The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-10-31
Union Pacific Railway. Eastern Divi-
p--Engineer Corps.
COLORADO AND NEW MExICo-IGNoR-
ANCE ABOUT NEW -MExIco-THE COP
PER MINES, &c, &c,
SANTA FE. Sept. "a, 1885,


PER MINES, &c, &c,
SANTA FE, Sept. "a, 1867.
While walking through the business
parts of Philadelphia, New York, or any
of our large Eastern cities, the observer
will notice near every corner glaring sings
that promise immense fortunes to those
wise enough to invest in the stock Of some
Colorado or Montana, mining company
Many of those organizations are good and
pay fair dividends, while others are the
main trunks of the wild cat specuations
that are injuring the Territory Of Colora
do to- day Still the amount of good done
by the companies is great, inasmuch as
they bring before the people the resources
of the sections they represent, and by
turning capital into such channels help
to more rapidly develop the mineral wealth
of those Territories Colorado compared
with NcwMexico is young Territory.
Still to-day Colordo is household name
while New-Mexco remains to the mass
of our people terra incogaitd, not worth
their inquiring about The American.
on coming here, is first amazed at the i'm.
mense undeveloped mineral wealth of the
Territory, and astonishment succeeds as
he asks why New Mexico is so little no
ticed. The solution of this puzzle is to
be found in the differences between the
people Of each section. The Santa Fe of
to day is that of two hundred years ago.
Long before the Pilgrim fathers landed
on Plymouth Rock, New Mexico was a
land of great wealth and comparative re.
fnemcnt. But as the Spain Of those DAYS
has fallen behind in the grand march of
nations, so have all the colonies planted
by that mother land. New. England rose
from her rocks giant. New Mexico
sunk in her rich valleys to a dwarf. The
Saxon spread his power over every part
of the continent. The Spaniard bowed
to the current when it reached him. but
remained rooted in his life and opinions
Say what We may, the New Mexicans of
to-day would prefer the changing despot.
isms of the adjoining republic to the
greater freedom and power of ours. Per
haps there rs some reason for this feeling.
4 few Americans come here to get rich
and many adventures come here to use
their cunning against the people. but
scarce movement has been made to ele
vate them or give them an appreciation
OF the Government. Why should they
feel attached to that which they know
not of? Colorado has her papers, her
easy means OF trayel, and every new dis.
covery in her rich mountains is flashed
through the land next day. The news
is old at the latest from this region and
the people look on New.Nezico as an e1.
crescence-a sort of wart on Cromwell,
nose. And the few Americans here find
living easy, the climate deligh tful, and
to them no necessity for labor. So we
move on, and this the most inviting Dor,
tion of the whole country is neglected.
speak earnestly when | say it is the
duty of all whose province it is to inform
the public to spread all reliable informa.
tion of this land through the country and
cause an inquiry into the resources OF
this land, which will be sure to result in
bringing capital, intelligent labor, and
railroads to New Mexico and in return,
copper, iron, coal, silver, gold, lead and
other minerals will pay a. in no other
part of the United States. The pastoral
capacities are very little if at all behind
Colorado, while the agricultural resources
are far ahead, on account of the lower
elevation aud warmer climate. The fol
lowing facts about the copper mines of
this region | obtained from General Carl
ton, General Cleaver, Gov. Mitchell. and
personal observations. | am sure the
valuable information on copper mines will
be as new to the majority of your readers
as it was to me.
TIE HANOVER MINE
was discovered in 1850. 1t is situated
on the head waters of the Mimbres river
about six mile. east of Fort Bayard 1t
was worked with great success for two
years, when the Texans under Sibley aud
the. e..lndian. killed the workmen and broke
the machinery Since the close of the
war the work has not been resumed as
the capital Of the Territory is limited and
Eastern capitalists know nothing about it.
The ore is virgin" copper, found in ex
tenslve pockets in the bed rock, varying
in quantities from one to three hundred
pounds. Ihe amount In gold alloyed
with it has been found sufficient to de-
fray all the expenses of working. The
cost of producing copper, in pigs of two
hundred pounds, at this mine, was four
cents per pound. The ore exists in un.
limited quantities, and there is an abun
dance of wood and water for working pur-
poses for many years of continued opera
ton. The mino is owned By Messrs.
Harding aud Cleaver.
SANTA RITA MINE.
This mine is very old, having been
worked by the Spaniards nearly a century
and half ago. The old State prison.
the ruins ofwhieh still exist, is near it.
so that we have every reason to suppose
the Spaniards used the convicts in work