defined streak of lead carbonate ore, and the silver value is 
 highly encouraging, running upwards of one hundred ounces. This 
 is one of the best undeveloped claims on the Middle Percha. 
 
 The Kentuck is owned by Bledsoe, Kelly, Roberts and com- 
 pany. It is opened in several places and makes a good show of val- 
 uable ore in considerable quantity. 
 
 The Frazer is owned by Frazer and Holt. Has a shaft twenty 
 feet deep, showing ore carrying silver. Assays of over $200 have 
 been obtained from ore out of this property. The vein is from three 
 to four feet wide. 
 
 The Andy Johnson, Black Eyed Susan and Brush Heap mines 
 comprise a group that were located and are now owned by Forbes 
 and Elliott, the two pioneer prospectors of the district. The discov- 
 ery of these two claims was the cause of the first excitement ever ex- 
 perienced by the Percha district, as from ore found in them very 
 high assays were obtained. They were discovered soon after the 
 Iron King and are of the same character of mines as the u King," 
 viz., interstratafied or bedded deposits in limestone, the overlying 
 strata being an argyllaceous limestone, or lime shale. The most im- 
 portant mine of the group, because of the superior amount of devel- 
 opment done upon it, is the Andy Johnson. It has been opened on 
 the vein by a shaft 115 feet deep and two levels run on the vein, one 
 at thirty feet from the surface and one from the bottom of the shaft. 
 The ore throughout will average thirty inches in thickness and ranges 
 in value from $10 to $1,000 per ton. No general average of the vein 
 was ever taken, but assorted lots mill upwards of $100 per ton. 
 There is a large dump of ore at the mine which came out of the 
 workings and an average sample of that returned at the rate of $75.00 
 per ton. The Andy Johnson was the first mine in the district 
 give a high assay return, a piece off the outcrop going $750. 
 
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 The Black Eyed Susan is in the same mineral belt and is open- 
 ed by an adit twenty-five feet in length, showing ore from two to 
 three feet wide the Avhole distance. It averages $50.00 in silver and 
 from thirty to forty per cent, in lead. 
 
 The Brush Heap is also on the same lime belt. It is opened in 
 several places on the surface, the principal work being an open cut, 
 six by ten feet. The vein here is fully six feet wide and filled with 
 ore from wall to wall. Some very high assays have been had from 
 ore out of this mine, but the general average, as determined by actual 
 tests made by disinterested parties, is $61.00 in silver. 
 
 The Eclipse is parallel with the Black Eyed Susan, and is owned 
 by Daniel Dugan. It has a surface opening showing it to be of the 
 same character. The ore assays well. 
 
 The Illinois mine lies south of those just described, and is the 
 same character of mine, both as regards its manner of occurrence 
 and character of ore. It is owned by Colonel Logan, A. W. Harris, 
 D. H. Jackson, J. W. Southwick and others. The main opening is 
 an adit in about thirty feet, following a two foot ore streak for twenty- 
 feet. At about midway of the adit an incline drift has been run to 
 the southeast showing the vein clearly defined and in ore. A shaft 
 is also down on the property to a depth of twenty odd feet. Out of 
 this there has been a quantity of good ore taken and sacked, it being 
 found in bunches connected with each other by thin ore streaks. 
 The ore of the Illinois mine is of a uniformly good grade, and will 
 average throughout the workings about $100 per ton. The silver is 
 found as a chloride, sulphide, and in the native state. Considerable 
 of the ore carrys a fair percentage of lead, sufficiently so to make it 
 desirable for that metal, was there a local market for it. 
 
 The south extension of the Illinois is owned by Harris and Per- 
 kins. It has a ten foot shaft and shows ore that assays low in silver. 
 
 The Good Will lies southeast of the Illinois, and is owned by 
 Roach, Ferguson and Dawson. It is opened by a fifteen foot shaft, 
 and has a fair streak of ore. Assays show a value of $30.00. 
 
 The U. S. claim lies west of the Illinois and is developed by a 
 seventy-five foot shaft. It shows fine indications of mineral in the 
 bottom and promises to reach ore, which in character will be like 
 that of the Bullion and Superior. 
 
 The Gray Horse, owned by Dugan, McNally and Donohoe, has 
 
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 a shaft sixty feet deep with several minor surface openings. It shows 
 ore in all the openings made, and these are seemingly along the line 
 of a fracture in the surface limestone, which from appearances and 
 the nature of the ore held by them,would seem to indicate the pres- 
 ence of an interstratified ore deposit at greater depth. The assays 
 of this ore have been of a very flattering kind, the average being up- 
 wards of $100. 
 
 The Southwest, owned by Frazer and Holt, is located about 
 two miles south from Kingston, and under development made this 
 spring is proving to be a mine of excellent merit. It is opened by a 
 shaft sunk upon a large body of ore, which carries silver in good 
 quantities. It is located upon a contact-fissure vein. 
 
 The Big Thing, owned by Chase & Co., is located upon the 
 summit of Kentuck mountain. It has been worked actively tor 
 several months by a force of five men, and shows eight feet of ore 
 that runs $40 in silver. It is a claim of exceeding good promise. 
 
 The Seaside is situated upon one of the hills northeast of 
 Kingston and has a streak of ore varying from twelve to twenty 
 inches, from which some very high assay returns have been obtained. 
 It is owned by Dansby, Bryson and others. 
 
 Besides those mentioned in more or less detail in the foregoing, 
 there is a host of claims within the limits of the Middle Percha 
 whose merits are such as to entitle them to favorable mention did 
 the limit of this pamphlet permit of it.' The east slope of Kentuck 
 mountain and the slopes of the hills northeast and southwest of 
 Kingston contain many such. Those of Kentuck mountain are par- 
 ticularly deserving and embrace the following well and favorably- 
 known properties : The Whale, Tip Top and Good Hope. Among 
 the others are the Hilty Fraction, John S. Phelps, Sun Set, Lucky- 
 Cuss, Sun, Rise, Shorty, Little Anna, Lizzie, Silver, No. 2, Van YVert, 
 White Elephant and the Sand Flat. None of these but what have 
 had considerable work done on them, and all show ore in more or less 
 quantity. 
 
 In Sawpit gulch is the Yellow Jacket, showing a large vein of 
 white quartz, with chloride stains. North of this is the Monona, 
 located along the line of a contact-fissure, and looking well. The 
 Condor, in the immediate vicinity, is also a good promising claim. 
 
 Immediately west of town are several good prospects. Among 
 
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 them are the Humbug, Mount Auburn, Tiger and Pinon. These 
 have veins and a mineral showing. 
 
 A group of seven claims lie just at the western edge of Kingston 
 that are the property of Burke and Skipp. They all show denned 
 veins and mineral. The principal ones are the Homestake, Rising 
 Sun and Enterprise. 
 
 The Todos Santos is south of town. It has been opened in 
 several places, and shows a crevice with favorable indications. 
 
 NORTH PERCH A. 
 
 Although identical in formation with the Middle Percha, North 
 Percha's mines thus far are those which belong to the quartz ledge 
 variety, described elsewhere in this pamphlet. The amount of de- 
 velopment upon the North Percha mines is far less than is found 
 upon the middle stream properties. A sufficient amount, however, 
 has been done to demonstrate that there are a number of very valu- 
 able mines already there, and to show conclusively that there are 
 many others destined to achieve notoriety in the role of ore pro- 
 ducers. 
 
 The Solitaire mine, or as it was originally known, the Blacky, is 
 at the head of North Percha properties. There are few who keep 
 track of the mineral development of the west but have heard the 
 stories of its wonderfully rich silver float, and of the subsequent 
 sale of the property to Senator Tabor, the bonanza king of Colorado. 
 The Solitaire is located along the course of a quartz ledge which 
 runs in a general direction a little to the east of north and west of 
 south. At the point where it is covered by the Solitaire location, 
 the course is about north and south. The quartz of the ledge with- 
 in the boundaries of the claim is heavily charged with silver sul- 
 phide, chloride and bromide of silver. Originally the ledge appear- 
 ed upon the surface to a much greater extent than now, but the 
 glacial action responsible for the creation of the gulch which lies 
 west of the openings on the vein, broke it over, and the consequence 
 is that south of the crest of the hill upon which the mine is located 
 the ledge is apparently broken off and lost. The ledge continues to 
 the north, running out of the lime and into and through a large 
 porphyry dyke, but "pinching" close up in its passage through it. 
 In fact so tight is this "pinch" that it is only traceable in many 
 places by close observation of the pieces of porphyry float rock, 
 
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 bearing evidences of chemical action left by the mineral currents in 
 their flowing. Where the ledge was broken off, as described in the 
 foregoing, there happened to be a rich ore shoot and the conse- 
 quence was that the sides of the hill were covered with immense 
 pieces of "float" after the glacier had done its work of erosion. In 
 the course of the ages that have since passed most of this original 
 "float" being exposed to the corroding influences of air and water, 
 gradually disintegrated;, the quartz and other gangue matter being 
 eaten and washed away, leaving the metal in the form of the huge 
 chunks of sulphide of silver afterwards discovered by the prospectors. 
 The ledge itself at the surface was also acted upon by the same 
 natural and powerful influences, and at places along the ore shoot 
 the silver is almost as plentiful as in the "float" which strewed the 
 hillside. As might be expected, however, this zone of atmospheric 
 decomposition does not extend to any great depth upon the ledge 
 and need hardly be looked for in the deep workings of the mine.* 
 There the ore will be found as "live rock" and while undoubtedly 
 it will be of exceeding richness, no sensible mining man would 
 look for it to be found as it was first discovered upon the surface. 
 From this it will be seen and understood that the Solitaire differs 
 only locally from the balance of the mines located upon the quartz 
 ledges of the country. It happens to possess a richer ore shoot 
 than any ledge yet discovered, although there is no reason to sup- 
 pose but what others equally as good may be opened up. Therein 
 lies the opportunity of the capitalist. As determined by work done, 
 the Solitaire mine shows a shoot of ore about 500 feet in length that 
 will average fully twenty feet wide. It dips off to the west from the 
 surface at an angle of perhaps eighty degrees. It is opened in 
 several places, all of which show ore in large bodies. The richest 
 is that which lies against the east wall. The mine is now being 
 actively developed by Mr. J. F. Tabor in the interest of his brother, 
 Senator Tabor. Ore is being daily extracted and sacked for ship- 
 ment to the market at Denver, Colorado. It is the intention of Sen- 
 ator Tabor to thoroughly open the mine and determine what is neces- 
 sary to the Successful and economical treatment of its ore. When that 
 is decided, the proper kind of works will at once be erected and the 
 ore handled here in the district. As now being produced, the first- 
 class ore runs close to $1,000 per ton, while the general average of 
 
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 all that is taken out will exceed $300. Extensive improvements are 
 in contemplation at this property. The price paid in all to the 
 claimants of the mine amounted to $110,000, which included also 
 the Saint Clair, a partial extension of the Solitaire. 
 
 The Saint Clair is located north of the Solitaire and shows 
 croppings of the same ledge. It is also the property of Senator 
 Tabor, having been included in the purchase of the Solitaire. The 
 work done upon it is confined to a few surface openings of no par- 
 ticular consequence. Quite a considerable quantity of very rich 
 "float" was found upon the surface of this claim at the time of its 
 discovery. 
 
 The Brilliant lies parallel with the Solitaire and immediately west. 
 It is owned by Jeff Raynolds, of Las Vegas, by whom it was pur- 
 chased during the fall of 1882. A great deal of rich float has been 
 -taken from the surface ground of the Brilliant.- This has all been 
 assorted and sacked and is now held at the mine ready for shipment 
 at any time. A shaft has been sunk to a depth of eighty feet and a 
 cross-cut tunnel has been pushed in for the purpose of striking the 
 ledge. Besides this there have been several surface openings made. 
 In many places the Brilliant ground is covered with huge pieces of 
 quartz carrying silver. It is undoubtedly a good piece of mining 
 property and once it is intelligently developed will prove equal to 
 its name. 
 
 The Silver Nugget is a fractional claim lying east of the Solitaire 
 and between it and the Morning Star. A great deal of rich silver 
 float was taken from the surface of this, but no work has been done 
 upon it. 
 
 The Morning Star is owned by the Moore Bros, and McDougall. 
 It is located east of the Solitaire in a northerly and southerly direc- 
 tion. Some excellent quartz has been found upon this property and 
 high assay returns have been received from pieces subjected to test. 
 The proximity alone of the Morning Star to the Solitaire, makes the 
 former a valuable property. 
 
 The Nevada mine is an east and west location, its south end join- 
 ing the east side of the Solitaire at the northern part of the latter 
 property. It was located by the Moore Bros, and McDougall. It 
 is now owned principally by a Chicago company. There is a shaft 
 upon the property down to a depth of over seventy feet, and another 
 
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 surface opening in the gulch at the south end of the claim. This 
 latter shows quartz. The shaft is all in iron stained porphyry. 
 
 The Oxford, owned by the Moore Bros, and McDougall, is 
 located south of the Brilliant and shows a well defined ledge of 
 quartz that contains silver in very appreciable quantities. Quite an 
 amount of work has been done upon it, consisting of two shafts and 
 three drifts. The ledge is seventeen feet wide where exposed on the 
 surface and the assay values range from thirty-two to forty -two 
 ounces. 
 
 The Bodie joins the Solitaire at the south end line of the latter 
 and has a good ledge of quartz. Only a small amount of develop- 
 ment has been done on it, but enough is shown to demonstrate that 
 it possesses considerable prospective merit. 
 
 The Hillsboro mine lies northeast of the Solitaire about a mile, 
 and is a property which has already attracted much attention be- 
 cause of the good width of the mineral bearing ledge it shows, and 
 also on account of the high average value of the ore produced by it. 
 It is owned by the Black Range Mining Company, a San Francisco 
 corporation, with a capital stock of $10,000,000. In the upper work- 
 ings, the quartz produced has an unusually high average, carrying 
 chloride, bromide and ruby silver, quite profusely. The high grade 
 quartz is fully four feet in width, and is traceable for a long distance 
 upon the surface. The Hillsboro is one of the mines which the 
 Percha district looks forward to to sustain the reputation it now pos- 
 sesses as a rich mining district, and in this the Hillsboro will not be 
 disappointing. Morris Hoeflich, the well known California and 
 Comstock mining man is at the head of the company owning this 
 property. 
 
 The Chapeau, joining the Hillsboro, is owned by F. J. Wilson 
 and M. W. Wallace. It shows a vein in limestone that varies in width 
 from two to eight feet so far as opened. There has been a total of 1 10 
 feet of work done upon it. At a point 200 feet above the lower 
 workings, there is a defined contact of lime and porphyry, show- 
 ing a heavy blossom of black iron and manganese. The vein worked 
 upon is apparently a spur leading to the contact, and carries a 
 gangue composed of quartz, spar and talc. Assays from the claim 
 have returned from $250 to $4,000. 
 
 The Harkaway is owned by Carnahan and Barr. It has two 
 
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 different veins crossing it. There is a ten-foot assessment shaft and 
 a number of surface openings. 
 
 The Silver is owned by Carnahan and Barr. It is developed by 
 a shaft down twenty-five feet on a contact vein, following the foot 
 wall. There is a ten-inch showing of black talc, mineralized. The 
 vein is three feet wide and almost perpendicular. Some fine speci- 
 mens of ore have been produced from this property, showing chlo- 
 ride and native silver. 
 
 The Bullion and Belle of Percha make favorable showings, the 
 latter in particular having an immense outcropping of quartz. 
 
 The Percha Chief is owned by J. W. McCuistion, Ed. Kelley 
 and A. J. Shaw. The shaft shows an iron capping nearly vertical, 
 changing into quartz at a depth of nine feet. The vein is well de- 
 fined and easily traced. 
 
 The Osceola, is owned by A. J. Shaw and F. M. Meyers. It has 
 a twelve-foot vertical shaft, and an incline shaft twenty feet deep. 
 Good ore has been produced from both of these openings. A large 
 cropping of quartz upon this claim shows some rich ore. 
 
 The Gamewell is owned by McCuistion, Kelley and Shaw. It 
 is located on the same vein as the Osceola. It has a shaft twelve 
 feet deep. 
 
 The Comet is owned by Elaine and McLaughlin. It is a fissure 
 in porphyry, carrying a quartz gangue bearing silver sulphurets. It 
 is opened by an adit level on the vein to a distance of forty-five 
 feet. This level leaves the ore to the right most of the way, but it 
 is ready to take out any time. 
 
 The Temperate Zone and Comet lie parallel with each other 
 and are owned by W. H. Hume and others. The vein of the Tem- 
 perate Zone is of good width and has yielded some very fine ore. 
 
 The Gem is owned by Fitzpatrick, Shannon and Fox. Shows a 
 vein from ten to twelve feet in width and are now in on it twenty- 
 two feet. Several good assay returns have been obtained from the 
 Gem, one going $260 in silver. The average returns are from $60 
 to $70. 
 
 The Homestake joins the Gem on the southwest, and is located 
 upon the same vein. No work of consequence is done. It is owned 
 by Fitzpatrick, Shannon and Fox. Assays run from $5.00 to $100. 
 
 The Eclipse shows two veins carrying considerable iron, and has 
 
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 produced ore running from $25 to $40. About twenty-five feet of 
 work has been done upon it consisting of shafts and open cuts. It 
 is owned by Fitzpatrick, Shannon and Fox. 
 
 The Pennsylvania is owned by D. S. Foster, Chas. Bishop, Thos. 
 Fay and Dr. B. G. Guthrie. It is a large, well defined lode, show- 
 ing sulphurets of iron, carrying silver. An open-cut is excavated 
 upon the vein six to eight feet in length. 
 
 The Utah is owned by Burke, Skipp and Richie. It shows a fine, 
 large quartz ledge which has been sunk upon to a depth of forty 
 feet. Ore from this shaft assays very well. 
 
 The Wild Deer is owned by Moore Bros, and McDougall. It 
 has a large quartz ledge, fifteen feet in width, and is opened by a 
 fifteen-foot shaft. 
 
 The Maud Muller lies west of the Saint Clair and is owned by 
 Jeff Raynolds. A great deal of very rich "float" has been taken 
 from the surface of this claim, but as yet no ore has been discovered 
 in place. Several surface openings have been made upon the prop- 
 erty. 
 
 The Keystone is a very promising quartz ledge. It is located 
 west from the Solitaire and shows ore at the outcrop similar in ap- 
 pearance to that produced by the Solitaire. Assays run very high. 
 It it owned by Darst, Nickle and others, and is being developed 
 steadily. 
 
 The Mountain View is owned by Burke, Skipp and Elliott. It 
 has a fine quartz ledge. No work of consequence has yet been 
 done, but ore off the out-crop assays $46.00. 
 
 The Glen Cove has a quartz lead, and is supplied with an excel- 
 lent mill site. No work or assays. 
 
 The Silver King is owned by Mason and Overhultz. It is a 
 quartz lead having a fifty-foot shaft upon it. Assays vary from forty 
 to seventy-five ounces. 
 
 The Lillie D. has a quartz vein in limestone, varying from three 
 to five feet in width. It carries ore that will run from $200 to $1,000. 
 It is owned by Mason and Overhultz. 
 
 The Daisy Deane is owned by Shaw and Martin and has a vein 
 carrying silver sulphurets. It is opened by an adit fifteen feet in 
 length. 
 
 Above the town of Percha, and on the south fork of the North 
 
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 Percha are the Cimarron, Grizzly, Sarah Bernhardt, Hopeful, Tem- 
 perance, Pocahontas and Little Chief, all having assessment work 
 only done upon them. They are the property of Blain, Bentley and 
 others. 
 
 Besides those mentioned there are in other portions of the 
 Percha district a great number of claims the names of which it was 
 impossible to "secure. Some of them are equal to many of those 
 which have been written of in the preceding pages. Among them 
 are the Fay, Butler, Golden Crown, Silver Tip, Illinois, Lillie Game- 
 well, Grey Eagle, Sweet Ann, Casandra, Revenue, Golconda, North 
 Texan, Valdemar, Alpha, Jackass and Sam Tilden. 
 
 Up the gulch, east of Percha City, are the Sooner, H. Seeley, 
 Burke, Corry, Gorringe and Gorringe extension. 
 
 About three miles up the North Percha there is a class of mines 
 which are referred to in the description of the formation given in 
 this pamphlet, as fissures in trachyte. Of late these have begun to 
 receive attention at the hands of prospectors, and a more intimate 
 knowledge of the indications presented by them at the outcrops is 
 being taken advantage of. The result is seen in the new strikes that 
 are being heard of as occurring in the section noted. They present 
 no surface ore for inspection, the only indication being a quartz 
 cropping, carrying iron sulphurets, and usually barren of metallic- 
 values, at the apex of the veins. As developed thus far, the iron 
 gives place to other compounds, and the ore makes its appearance 
 as a base mass of quartz carrying chloride, sulphide and ruby silver, 
 associated with other and baser metals, such as zinc, arsenic and an- 
 timony. The grade of the ore, however, is high enough to neutral- 
 ize the ill effect that such a combination usually has upon ores of 
 only ordinary value. In many mining countries veins occurring in 
 trachyte or porphyritic rocks are regarded as likely to be of com- 
 paratively shallow depth. When these rocks form the overlie of a 
 mining country such is apt to be the case, but when, as in the Percha 
 district, they are intrusive and have not overflowed, and constitute 
 the formation of a large section, veins found in them may be relied 
 upon to continue to the lowest workable depths, and far below. 
 Only one example of them is yet to be seen, as but one has been 
 opened sufficiently to allow of a partial determination of its prospec- 
 tive merits. 
 
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 The Keystone is the mine referred to in the last sentence of the 
 preceding paragraph. It is owned by Thomas and Purple. It is 
 a vertical vein in trachyte. There is an adit level run in on 
 the* vein for a distance of about fifty feet. Where this level was 
 started the vein was about one foot and a half wide. The iron was 
 passed through at about sixteen feet, the vein widening at that point 
 to three and a half feet, and good ore coming in. At thirty feet an- 
 other change occurred, brittle and ruby making its appearance, the 
 ore also showing zinc blende. The hanging wall has been followed 
 and now at the breast of the level there are three and a half feet o't 
 ore. Of this about fourteen inches is exceedingly rich and will 
 average not less than $500 per ton, the balance is ore that will mill 
 anywhere from $50 to $75. Only the hanging wall is shown at the 
 face of the level, the vein having widened out so that the balance is 
 all mineral bearing crevice matter. A great deal of ore has been 
 extracted from this mine and a shipment of several tons will have 
 been made by the time this pamphlet makes its appearance. 
 
 Extensions of the Keystone are located for quite a distance, 
 upon the same vein, and the fact that the vein is so clearly denned 
 and crops so prominently for so long a distance, argues much in 
 favor of its merits as a source from which large amounts of ore may 
 yet be taken. Some of these extensions are being developed rapidly 
 and the same general characteristics are apparent so far as work has 
 been done, as were to be seen upon the Keystone itself at the same 
 stage. Local mine operators have this spring entered into contract 
 to develop some of the extensions of the Keystone and claims located 
 upon similar veins in the neighborhood are now being looked after 
 by the shrewd mining men of this section. 
 
 SOUTH PERCHA. 
 
 Although showing surface indications and formative peculiarities 
 similar in all respects to those of the Middle and North Percha, the 
 South Percha has not yet been proved up to even such a limited 
 extent as is true of the others. The leading property of the district 
 has been tied up in litigation for some time and to this as much as 
 anything else is due, perhaps, the inactivity which has prevailed. 
 
 The Grey Eagle is owned by John S. Stacy, J. J. Avey, L. R. 
 Routh and G. A. Cassil. It is a mine which illustrates in a remark- 
 able manner one of the peculiarities of the vein phenomena of the 
 
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 Percha district, and at the same time opens the eyes of the investi- 
 gator to another new and extremely interesting field of mineral re- 
 search. This, because so far as yet known it is entirely unlike any 
 other mine yet discovered hereabouts, and is representative of a class 
 of mines that may yet prove important factors in the make-up of 
 those upon which the town of Kingston depends for support. Those 
 who have read the description of the formation as given in the pre- 
 ceding pages of this pamphlet, will remember it is stated that " In 
 some places the porphyry fails to intrude itself clear through the 
 limestone to the surface, but after rising to a certain plane, has 
 spread out and is found in the condition of an interstratafication in 
 the sedimentary rocks. Hence it is that the lime sometimes appears 
 overlying the porphyry." The formation of the Grey Eagle vein is 
 a perfect illustration of this. The ore is found lying on top of the 
 porphyry and underneath the limestone, which latter rock forms the 
 surface of the hill into which the main workings have been driven. 
 The consequence is that so far as exposed the vein is a contact, with 
 a lime hanging and a porphyry, or trachyte foot wall. As it was 
 o'riginally formed the vein would never have been discovered, but 
 the erosive force that made the Lake fork of South Percha canon, 
 scored off the mass of overlying rock down to and below the apex 
 of the vein, at the particular point where the prospectors discovered 
 it. This erosion also caused the apex of the vein to assume a horse- 
 shoe course so that riow.it is traceable from a point where it rises 
 out of the bed of the creek at the east, westerly about 800 feet, south- 
 erly across the creek and then easterly back again for a long distance, 
 conforming always to the contour of the hills through which it 
 passes. The vein shows continuously for a distance of several 
 thousand feet, and varies in width at the different openings, from 
 two to fifteen feet* It is exposed in numerous workings, the princi- 
 pal being those on the Grey Eagle mine. The first is a small cut 
 just above the creek, which shows approach to the vein and will 
 probably reach it in a tew feet further. The second is an adit in 
 about fifteen feet showing a splendid breast of ore. The third is 
 farther up the hill upon the course of the vein and has also an ex- 
 cellent showing of ore in sight. On the south bank of the creek a 
 tunnel is in about twenty-five feet but evidently below the vein, al- 
 though some ore has been taken from it. Throughout the excava- 
 
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 tions the ore is continuous and is a strongly defined shoot, the chief 
 portion of it appearing to be upon the north side of the creek and 
 pitching a little to the east of north. The ore is a mixture of lead 
 carbonate, antimonial galena, green and blue carbonate of copper, 
 with some arsenic and sulphide of zinc. It is an exceedingly attrac- 
 tive ore to the eye as may be imagined, and specimens of great 
 beauty are frequently obtained. With development the ore might 
 naturally be looked for to change and assume a standard of charac- 
 ter different in some respects from that now found, but retaining es- 
 sentially the predominant characteristics which now mark it. The 
 gangue or matrix of the ore is quartz, and where the lead carbonate 
 is found its origin is due to the desulphurization of what was 
 originally galena, hence the honeycombed appearance of that class 
 of the surface ore seen at this mine. Although somewhat refractory 
 in its composition the ore of the Grey Eagle is of a grade sufficiently 
 valuable to make the operation of the mine a work of profit when 
 home smelters commence operations. The change' that will un- 
 doubtedly follow upon development may also have a bearing for 
 the better upon the grade of the ore. Undoubtedly this property is 
 one of great value at present and its future, owing to the peculiarities 
 of its occurrence, is pregnant with vast possibilities. The assays 
 from the ore indicate a value running from $16 to $80 and up as 
 high as $500 in silver per ton, from twenty to forty per cent, in lead 
 and from ten to twenty per cent, in copper. Six ounces in gold was 
 also obtained from one assay. Its title is at present unsettled owing 
 to a dispute regarding the rightful ownership. Lockwood Mead and 
 William Mead claim the property by right of priority of discovery 
 under the name of the Bismarck mine. Pending the settlement of 
 the suit to decide the question of ownership, no work is being done 
 upon the property. This will come up at the fall term of the court, 
 at Silver City, and it is to be hoped will be decided at that time. 
 So highly promising a property should not be allowed to lie dormant, 
 when it might be made largely and profitably productive. 
 
 The American Eagle, Humming Bird, Black Eagle, Little 
 Michigan, Lone Star, Enterprise and Monitor claims surround the 
 Grey Eagle and cover the apex of the vein when it passes out of 
 the boundary lines of that claim. All of these have been worked 
 upon and while there is no such showing as is to be found in the 
 
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 Grey Eagle yet there are many things which point to a future value 
 for these claims that will not be inconsiderable. The American Eagle 
 is owned by Marcus Fuller and A. B. Stacy ; the Morning Star, 
 Little Michigan and Enterprise, by H. H. Barton, James Barnes and 
 G. A. Cassil. The Black Eagle is under the same ownership as the 
 Grey Eagle. All of these claims are covered with a fine growth of 
 timber, and are well situated for convenient and economical work- 
 ing. 
 
 The Southwest mine, owned by Frazer and Holt, is located 
 along the line of a contact-fissure, crossing the ridge upon the north 
 side of South Percha creek. It shows a very pronounced blossom 
 of oxidized iron and manganese in several places along the course 
 of the vein. From one of these places the discoverers took ore that 
 returned good assay results in silver but until this spring nothing but 
 assessment work was done upon it. It has been taken under bond 
 by a Chicago company and they have put down the shaft through 
 the iron cap and into a large body of excellent ore, resembling in 
 all respects that produced by the Bullion, Superior and other con- 
 tact-fissure mines of this district. The value of the ore is known 
 only to those directly interested, but it certainly is of a good grade. 
 It has a general apparent trend towards the contact which shows 
 west of the shaft, and will doubtless make in that direction. No 
 better illustration than the Southwest can be cited of the chances 
 there are for good investment in prospects here. The claims show- 
 ing the iron cap upon the surface are numerous and interests in 
 them can be obtained at very liberal terms. 
 
 The R. Lee lies north of the Grey Eagle and is owned by Mc- 
 Ardle, Askew and Peter Johnson. The vein shows galena ore and 
 has a twenty-foot shaft upon it. 
 
 The Black Hawk group of mines is owned by Routh and Sidney, 
 They are situated upon the north and south .slopes of the ridge lying 
 immediately north of South Percha gulch and are located upon min- 
 eral bearing quartz ledges. The principal mine of the group is the 
 Black Hawk. It has a north and south course and where opened 
 shows a strong mineral impregnation. The surface quartz is heavily 
 charged with oxidized iron and some manganese, and shows a fair 
 assay value, that with depth may be looked for to increase. The 
 ledge is an immense one in width and length, being one hundred 
 
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 feet wide in places and traceable for a long distance. Only a small 
 amount of development work has been done upon the Black Hawk, 
 but it will be actively operated this season. Assays from this claim 
 show very well. The Little Jim is opened upon a contact showing 
 quartz with a porphyry foot wall. It too will be developed this 
 season. The Little Jim's sister adjoins and shows favorably. The 
 Red Buffalo and Silver Hawk are the claims of the group next in 
 importance to those mentioned and show wide ledges of quartz, car- 
 rying silver. The former is thirty feet wide in places. 
 
 The Little Nell is located upon a contact, having ore out in the 
 lime as yet. It is of a lead character, and exists in the form of 
 galena. 
 
 In the park at the head of the Lake fork of the South Percha 
 there are a number of claims showing mineral indications at the sur- 
 face equal in many respects to some of greater note elsewhere. One 
 of these is the Black Signal, owned by Avey, Stacy and Fuller. 
 There is a heavy outcrop of iron, continuing to A depth of thirty 
 feet and how far below is not known, it having been sunk upon that 
 deep. The Iron Chief is of the same character and showing, and is 
 owned by the same parties. A quartz ledge at one end shows cop- 
 per and iron pyrites. 
 
 McArdle and Askew own a claim in the park that shows a con- 
 tact carrying a large body of iron and some quartz. 
 
 ,A prominent, and in some respects a remarkable feature ot the 
 South Percha, is what is locally termed the "big iron ledge," by the 
 prospectors of the district. It extends around the hills on either 
 side of the gxilrh, and circumscribes an area of considerable extent. 
 This area is entirely made up of porphyry with quartz ledges cutting 
 through it, while outside is the lime. The peculiar shape, it being 
 oviform, is due to the erosion which made the South Percha 
 gulch and its tributary streams. Along the course of this ledge and 
 following its ^windings, are located a large number of claims, many 
 of which show upon development extremely good indications for 
 mines yet to be discovered. The outcrop is iron throughout, but 
 this has in no instance been entirely sunk through. Many of the 
 claims produce ore assaying quite well. The following list com- 
 prises the principal prospects tocated upon it: 
 
 The Black Diamond has assessment work done upon it and 
 
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 shows a large body of oxidized iron. It is owned by Walsh and 
 Breen. 
 
 The Elk, owned by Ed. Baird and Wm. Mead, shows oxidized 
 iron and has assessment work done on it. 
 
 The Mint, owned by Foran, White, Evans and Richie, has a 
 forty-foot shaft, all in iron, assaying from $12 to $20. 
 
 The Belcher is owned by Lester Dumm. It is opened by a 
 twenty-foot adit, all in oxidized iron. High assays are reported 
 from this claim. 
 
 The Overland, owned by Frank Foran and Del White, is per- 
 haps the claim having the most openings and showing the best re- 
 sults. There is a shaft down forty feet and several minor openings, 
 all showing very favorably. The deep shaft was sunk at a point 
 where at a shallow depth the iron was passed through and a vein of 
 ore carrying lead as galena and carbonate was encountered. Assays 
 from average samples of this ore returned $20 in silver and 54 
 per cent. lead. There are several feet of this ore in the vein. Im- 
 portant discoveries may be looked for as more work is done upon 
 the Overland. 
 
 The Golden Circle is owned by Richie and Evans. It is down 
 ten feet with a large body of oxidized iron. 
 
 The Garfield is owned by Petit and Dumm. It has a forty-foot 
 shaft in iron, and high assays are reported from it. 
 
 The Mountain Girl is owned by Petit and Dumm, and has a 
 showing like the others described. Assessment work done. 
 
 The Golden Gate is owned by Foran, White and Blunn. An as- 
 sessment shaft shows a large body of iron. 
 
 The Wild Turkey, owned by Baird and Hardy, has assessment 
 work done upon it, with a large iron showing. 
 
 The Leadville is owned by Ed. Baird. No work on it yet, but 
 a big surface out-crop of iron. 
 
 The Yellow Jacket is owned by Foran and White and has assess- 
 ment work done upon it. 
 
 The Richmond is owned by Phillips, Bevan, Carey and Stover. 
 It is developed by three cross-cut tunnels. As yet none of these has 
 encountered the hanging wall and aJl are in vein stuff composed 
 chiefly of oxidized iron. The main tunnel is in eighty feet, the next 
 
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 forty feet and the third thirty feet. Out of one of these tunnels ore 
 has been taken which assayed 260 ounces in silver. 
 
 The Charlie Richie is owned by Richie and Evans. It has a 
 large surface showing but no work is done yet. 
 
 The foregoing embraces as stated the principal prospects upon 
 the "big iron ledge." They are owned mostly by poor men, unable 
 to do the work necessary to prove them up to the point of profitable- 
 ness. Parties so disposed can obtain good bargains upon the whole 
 or a part of most of them, either in cash purchases or in interests for 
 for a stated amount of work. The "iron cap" which is so extensive 
 is usually regarded as one of the best possible indications in a min- 
 ing country, and deep development has proven it to be so in the 
 mines of the Percha district. Wherever sunk through ore has been 
 found. The indigent prospector, or claim owner, however, has the 
 will but not the means to do the necessary work, as it takes money 
 to buy "grub and tools," and he is proverbially short of both. It is 
 an especially inviting field for the capitalist or others with money to 
 invest. The conditions favorable to the making of mines are there, 
 but the ability to do this is lacking upon the part of the owners. 
 
 Foran, Baird and White have four claims down the creek that 
 are showing up well under the development that has been done upon 
 them. They are the Ontario, Calleo, Stonewall and Clipper. The 
 Ontario is the leading claim, and has a quartz ledge heavily charged 
 with iron. Five shafts have been sunk upon it, the principal ones 
 having attained depths of seventy, fifty-five and thirty-five feet re- 
 spectively. The other two are of shallower depth. In each of 
 these shafts the showing was practically the same, and out of them 
 ore has been taken that has returned by assay $25, $65 and $110 per 
 ton. 
 
 The Sunset claim is owned by McManus, Askew and McArdle. 
 It has a quartz ledge showing ore that according to an assay test 
 carries $34 in silver. 
 
 A short distance above the saw mill there is a large spar ledge up- 
 on which a number of claims are located, but without ore results as 
 yet. 
 
 In atlditon to the foregoing there are numerous other claims 
 scattered throughout the South Percha, possessing considerable 
 merit as properties of prospective value, and to which the same gen- 
 
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 eral remarks given in the foregoing will also apply. Among them 
 are the Little Chief, Iron Mountain, Enterprise, Knobel, Oro Cash, 
 Horseshoe, McMicken, Mountain Boy, Lucky Cuss, Mountain Peak 
 and Tammany. There are, as intimated, others, but it would be a 
 work of impossibility almost to attempt to collate the individual 
 claims that have been located, and the task has not been tried. 
 Enough, however, has been shown to demonstrate the object of this 
 pamphlet, viz: to call attention to the indisputable fact that the 
 various sections of the Percha district are ripe for the investment of 
 capital and the results following such investment will surely be of a 
 kind that will greatly redound to the credit not only of the whole of 
 the country surrounding the town of Kingston, but of the Territory 
 of New Mexico besides. 
 
 TRIBUTARY DISTRICTS. 
 
 Although the Middle, North and South Percha gulches proper- 
 ly constitute what is known as the Percha mining district, yet there 
 are several sections which have assumed leading places as possess- 
 ing mines of merit, and whose business through natural causes is at- 
 tracted towards the center ot the Percha country Kingston. Prom- 
 inent among these is 
 
 TRUJILLO CREEK. 
 
 The mines at and near the head of this stream have for some 
 months past been attracting considerable attention, and as much 
 prospecting has been done there as is true perhaps of any other local- 
 ity outside of the Perchas themselves. 
 
 The Monaska company's claims constitute the leading property 
 of the locality, and comprise the Traitor, Monaska and 7-20. The 
 members of the company are F. E. Everett, A. L. Jones, John Mc- 
 Laughlin, E. W. Bush and J. Frick. E. W. Bush was the discoverer 
 and locator of the claims. The Traitor and Monaska both have 
 some work done upon them, but the "strike" was made and the 
 .workings are chiefly confined to the 7-20. The vein is a vertical 
 fissure in limestone, carrying a gangue of lime spar and quartz. 
 The ore cropped out on the surface in an eighteen-inch streak and 
 has held out continuously as depth upon it has been attained. The 
 main shaft is down 140 feet, following ore from the surface, and has 
 
made a handsome production that possesses a very high average 
 value in silver. During the latter part of the month of April last 
 several tons were assorted and shipped to Denver, Colo. This ore 
 gave very high returns in silver. A sample sack of the lot averaged 
 at the rate of over $800 per ton. The ore out and remaining on the 
 dump will average upwards of $iocf per ton. At the bottom of the 
 shaft the pay vein is about twenty-four inches in width, with every 
 indication of widening, and shows ore all of which is equal and most 
 of it superior to the average of that already produced. In the bot- 
 tom of an open-cut along the vein there is also a well-defined streak 
 of ore eighteen inches wide. The silver is in the form of sulphide, 
 with occasional pieces of native. The owners of this property are 
 able and experienced mining men and will work it to the end that a 
 large and steady product may be made. 
 
 Fitzpatrick and Parker are developing a claim near by the 
 Monaska company's property. It is a spar ledge, in appearance 
 and character like that of the 7-20 mine. No ore has yet been pro- 
 duced from it. 
 
 The Bald Eagle, Buckstone and 'Maud S. are claims in the 
 vicinity upon which some work has been done with fair results. 
 They are the property of Parke and others. The Buckstone has a 
 shaft seventy feet deep and has produced some excellent crevice 
 matter. The Bald Eagle is sunk upon to a depth of forty-five feet, 
 showing crevice matter. The Maud S. has been penetrated twenty 
 feet with excellent results. At a depth of six feet it produced min^ 
 eral-bearing matter that assayed $69.80, and although no other as- 
 says have been made since, the same stuff is still in the bottom. 
 
 The Consolidated, owned by Webber, Bealert and Fowler, is 
 showing up quite nicely. A shaft down twenty feet has produced 
 some very excellent ore. 
 
 Farther to the east than the claims just mentioned, and situated 
 at the head of Trujillo creek, are a number of prospects which are 
 quite noted for strength of vein and presence of ore. They are upon 
 what might be termed the extension of the Grey Eagle mine, and 
 joins the South Percha extensions of that property, where the ore 
 zone upon which it is situated crosses in its course over into and 
 through Trujillo and Tierra Blanca districts. The ore is a quartz 
 base, carrying galena and carbonate of lead in large quantities. A 
 
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 great deal of work has been done upon these claims and in many in- 
 winces the showing is sufficient to warrant the belief that mines of 
 splendid productive capabilities will yet result upon further develop 
 ment. The limits of this pamphlet are insufficient to properly de 
 scribe the individual merits of these properties. Almost withoir 
 ( eption they show ore of a very desirable lead character, cam 
 silver enough upon an average to make the work of operating them 
 one of profit, when undertaken with a determination to properly de- 
 velop before expecting large returns. Immense pieces of lead "float" 
 and ore from the veins are exhibited at Kingston, which cannot tail 
 to convince one of the great future that is in store for the n. 
 producing them. 
 
 Barnab\. Parker and Watson are the owners of the Mountain 
 Boy, Hunter, I. m \ I . li . \\ hipoorwill, Ixjokout and Omega. 
 
 < M these, the Captain P... Lookout ami Omega have the most work 
 done upon them, and show highly favorable results in the way of ore 
 out and in place in the vein. The Iris, Black Hawk and k 
 also owned by Barnaby. Parker ami Watsi.n. are located upon an ore 
 belt parallel with th< ,.| show .juite favorably. 
 
 There is a host of ,>ther claims local ii and south from 
 
 tho.se d< n the same veins. All have more 
 
 or less development upon them, while none materially in 
 
 :Mi< s trorn thu>c as bru th i<- nbed in the foregoing. 
 
 Proceeding MHlth from Tnijillo < reek, ai ross the ridges * 
 make down from the summit ot the range, the same ore veins are 
 traceable tor miles and only pass : tie gulch to enter 
 
 within those of another. I hns it is. as alre.t ated, that the 
 
 mines of the parallel I are in reality what might be called 
 
 "extensions ot ea< h other, being all located upon the different 
 parallel mineral veins or ledges \\hich course through the 
 from north to south. 
 
 in KK \ r.i \> 
 
 This section I the oldest mining localities in the Black 
 
 Range, claims having been staked off there several years ago. The 
 leading mines are those which lie up near the head of the < reek, and 
 upon the ore belt described as cutting ..< 1 mjillo creek. 
 
 Th s ncd by T. K. IT ind ( iptain 
 
 Dawson. of the I". S. army. I particularly fine pn>p. ( and 
 
has had < able work done upon it. It is opened by an incline 
 
 shaft eighty feet deep, in ore continuously, varying in width from 
 
 e to five feet There are 100 i>n^ n the dump that will range 
 i 540 to $500 ii. and gold, ami average about 
 
 twei ad. 
 
 The I'- n is rime- has an eighty-foot incline shaft 
 
 with a showing of ore on .lump and underground. 
 
 The other prominent claims arc AIM, Blue Jay, Oriole, 
 
 an and I.ec. 
 
 man & Maxwell, the well known mining and real estate 
 
 ingston, have a group of i < aring galena 
 
 and carbonate ores. From these specimens of great size and im- 
 
 mcc have been produced, and there remains no doubt but that 
 
 fuse disclosures of ore will be made upon development 
 
 -ospects producing them. 
 
 ate.! still southward, and in the manner described, there are 
 numerous others going on over into the Bercnda creek, where some 
 llcnt prospr .! 
 
 Th< a ou| de of splendidly prom- 
 
 8 mines situated east of the claim mentioned in the foregoing. 
 
 i then tome c&rellent ore has been taken and everything about 
 
 them presage mines <-, when once they are opened up. 
 
 B lies about tour and a half miles west of Kingston, 
 slope of the Black Range, and is noted for the 
 great strength and grade of its ore It has attracted consid 
 
 n the past few years and . so at the present 
 
 .n-.mense and wonderfully prolific of lead ores, 
 some of the location monument- -in- built of galena 
 
 d opera' < art now being carried on by Mar 
 
 shall 1 > . : miner and prospector, in the interests of him- 
 
 >eli and a l.as Vegas an adobe smelter 
 
 run with good success upon ore produced from the <li>tn< t. A. 
 Ban tdford & Troegcr and Col. Parker, all of Kingston, are 
 
 nterested in the mines of Ir k and own properties 
 
 -t bodies of a highly desirable lead ore. The cL 
 showing abundance of surface i"it la king development. 
 

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 are numerous, and in consequence the investor has an inviting field 
 before him. 
 
 CAVE CREEK. 
 
 About eight miles north from Kingston is what is known as the 
 "True Fissure district," a portion of the territory embraced within 
 the limits of Cave Creek. There i-s a large number of very promis- 
 ing silver mines, that with a small amount of development show up 
 splendidly. The Silver Wave and Trade Dollar, owned by John 
 McCann, are parallel veins, the former averaging from four to seven 
 feet in width, and the latter from two to three feet. The average as- 
 say results from these mines are high, running close to $100 per ton. 
 Among other good prospects are the Mammoth, Hard Cash, North- 
 ern Belle, Quien Sabe, Polar Star, Adventurer, Lookout, Winnebago 
 Chief, Hancock, Ingersoll and Clifford. 
 
 ADDENDA. 
 
 Since the greater portion of this pamphlet was put in type there 
 have been many and important changes in the status of our principal 
 mines. These changes invariably are for the better and go a great 
 way in determining the future of the Percha district and the town of 
 Kingston. It is a notable fact that wherever development has been 
 carried out to any depth that increased value resulted not only in 
 quantity but in quality of the ore bodies. The Superior mine, par- 
 ticularly, is showing up magnificently, the incline shaft having reached 
 the level of the rich ore bodies first struck in the winze on the con- 
 tact. The consequence is seen in the immense body of high grade 
 ore now exposed, and from which shipments will be made steadily. 
 The Bullion mine has reached the contact and the source of its rich 
 ore bodies in the limestone is about to be discovered. Shipments 
 have been steady and of uniformly high grade ore. The Iron King 
 has developed an immense deposit of sand carbonate ore, from 
 which fifteen tons daily can be taken, the result of exploitatory work 
 alone. Anent the the Iron King, an error is apparent in the state- 
 ment of its purchase price and the locality of those comprising the 
 company. It was bought by New York people, and $30,000 paid for 
 three-fourths of the property, originally, the remaining fourth being 
 afteward purchased for $15,000. New developments of much import- 
 ance have also been made at the Miners' Dream, Brush Heap, 
 Southwest and Seaside, while over at the head of the North Percha 
 the fissures in the trachyte are the center of mining attention, some 
 new and important ore bodies being lately revealed: The Falls 
 mine, close to the Keystone, is showing a fine body of ore. Upon 
 the whole, it can be said without fear of successful contradiction, 
 that the Percha district presents a more flattering prospect for the 
 future than is true of anv other in New Mexico. 
 
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