Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-03
FHE AMERlcAN JERUsALEM.
THE OLD CITY OF SANTA FE-AMoNG THE
MINES AND MINERS or NEW MEXICO.


MINES AND MINERS or NEW MEXICO.
Quebec may have her walls to give her
an appearance Of antiquity, but for real
dried-up, shriveled, yellowish old age this
ancient city OF Santa Fe takes the palm.
When the traveller reaches New Mexico IL
seems like getting into a new world. or
perhaps better, an old one. Every where
he sees the native Mexican with his swarthy
skin, rags and listlessness Of manner.
Two to one, he is hanging around the de-
pot. or II he is at work he is cutting
his wheat with crude sickle, or using a
queer-shaped plow OF old Noah's patent,
for, mind you, the Mexican is two hum
dred years behind our eastern farmers, aud
knows no more Of modern machinery than
a whale. When one arrives at the ancient
city Of Santa Fe he finds himself in the
oldest and oldest town in America. From
a distance the city bears striking resem.
blance to a collection Of lime kilns, for all
the houses are Of adobe "a mixture Of mud
and straw, sun dried) and the only frame
building in town is the depot. At the no.
! tel one does not need the use Of an eleva-
/ NONt Uuh lN tMhNlA AlOullu OIL Nllb OuAhluB Oh
/ the building and enters his room from the
narrow, filthy street.
Santa Fe Is the Oldest town in America.
In 1912, before Plymouth Rock was made
famous and when New York was but q
swamp, Coronado found here populous
town; and how many generations had it
then existed is one OF those things INC
fellow can find out" But l find to-day
that the town is fast losing its ancient ap.
pearance. Every where Americans are
jostling the lazy Mexican, and Yankee en-.
terpriso is cropping out with such rapidity
that before many years all the remnant oi
antiquity will be lost.
There are just at the present time hun
dreds OF enterprising young men pushing
into New Mexico, from all portions OF The
East, eagerly intent on making their for
tunes among the mines Of this newly de
veloped country. The great wealth o.
New Mexico is in her mines-in the noun
tains Of silver and gold that only need tht
touch Of enterprise and industry to opeI
up and develop them. Here toied the old
Spaniards, for the shining ore, over two
hundred years ago, and the adventurer
that are now pouring into the Territor,
will carry on this "labOr OF love" will
right good earnest. New mining discov
cries are being made almost daily, anC
New Mexico promises to become a grea
prospecting camp for the next five years
with results that will astonish the world
Baron Won Humboldt said: "New Mexi
co contains the wealth of the world" ant
J ii is now steadily being developed. Evi
dences of mines worked in ancient time
by the Spaniards are found in many por
tions OF the country, aud work has bee
renewed on them. The Jesuit priests pros
pected in every direction and reporte
plenty Of gold and silver all through tn
mountains; and now find, as their sue
cessors, the most enterprising OF youn
men-men who disdainfully refuse to tel
! ter themselves by consenIng 70 remain i
/ the overcrowded East upon small salaries
but preferred to strike out II is the me
who have the "sand IN their craw,' VIII
, come out here, and have yet to see sin
j gle instance where they are not doing wei
and ninety out Of hundred of them vii
be above want in few years.
l ain not foolish enough to say that Al
K a man has to do is to come here and pic
s up wealth, 1t is not TO be had here withou
, work any more than elsewhere, but
aver, from long experience, that a ma
u who is willing to exchange the sO-oalle
d luxuries OF life in the East, for while, fC
/ the fresh air and delightful climate {
3 these mountains, can be assured OF fol
= tune. In this new Territory millions {
dollars in gold and silver are waiting Il
!, the prospectors. New mining districts al
/. being rapidly developed, which are robbin
= Leadville Of her lRurels.
Santa Fe, Nov 10th, 1880.