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)
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)
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