The Black Range

Mines and mining districts are ill defined.  Geographic coverage and names have varied over time.  In general, the mines listed here are those found in the northeastern part of the Black Range in Sierra County, New Mexico. 

The following is a listing of the mines of this area, the minerals that were taken from the mines, links to the Black Range Newspaper issues which discussed the mines, and links to other material about the mines.  Entries which are dates (e.g. March 23, 1883) are links to that particular issue of The Black Range newspaper.

MINES OF THE SIERRA CUCHILLO MINING DISTRICT

BECKY MINE (CHISE DISTRICT)

BLACK KNIFE GROUP 1880’S - SEE: BLACK KNIFE MINE 

BLACK KNIFE MINE (AKA BLACK KNIFE GROUP 1880’S & PROSPECTORS DELIGHT MINE)

• Minerals:   Anglesite   Calcite    Fluorite    Quartz
• Black Range Newspaper:   May 4, 1883    May 18, 1883   May 25, 1883   June 1, 1883   June 8, 1883   June 22, 1883   July 13, 1883   July 20, 1883   July 27, 1883   August 3, 1883    August 17, 1883   August 31, 1883   September 7, 1883   September 21, 1883   September 28, 1883   November 23, 1883    February 8, 1884   May 23, 1884

BOOTLEGGER MINE

• Minerals:   Fluorite

CONCORDANT FLUORSPAR MINE - SEE: MILL HILL (CHISE DISTRICT)

CONFIDENCE MINE 1890‘S - SEE: CONFIDENCE MINE 

CONFIDENCE GROUP - SEE: CONFIDENCE MINE 

CONFIDENCE MINE (AKA: CONFIDENCE MINE 1890’S & CONFIDENCE GROUP)

• Minerals:  Anglesite    Azurite    Brochantite   Calcite   Chalcocite   Galena    Hemimorphite    Linarite    Quartz   Vanadinite    Willemite    Wulfenite

CROSS MOUNTAIN PROSPECTS (CHISE DISTRICT)

• Minerals:   Fluorite 

CUCHILLO TIN DEPOSITS (AKA: MONTICELLO TIN DEPOSITS & WILLOW SPRINGS DRAW)

• MINERALS:   Calcite    Cassiterite    Chevkinite    Diopside    Hematite    Maxwellite    Nitrocalcite Perrierite    Pseudobrookite    Sanidine    Tilasite    Titanite    Tridymite    Zircon

EMBOLITE CLAIM (PALOMAS CREEK)

• Black Range Newspaper:    August 31, 1883   November 2, 1883

EQUATOR AND IRON REEF GROUP (POLARIS CLAIM)

• Black Range Newspaper:    January 4, 1884   January 11, 1884   January 18, 1884   January 24, 1884      February 1, 1884   February 15, 1884   February 22, 1884   March 7, 1884   March 14, 1884  March 21, 1884   April 4, 1884   May 23, 1884   June 6, 1884   June 27, 1884

FAIRVIEW PROSPECT

• Minerals:   Fluorite   Quartz
• Black Range Newspaper:    May 2, 1884

MILL HILL (AKA CONCORDANT FLUORSPAR MINE) (CHISE DISTRICT)

• Minerals:   Calcite    Fluorite    Quartz

MONTICELLO TIN DEPOSITS - SEE: CUCHILLO TIN DEPOSITS

PALOMAS CHIEF     (L0CATION?)

• Black Range Newspaper:  November 2, 1883   November 16, 1883   December 21, 1883   January 4, 1884       January 24, 1884

POLARIS CLAIM (ACROSS RIDGE FROM EQUATOR)

PROSPECTORS DELIGHT MINE - SEE: BLACK KNIFE MINE 

SIERRA CUCHILLO

• Minerals:  Petrified Wood

SOUTH FORK CUCHILLO CREEK

• Minerals:   Clinoptilolite

VICTORIO PROSPECT (CHISE DISTRICT)

• Minerals:   Fluorite

WILLOW STRINGS DRAW - SEE: CUCHILLO TIN DEPOSITS