tiful on  the  hillside.  Closer  examination  led
them  to  think  it  was  a more  valuable  ore.
Neither  of  them  having  a pocket  knife  and  about
to  throw  the  piece  of  rock  away  one  of  them
bethought  himself  of  biting  it,  when  to  their
great  astonishment  and  joy  there  remained  dis-
tinct and  deep  the  impress  of  his  full  set  of
teeth  as  if  he  had  bitten  into  a cake  of  beeswax.
There  was  now  no  longer  a doubt  in  their  minds
as  to  their  find;  they  had  been  long  enough  in
the  mines  to  know  they  had  a chunk  of  pure
horn  silver.  One  of  them  was  now  enough  to
hunt  the  cows  while  the  other  hastened  home
to  communicate  the  glad  news  to  their  brother.
Procuring  picks  and  shovels  they  went  back
and  after  three  days  of  exciting  labor  found
the  vein  from  which  the  piece  had  broken.  The
first  blow  of  the  pick  struck  on  the  vein  brought
up  a piece  of  malleable  horn  and  native  silver
worth  over  twenty  dollars.  They  have  since
sunk  a shaft  65  feet  deep,  from  which  they
have  taken  $15,000  without  stoping  on  either
side.  This  we  venture  to  say  is  as  good  a show-
ing as  the  celebrated  Horn  Silver  mine  made  to
start  with.  One  piece  weighing  57  pounds  sold
to  the  Kansas  City  smelter  for  $514.98,  another
weighing  35  pounds  which  they  have  is  a better
specimen  still  than  the  larger  one.

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side.  This  we  venture  to  say  is  as  good  a show-
ing as  the  celebrated  Horn  Silver  mine  made  to
start  with.  One  piece  weighing  57  pounds  sold
to  the  Kansas  City  smelter  for  $514.98,  another
weighing  35  pounds  which  they  have  is  a better
specimen  still  than  the  larger  one.  The  boys
had  worked  hard  many  years  and  after  being
paid  for  their  ores  they  suspended  operations,
leaving  one  of  them  on  guard  on  the  mine,  the
other  two  went  east  on  a visit  to  their  parents
whence  they  are  expected  to  return  in  a week
when  they  will  resume  operations  on  the  mine.
The  same  character  of  ore  shov/s  for  a distance
of  300  feet  on  one  side  of  the  shaft  and  200
feet  on  the  other  side.  It  is  their  intention  to
sink  shafts  200  feet  apart  and  connect  for  air
when  stoping  will  be  commenced  and  thousands
of  dollars  may  be  looked  for  as  a monthly
product  of  the  mine.  There  are  no  mines  in  New
Mexico,  if  the  croakers  tell  the  truth,  but  dis-
coveries of  this  kind  v/hich  this  is  not  a solitary
one  proves  them  liars.

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