Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-09
corYespondence.
Silver Cry, New MEXICO,

September list, 1917.
TO THE EDITORS or THE lNTELLI-
aENcER: Thinking that your nu-
merous readers would be. glad to
know something of this far away
section Of the country, from o former
sojourner in your beautiful city, l
will cndeavor to give them al idea OF
its vast resources and riches winch
are destined in the near future to
eclipse every mineral bearing section
OH the continent.
Silver Civ was first discovered i'll
April, 1870, by a keen-eyed Missou-
rian, who detected the precious mln-
crcl Embedded in the immense lOdcs
in which this camp abounds. AS
Won NAV well understand, at first it
was almost impossible for us to i'll
duce capitalists to visit our discov-
cries. but such immense deposits as
these cannot T. main for any length
of time unknown, and gradually cap
italists and miners began to flock in,
and after Il short time it became evil
dent that our camp was destined TO
become the mining center OF the
southwest. 1t may be well To state
that we are situated nine hundred
miles from railroad communication
and five hundred from Telegraph
lines. but nevertheless We have good
mail facilities, three mails arriving
and departing each week. with gooti
prospects for Il Southern Pacific rail-
road in the course of three Years.
The surveying parry of the Southern
Pacific road have been at La Mcsllia.
IL town on the Rio Grantlc, one hun
drcd miles distant. tor three weeks,
and if the road is built, it must acc
essarily pass within twenty-five miles
OF this place, perhaps nearer, as they
cannot get through the Burr moun-
tains without doing 50. You must
rest assured that we feel clatcd at the
prospect of hearing the thunder Of
the ''irOn horse" within this time.
Since the mines in this section were
first discovered, there have been
grand strides made toward develop
ing the amc We have 10Y four
steam mills mt work day and night.
turning out, of average work.
from eight to ten thousand dollais
per week. We are now looking for
the mill of Mcssrs. Yeoman, Schapp
& S%tenenburg, which will be here
in fifteen days. This is a new ten
stamp mill, and will be worked by
what is known as the Holland Com
pany. These gentlemen also propose
to erect fine smelling works, u large
part Of the ore being smelling ore. l
should state that there arc three dis
tricts here. viz: Silver Flat, Chloride
and Lone Mountain districts, the lat
ter situated about eight miles below
us. and containing very rich mincl-
al. They have Il new siX-staunp mill,
which arrived there yesterday, and
is owned by McsSrs. Hackney. McIu-
t0sh Il Co. They have ore which as
SAYS from $500 to $1,000 to the ton.
Thus YOU see we have the material
to work with, and all we need is cap
ital necessary to successfully develop
our vast rsourceS. There is not IL
spot on the continent where capital
could be better invested to-day than
Silver City. There are many dcpos-
its here Of great magnitude in bulk,
which IAN be bought AT from So 200
to 5000, from which can be taken
ten times the amount invested in
three months, with Al ordinary ten
stamp mill. The country abounds il,
wood and water. Our camp" has
wood enough to last fifteen years.
and is the finest grazing country cx-
tant.
GRAZING.
have seen the fine grazing coun.
tries in Colorado, Montana and Tex
as, but as yet have seer nothing to
compare with this portion of New
Mexico. To be sure, we have an oc:
casiotal visit from "Mr. Lo," but
our camp is increasing SO rapidly in
proportion that the Indians will be
glad to leave 81 ungcnial h country,
especially when he is subject to such
severe drubbings from IL honest
miners, which are calculated to be
desp crate reminders, as they usually
return from camp with several red
skin scalps. Thirty miles from here
is the Gila pronounced Hela) river,
Astounding i'll trout, its sides lined
with magnificent land for two hun
dred miles. This land will all be
valuable Oh the completion of the
railroad. and is being rapidly located
bv our miners, who have the good
sense to lay up treasures which will
hereafter prove valuable, and iurnisl,
homes for hundreds of families. We
have In Silver City the finest bul'd-
inws in New Mexico, one a banking
house built OF brick at a cost OF SlS.-
900. Our population is about ttlir-
teen hundred. Yesterday the Ill
dians made Il raid OF us, driving oil
all the stock they could get hold of.
and in endeavorlng to the
same Il Young lnam by the name OF
Race, who | believe is from Connect
icut, WAS shot, and the prospects OF
of his recovery are extremely donbt-
full. Settlers in New Mexico feel as
though there should he a change OF
policy on the part of the government
in regard 10 Indian affairs, believing
NJ they do that they will not regard
treaties longer Than suits their OIL
vcmience, that they will not relnnin
on their reservations, &c, Nc. Fear.
ing that | am occupying too much OF
your valuable space l will close fol
the present.