Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-10-02

NEW MEA1CO MINES. .... &. ..a..
The Golden CrOWn-The HOmettake
the Richest Gold Mime ON Earth-New
Mexico Mines and Mining Ind ustries
- byAlexander g.. Lame, M. D.. A. M.
Written for the Topeka Commonwealth.
WHITE OAKS, N. NJ Aug. 30, $780,,
The great Rocky Mountain explorer,
no less than the distinguished philOsO-
pher. Baron HumbOldt) has said: "The
wealth of the world would be found in
Arizona and new Mexico" Anda to-day
the A. T. & s. F. rOad-the great expo
nent of civilization to this far off land
has opened up a new era in its mining
history, while its introduction of over
10000 miners and prOspectOrs is fast
opening up the dawn of day upon this
lOng-slumbering land. fulfilling the
prophesy of this great student of her
wonders, .rlyeting the eyes of the world
upon her great arena of wealth, and will
soon gild' its sheen with asblasOnry of
glory and splendOr, unsurpassed by the
days of the MOnteZumas, or even in the
annals of the world. Living past the
meridian splendOrs of the ninteenth
century-an age i'm which the press, that
mighty engine of intelligence-ha dis
seminated knowledge in ten-fOld ratio,
in which lightning has been indicted
from the clouds and trained, like a
magic wand, to become the instrument
of intelligence from continent to CONT
nent-in which telephone and acOns-
tic developments have astOnished the
wOrld-in which improvements have
been made in the arts and implements
of WARM which have been constructed
the most admirable -cOntrivances for
civil and religious liberty-in which
more has been accomplished to prefer
man in his upward march, to the God
head, than in centuries of the worlds
previous history. and in which every
thing has been enhanced and approx
mated to perfection that could cOntri-
butte to the, happiness or ameliOration of
the condition of mankind. am stand
ing to-day upon the summit of Lone,
Baxter and NOgal mOuntains-the crest
of the great mountain divide between
the Atlantic and 5Pacific oceans. Fa-
cling to the Atlantic. In the background
of the picture before me, behold a
young and athlete-a perfect empire in
the height of her pOmp and splendOr-
stretching from the lakes to the Gulf,
from ocean to ocean, till now further on
to the southwest, she moves the banner
of civilization over the arid plains hand
haunts haunts of the red man, and at
last gathers beneath its precious folds
the amalgamated relics of Astec won
ders of race and blood, and monumental
traces Of1its departed greatness, wealth
and grandure.
: At the foot of Baxter, north of lCanzo,
and southeast of Lone mountains. lies
the beautiful plaza of White Oaks. The
most picturesque site for magnificent
mountain city on earth, at an elevation
of 6, 400 feet above sea level, fenced in
on every hand by beautiful mountains,
carpeted with pine, fir, pinOn, cedar, and
nutritious wild grasses, redOlen. with
the beauties of the cactus blossoms and
thousands of wild flowers, and with a
dozen or more crystal springs leaping
from their mountain heights to quench
the thirst of its future thousands. In its
mountain fastness, its pure air, salubri-
Gus climate, and healthful delights, will
be POUNDS charms FORTS visitors. Thir-
ty miles to the east stretches. the Capt.
tan range of mOuntains-On my left the
"Piccarilla Gold Hills" and Gallinas
mountains, the ten thOusandeth part of
whose richness is yet unfathOmed by
man while on my right hand the White
mountains Capped nine months i'm the
year with snowy lift their hoary heads
more than Il, 900 feet above the sea; and
beyond extend the Guadiloupe noun
tains, a favorite retreat for Victoria and
his savage horde.
Facing to the Pacific I kneel before
the declining glOries of q setting sun
and gaze upon q beautiful plain extend
ing from the base of the mountains fif
teen miles to the mouth of crater with
stream of black lava, ten miles wide
between places, extending sixty to seven
ty-five miles southwark. Beyond lie the
foothills of the Ofcuras mountains, the
boundary. of the plain, fifteen miles
west of the Mal-Piris thence to the Rio
Grande. Further to the northwest QC(
miles distant), standing up in bold re-
lief l behold the Manhattan .(apple
mountains. tog5p TFQf[ 75f
few enterprising men from Chica-
go came in here during the great Home
stake excitement last spring, found all
the country in the Immediate vicinity
staked off. and betOOk themselves to the
Mal-Pais- beds and adjacent plains in
quest of mineral, and notwithstanding
they were for two long months the OBJ
jects of jest and jeers of the camp, they
hardly noticed lOdes in the mountains
but labOred on assiduously upon the
plain. put down scores of assessment
shafts, took the government surveyor
out, and had him survey off, and placed
upon record over eight hundred acres OF
mineral land, contracted for all their
assessments, and left for Chicago with
specimens of their white, red and yellow
c0rb0nates for mill tests, and to bring
in their smelters, LixiviatiOn work of
what was found to be the most practica-
BILE machinery for their development,
Parties from Vegas ordered up a ton by
wagon for smelter test at Leadyille
and Denver, and wrote back that the
white carbOnates were success, with a
yield of $22 to $28 per t0n., The Larned,
Kansas, company, down now to the
depth of sixty feet, claim assays from
SO to so per ton, Chicago and Massa-
-chusetts men from $26 to $42 per ton,
while myself have seen assays all the
way up from 33 cents to $40 per ton.
Minute mathematicians have estimated
that strata Of these silver deposits COW