Mines and mining districts are ill defined. Geographic coverage and names have varied over time. In general, the mines listed here are to the vicinity of Chloride, New Mexico (including, but not limited to: Bear, Dry, Fairview (now Winston), Mineral, Monument, and Buster Creeks; Chloride; Grafton; and Phillipsburg).
The following is a listing of the mines of the Chloride Mining District, the minerals that were taken from the mines, blogs on the Black Range Rag about the mines, and links to other material about the mines. Blog entries which are dates (e.g. March 23, 1883) are links to blogs about the issue of The Black Range newspaper of that date (this newspaper was published in the Chloride District). See Where Were The Mines post for map.
MINES OF THE DISTRICT
460 - SE: ROYAL ARCH (GRAFTON)
ADAMS BAR PLACER MINE
ADIRONDACK
ALASKA GROUP (INCL. MONTEZUMA, YANKEE BOY) (GRAFTON)
- Minerals: Quartz Amethyst
- Black Range Newspaper: March 16, 1883 April 27, 1883 More Unprejudiced Opinions (May 11, 1883) May 18, 1883 May 25, 1883 June 1, 1883 August 3, 1883 August 24, 1883 August 31, 1883 September 28, 1883 November 2, 1883 November 9, 1883 November 23, 1883 December 7, 1883 December 14, 1883 December 28, 1883 January 4, 1884 January 11, 1884 February 1, 1884 February 8, 1884 February 15, 1884 February 22, 1884 April 4, 1884 April 25, 1884 June 27, 1884
APACHE MINE - SEE: WHITE MOUNTAIN MINE
ATLANTA (HANCOCK - SAME VEIN AS WHITE SIGNAL/ST. CLOUD)
BALD EAGLE MINE (MONUMENT CREEK)
- Minerals: Anglesite Azurite Bromargyrite Calcite Cerussite Chalcopyrite Chlorargyrite Galena Gold Limonite Malachite Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
- Black Range Newspaper: Apache Mining District (April 27, 1883)
BELLBOY
BLACK HAWK MINE (BEAR, DRY, & MINERAL CREEKS AREA)
- Minerals: Mottramite
- Black Range Newspaper: Apache Mining District (April 27, 1883) July 30, 1883 March 21, 1884
BLACK KNIGHT
- Black Range Newspaper: July 13, 1883 July 27, 1883 October 1883 December 7, 1883 December 28, 1883 January 4, 1884 April 25, 1884 June 6, 1884
BLACK MOUNTAIN GROUP (AKA MINNEHAHA GROUP) - (PHILLIPSBURG)
- Minerals: Chlorargyrite Quartz
- Black Range Newspaper: More Unprejudiced Opinions (May 11, 1883) Where Were The Mines December 7, 1883 June 27, 1884
BLUE DANDY
- Black Range Newspaper: July 13, 1883 July 27, 1883 October 1883 January 4, 1884 February 15, 1884 April 4, 1884 April 25, 1884 May 2, 1884 June 27, 1884
BRAXTON (GRAFTON)
BUCKEYE - SEE: IVANHOE VEIN (GRAFTON)
BUFFUM MINE (BEAR, DRY, & MINERAL CREEKS AREA)
- Minerals: Silver Copper
- Black Range Newspaper: April 27, 1883 May 4, 1883 May 11, 1883 May 18, 1883 June 15, 1883 July 6, 1883 July 13, 1883 July 27, 1883 September 14, 1883 October 1883 November 23, 1883 January 4, 1884 January 18, 1884 February 15, 1884 March 28, 1884
BUNCOMBE - SEE ROYAL ARCH
BUSTER CREEK
- Minerals: Heulandite Stilbite
CALEDONIA CLAIM - SEE: SILVER MONUMENT MINE
CAPTAIN PAT
CHEBAYGAN GIRL - SEE: ROYAL ARCH (GRAFTON)
CLARA SEE: - ROYAL ARCH (GRAFTON)
CLARK - SEE: ROYAL ARCH (GRAFTON)
CLIMAX MINE (BEAR, DRY, & MINERAL CREEKS AREA)
COLISEUM (GRAFTON)
COLOSSAL MINE
- Black Range Newspaper: March 23, 1883 March 30, 1883 April 27, 1883 Apache Mining District An Unprejudiced Opinion June 22, 1883 June 29, 1883 July 6, 1883 July 20, 1883 July 27, 1883 August 24, 1883 August 31, 1883 September 7, 1883 September 14, 1883 October 1883 November 2, 1883 November 9, 1883 November 23, 1883 December 14, 1883 December 21, 1883 January 4, 1884 January 18, 1884 January 24, 1884 February 15, 1884 March 7, 1884 March 14, 1884 March 21, 1884 April 18, 1884 May 2, 1884 May 16, 1884 June 6, 1884 June 13, 1884 June 20, 1884
COLUMBIA MINE
COLUMBUS MINE
CUB
DICTATOR GROUP - SEE: DICTATOR MINE
DICTATOR MINE 1880’S - SEE: DICTATOR MINE
DICTATOR MINE (AKA DICTATOR MINE 1880’S & DICTATOR GROUP & OVERSITE GROUP - WALKING JOHN)
- Minerals: Azurite Calcite Descloisite Malachite Mottramite Rhodochrosite Smithsonite Vanadinite Willemite Wulfenite
- Black Range Newspaper: October 1883 December 28, 1883 January 18, 1884 January 24, 1884 February 1, 1884 February 8, 1884 March 14, 1884 April 25, 1884
DREADNAUGHT MINE (BEAR, DRY, & MINERAL CREEKS AREA)
- Minerals: Copper Gold Quartz Silver
- Black Range Newspaper: April 27, 1883 July 20, 1883 July 27, 1883 September 14, 1883 October 1883 November 2, 1883 November 9, 1883 December 7, 1883 December 21, 1883 January 4, 1884 March 7, 1884 March 14, 1884 May 9, 1884 May 30, 1884 June 27, 1884
EL PASO MINE (BEAR, DRY, & MINERAL CREEKS AREA)
EMPORIA MINE (GRAFTON)
EUREKA MINE (PHILLIPSBURG)
FAST MAIL
FILAGREE CLAIM (CHLORIDE CREEK)
GERMAN
- Black Range Newspaper: August 17, 1883 August 31, 1883 March 14, 1884 March 28, 1884 April 25, 1884 June 20, 1884
GOLD COIN MINE (GRAFTON)
GOLD HILL MINE (GRAFTON)
GOOD ENOUGH - SEE: IVANHOE VEIN (GRAFTON)
GRAND CENTRAL (SEE MAYFLOWER)
GREAT REPUBLIC MINE (PHILLIPSBURG)
- Minerals: Chlorargyrite Pyrite Quartz Amethyst
- Black Range Newspaper: More Unprejudiced Opinions (May 11, 1883) Where Were The Mines
GREAT SOUTHWEST - SEE: IVANHOE VEIN (GRAFTON)
GREY EAGLE MINE
HAGAN’S PEAK TUNNEL
- Black Range Newspaper: Apache Mining District (April 27, 1883) May 11, 1883 May 25, 1883 June 1, 1883 June 8, 1883 June 15, 1883 June 22, 1883 June 29, 1883 September 7, 1883 September 14, 1883 September 21, 1883 September 28, 1883 October 1883 November 2, 1883 November 9, 1883 November 23, 1883 April 25, 1884
HANCOCK (SAME VEIN AS WHITE SIGNAL - SEE ATLANTA)
HARDSCRABBLE (WHITE SIGNAL VEIN)
HATTIE - SEE: ROYAL ARCH (GRAFTON)
HENRY CLAY - SOUTH FORK (GRAFTON)
HERCULES (SOUTH OF WHITE SIGNAL)
HERMOSA (MONUMENT CREEK)
- Minerals: Silver
- Black Range Newspaper: May 4, 1883 May 25, 1883
HIGHLAND CHIEF (MONUMENT CREEK)
HIGHLAND MARY (CHLORIDE CREEK)
HOME AGAIN - SEE: IVANHOE VEIN (GRAFTON)
HOMESTAKE - SEE: IVANHOE VEIN(GRAFTON)
HOOSIER MINE
- MINERALS: Nagyágite
- Black Range Newspaper: Apache Mining District (April 27, 1883) November 2, 1883
HUMBOLDT (INCL. LITTLE LUELLA)
ILLINOIS MINE
IRON MASK
IVANHOE MINE (GRAFTON)
- Minerals: Gold Silver
- Black Range Newspaper: March 2, 1883 March 23, 1883 April 20, 1883 April 27, 1883 (Apache Mining District) More Unprejudiced Opinions (May 11, 1883) May 18, 1883 May 25, 1883 June 15, 1883 July 20, 1883 Where Were The Mines November 30, 1883 December 14, 1883 January 4, 1884 January 11, 1884 January 18, 1884 February 8, 1884 (Good Enough) June 27, 1884
IVANHOE VEIN (INCL. BUCKEYE, SURPRISE, SMUGGLER, SHORTY, GREAT SOUTHWEST, HOMESTAKE, HOME AGAIN, PIONEER, GOOD ENOUGH, PORTER, YELLOWSTONE) (GRAFTON)
- Black Range Newspaper: More Unprejudiced Opinions (May 11, 1883) May 18, 1883 (Buckeye) November 2, 1883 February 1, 1884
JOHN B. LOGAN
JOHN HENRY
KEYSTONE MINE (PHILLIPSBURG)
- Minerals: Calaverite
- Black Range Newspaper: More Unprejudiced Opinions (May 11, 1883) Where Were The Mines
KING NO. 2
- Black Range Newspaper: May 18, 1883 June 8, 1883 June 15, 1883 November 23, 1883 May 16, 1884 May 23, 1884
LEVIATHAN (GRAFTON)
LITTLE GRANITE MINE (AKA MIMA MINE) (GRAFTON) (BLACK RANGE/TAYLOR CREEK TIN DISTRICT)
- Minerals: Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Galena Quartz
- Black Range Newspaper: November 9, 1883
LOTTIE - SEE: ROYAL ARCH (GRAFTON)
LOWELL - SEE: ROYAL ARCH (GRAFTON)
LUCKY BOY
LUCKY LOO - SEE: ROYAL ARCH (GRAFTON)
MCKAY PROPERTIES (SOUTH FORK)
MCTAVISH MINE
MAHONING MINE - SEE: READJUSTER MINE
MAYFLOWER MINE (GRAND CENTRAL)
MIDNIGHT MINE & MIDNIGHT NO. 2
- Minerals: Calcite Epidote Garnet Malachite
- Black Range Newspaper: Apache Mining District (April 27, 1883) An Unprejudiced Opinion (May 4, 1883) May 25, 1883 October 1883 December 7, 1883 December 14, 1883 December 21, 1883 January 18, 1884 February 15, 1884 February 22, 1884 February 29, 1884 March 7, 1884 May 16, 1884 May 23, 1884 May 30, 1884 June 13, 1884 June 20, 1884 June 27, 1884
MIMA MINE - SEE: LITTLE GRANITE MINE (GRAFTON)
MINNEHAHA GROUP - SEE: BLACK MOUNTAIN GROUP - (PHILLIPSBURG)
MONTE CHRISTO
- Black Range Newspaper: August 24, 1883 September 14, 1883 October 1883 November 23, 1883 December 7, 1883 January 4, 1884 February 1, 1884 February 8, 1884 February 22, 1884 March 7, 1884 March 28, 1884 April 4, 1884
MONTEZUMA - SEE: ALASKA GROUP (GRAFTON)
MOUNTAIN CHIEF MINE (BEAR, DRY, & MINERAL CREEKS AREA)
MOUNTAIN KING LODE (CHLORIDE CREEK)
NANA MINE - SEE: WALL STREET MINE
NASHVILLE
NEW ERA MINE
NEW YORK CENTRAL
NORDHAUSEN (GRAFTON)
- Black Range Newspaper: May 11, 1883 June 8, 1883 August 3, 1883 September 28, 1883 November 9, 1883 January 18, 1884 January 24, 1884
NORTH STAR NOS. 1 & 2
OCCIDENTAL MINE (PHILLIPSBURG)
- Black Range Newspaper: March 2, 1883 March 30, 1883 More Unprejudiced Opinions (May 11, 1883) May 18, 1883 May 25, 1883 June 1, 1883 July 20, 1883 September 7, 1883 Where Were The Mines
OLD VIC
ORWIG
PAYMASTER MINE (BEAR, DRY, & MINERAL CREEKS AREA)
PIONEER - SEE: IVANHOE VEIN (GRAFTON)
PYE LOAD (MONUMENT CREEK)
- Minerals: Chalcopyrite Chlorargyrite Pyrite Quartz
- Black Range Newspaper: Apache Mining District (April 27, 1883) An Unprejudiced Opinion (May 4, 1883)
READJUSTER MINE (AKA MAHONING MINE) (BEAR, DRY, & MINERAL CREEKS AREA)
- Black Range Newspaper: Apache Mining District (April 27, 1883) August 3, 1883 October 1883 Where Were The Mines January 4, 1884 June 20, 1884
READY RELIEF (DRY CREEK)
ROYAL ARCH (INCL. LUCKY LOO, LOTTIE, LOWELL, CLARK, 460, HATTIE, CLARA, BUNCOMBE, & CHEBAYGAN GIRL) (GRAFTON)
- Black Range Newspaper: April 27, 1883 May 11, 1883 May 18, 1883 May 25, 1883 June 22, 1883 June 29, 1883 July 6, 1883 July 20, 1883 August 3, 1883 August 24, 1883 August 31, 1883 September 28, 1883 October 1883 November 2, 1883 November 16, 1883 November 23, 1883 December 7, 1883 December 21, 1883 January 4, 1884 January 18, 1884 January 24, 1884 February 1, 1884 February 8, 1884 February 15, 1884 February 22, 1884 March 7, 1884 March 14, 1884
SAILOR BOY (BEAR, DRY, & MINERAL CREEKS AREA)
ST. CLOUD MINE (WHITE SIGNAL)
- Minerals: Betekhtinite Bornite Calcite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Copper Cuprite Galena Geerite Pyrite Sphalerite Stromeyerite
- Black Range Newspaper: May 25, 1883 June 22, 1883 July 13, 1883 July 27, 1883 September 14, 1883 September 28, 1883 October 1883 November 9, 1883 January 4, 1884 January 11, 1884 January 18, 1884 February 8, 1884 February 22, 1884 March 7, 1884 March 14, 1884 March 28, 1884 April 4, 1884 May 2, 1884 May 9, 1884 May 23, 1884 May 30, 1884 June 6, 1884 June 20, 1884 June 27, 1884
SHEEP CANYON
SHORTY - SEE: IVANHOE VEIN (GRAFTON)
SILVER BAR MINE (WEST OF CHLORIDE)
SILVER BELL
SILVER CLIFF
SILVER GLANCE (BEAR, DRY, & MINERAL CREEKS AREA)
- Minerals: Silver Copper
- Black Range Newspaper: April 27, 1883 (Apache Mining District) July 27, 1883 October 1883 January 4, 1884
SILVER MONUMENT MINE (INCL. SWEET ANNIE & CALEDONIA CLAIMS)
- Minerals: Acanthite Azurite Bornite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chlorargyrite Covelite Cuprite Delafossite Freibergite Malachite Pyrite Silver Tetrahedrite
- Black Range Newspaper: February 23, 1883 March 23, 1883 March 30, 1883 April 27, 1883 (Apache Mining District) May 4, 1883 An Unprejudiced Opinion (May 11, 1883) May 18, 1883 June 1, 1883 June 8, 1883 June 15, 1883 June 22, 1883 June 29, 1883 July 6, 1883 July 20, 1883 July 27, 1883 August 24, 1883 August 31, 1883 September 7, 1883 September 14, 1883 September 21, 1883 September 28, 1883 October 1883 November 9, 1883 November 16, 1883 Where Were The Mines December 7, 1883 December 14, 1883 December 21, 1883 January 4, 1884 January 11, 1884 January 18, 1884 January 24, 1884 (Caledonia) February 8, 1884 (Caledonia) February 15, 1884 February 22, 1884 March 7, 1884 March 14, 1884 March 21, 1884 March 28, 1884 April 18, 1884 May 2, 1884 May 9, 1884 May 16, 1884 May 23, 1884 May 30, 1884 June 6, 1884 June 13, 1884 June 20, 1884 June 27, 1884
SILVER PRINCE (MONUMENT CREEK)
- Minerals: Silver
- Black Range Newspaper: May 4, 1883 (An Unprejudiced Opinion) June 8, 1883 June 22, 1883
SILVER TIP
SMUGGLER - SEE: IVANHOE VEIN (GRAFTON)
SURPRISE - SEE: IVANHOE VEIN (GRAFTON)
SWEET ANNIE CLAIM - SEE: SILVER MONUMENT MINE
TERRIBLE
TIDAL WAVE MINE
- Black Range Newspaper: An Unprejudiced Opinion (May 4, 1883) March 7, 1884
- Minerals: Pyromorphite
TOLEDO CLAIM (WILD HORSE GULCH)
TRIPLE CROSS MINE (GRAFTON)
U. S. TREASURY MINE
- Minerals:: Azurite Bornite Bromargyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorargyrite Chlorite Group Copper Cuprite Epidote Galena Gold Gonyerite Jalpaite Limonite Magnetite Malachite Molybdenite Proustite Quartz Silver Sphalerite Stromeyerite
- Black Range Newspaper: Apache Mining District (April 27, 1883) Where Were The Mines April 4, 1884
- Photo: U. S. Treasury Headframe by Henry A. Schmidt, photo taken in early 1900’s?

UNDERWOOD
VULCAN
WALKING JOHN CLAIM (SEE DICTATOR)
WALL STREET MINE (AKA NANA MINE)
- Black Range Newspaper: April 27, 1883 (Apache Mining District) An Unprejudiced Opinion (May 4) May 18, 1883 September 14, 1883 Where Were The Mines December 28, 1883
WHITE EAGLE MINE
WHITE MOUNTAIN MINE (AKA APACHE MINE)
- Minerals: Gold Silver
- Black Range Newspaper: March 2, 1883 April 27, 1883 (Apache Mining District) An Unprejudiced Opinion (May 4, 1883) May 18, 1883 September 14, 1883 October 1883 Where Were The Mines January 11, 1884 January 18, 1884
WHITE SHIELD
WHITE SIGNAL (SEE ST. CLOUD)
WINSTON
- Minerals: Aguilarite Pyroxmangite Weissite
YANKEE BOY - SE: ALASKA GROUP (GRAFTON)
YELLOWSTONE - SEE: IVANHOE VEIN (GRAFTON)