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Published in the Center of the Stock Growing and Hining Country of the Southwest. Volume ii No 7. WHITE OAKS, NEW MEXICO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30th, 1902. Subscription, $1.50 a Year. NOGAL MINING DISTRICT TAKING 0 AN ERA Of D V 0PM Both Cdpital and Prospectors (Éf Into The Dis tila Fin All Over Ihe Country. GREAT MANY RICH DISCOVERIES REPORTED Sales Being Mad? Almost Daily in Both tie Kogal and Bonito Districts and Eagle (reek. New Corporations Organizing And Development Work Beginning Actively. AMERICAN MIME, NOAL, NEW MEXICO. lí".;ulnr fon espondence The year 1(K)2 comes in with the oyes of the mining1 world fixed on Nogal and Bonito mining districts. ( XK CT TIIK CKKATKST MIX INC Dl'AI.S IN TIIK WKST. One of the greatest mining deals in the west is now being closed in Chicago by the Eagle Mining and Development Co. The great Rialto group of free gold mines in the head of Nogal canon, the famous Parsons mine and surrounding claims, and the Castle Rock group on the head of Big Bear canon' are being consol idated under one management and active operations will be com menced in the near future. Already this company have a force of about thirty men engaged in developing some of the claims with encouraging results. Those not acquainted with the. immense possibilities of this mining dis trict cannot realize the vast importance of this deal. There have been some very big reports made on these properties, and ap parently to those not acquainted, some exaggerations; but as a matter of fact there are millions 1 , , v. 71 (. . , ; ... -; 1 it i ' . V t '" r "' S - ' ' 'Jl .5ÍK if. " I. 4 ... r i K i . , i 4 k .k-;,.; V bá'fc ' j TUNNEL. HELLEN RAE MINE, NOGAL, NEW MEXICO. of tons of free milling gold ore that is to be seen by any one who will take the trouble to come and examine. It is estimated that the Hopeful mine alone can keep one hundred stamps dropping on pav ore for the next fifty years on what is practically developed and in sight. The great "Rialto" mine which is a continuation of the same immense ore body has an equal if not a greater amount of ore in sight. These are facts and not wind. Let those from the back counties of Missouri come and we will sight them. AMERICAN MILL, NOGAL, NEW MEXICO. Till', CKOW MINK. Another mine which is now attracting the attention of the mining world is the "Crow" mine the property of Messrs. Byrd and Collard. These gentlemen are located on one of the best fissure veins in the mountains and devel opment work has proven a large body of concentrating ore contain ing gold, silver and lead values, averaging $17.50 per ton. These gentlemen are actively engaged in development work and will put in a large plant of machinery during the present year. TIIK TUKKKY CKKKK MINKS. The "Turkey Creek" mines, the property of the Iowa and New Mexico Mining and Milling Co., is another bright star in which our hopes are centered. Mr. S. S. Doak the General Superintendent of the company is now east, but is expected back daily, and will immediately put on a large force of men and put up a mill. This property has been thoroughly sampled and experted by some of the best mining men in the west and has been pronounced a bonan za. A general average showing a value of $12.00 per ton in gold. This company is now engaged in driving a tunnel which will tap the best veins of this group at a depth of 1500 feet. TII1C BONITO KKONDIKK FIND. A recent discovery made on the South Fork of the Bonito by Geo. L. Uillard and Chas. H. Brown of Nogal, is now causing great excitement and is in fact one of the most important finds that has ever been made in the county. These boys found rich free gold rock in a large quartz vein and assays have shown it to be very rich. Messrs. Dillard and Brown at once sold to Messrs. Byrd, Col lard and Sligh, and these gentle men have put a night and day shift at work on the property. Other locations were made around the Dillard and Brown discovery Continued mi i'iiije 2