New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-09
WHOLE NUMBER 1889,
Arrivals from New RIexico-The New Dias
mond Fields and Copper BIines-Thea
Indians, etc.

mOnd Fields and Copper RIfnes-Tbea
Indians, etc.
| We copy the following from the St. Louis
Globe of Wednesday:
hr. Il. Lesinsky, merchant of Las,
| Sf9ces, and also member of the firm of J.
+. Bennett & Co., United States mail con-
tractors OF New Mexico, arrived in the citv
| yesterday, and took quarters at the Soutf
efn. lie came here to meet his New YORK
partner and will return to the great plains
~ ro,o. nssJ or tomorrow We gather from him
important information.
Mr. Lesinsky is perfeetlv familiar NTH.
| New mexico and Arizona and lives within
| about 2O0 miles of the so-called ssDismnTd
! Fields" of New Mexico which fields nor
| der on the Territory of Arizona. INIT ara
distant from Colorado some hundreds Of
| mics tie Deheyes IN the existence of pre-
| clous stones, such as rubies. garnsts, opals
emeralds and amethysts, but is not so san
| gulne as to diamonds. He says he has seen
| quartz OF the stones named in the hands of
parties coming from the mines. He reports
that agents for the houses of Tiffany & Co.
ana San, Black s. Co, New York and San
francisco hrms, are in the country prospect
ing, but speculators throw cold water ON
tho loea OF precious stones being found to q
paying extent. While they discourage new
comers, however, they persjstentIv remain
and watch the comers.
Mr. Lesinsky brought to this city for Col
onei bennett a stone aboutas large as a GOOD
slzeo hazlenut, supposed to be an opal.
Whlch ne placed in the hands of Mr. Sandy
Browne, at Messrs. ID. G.. Jaceard & Co.'s
tor examination. 1t did not take very long
Iof MT browne to pronounce it not an oDaf.
and only precious from the fact that II
came from the Diamond Fields" Mr. I.e-
slnsky scouts the idea of Sailing" the
mines.
Rich roonar r-airs bovro lo., s:t
IN New Mexico, on the Rio Frisco, within
hundred miles of Silver City and fifty miles
OF the Texas Pacific This copper, Mr. Lee
slnsky asserts, is in immense beds and ASSAYS
seventy per cent. In the Burro mountains.
nearer the points named, other COPPER mines
have been found
At Silver City there are three quartz
mills In operation, and two others are in
course of construction. About a thousand
miners are engaged in silver digging
Inc climate ID the region of Silver CITY
is magnificent, being almost eternal sum
mer. At present persons have to travel
about six hundred miles by stage from that
point to reach Peublo, the nearest railroad
station.
The Indians are somewhat troublesome
at times, on account of the difficulty expe-
rlenced IN keeping them on their reserva-
tons Our informant says that General
Howard, who is in command of that dis
trict understands the situation and is alive
to it's necessities, but has not sufficient
number of troops to keep the redskins in
their places. During the past eighteen
months the stage company has had eight
mail carriers killed by the red9devils Could
the Indians be kept on their reservations,
and safety to persons and property be thus
secured Mr.. Lesinsky believes the country
would fill up and become the garden spot
of America.
Major B. H Engelke, of the house of
Lange & Bernecker, in this city has Just
returned from trip to New Mexico and
Arizona, and during his absence heard q
vast deal about the diamond fields He
saw specimens Of the precious stones in the
hands of four persons, and therefore be-
lieves that they abound in the fields"
Among the stones were four diamonds.
The major enjoyed his trip greatly, and
contemplates a look at the'diamond fields
in the spring.