Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-12-18
New Mexican Items.
] is found near Mes1lla-

Coal IS found near MesIlla.
 Santa Fe has a Young Mems Chris, ian Association.
 The rainfall of New Mexico is il, creasing annually. A fine bed of coal has been disco. cred near Ranches de Taos.
 Las Vegas will soon have q firm; ture factory in full blast.
 Gas works and water works v;r soon be in operation at santa Fe
 Machinery.for Bremen's quartz mil, at Silver City is all on the ground The Ophir Mining Company is o,. of the latest mining organizations ai Las Vegas.
 The BaptIsts of Las Veras ara o- ranging for the erection Of a fin. church there.
 Two hundred years ago last Al, gust, the 20th day, the SpaDieri. evacuated Santa Fe.
 From 1S4S tO 1876 New N.r... produced gold to the value of Sf 0-5 COG. Since 1876 the yield ha. L',u propOrtonately larger.
 The Mogollon Mining Comr,,r ., Toledo, Ohio, Is putting in a smsl,a' m the Magdalena mountains fTer,, five miles west of SOcorro.
 Very fair copper leads have baa, discovered in the White Mountain. and first-claSs bodies of conner b,vo been opened up in the adiacent rapges nere Is also plenty of lead for smelt- ing.
 In opening up an old Spanish mine recently, at the CerrilloS, @ den of rattlesnakes was discovered. and oyer one hundred or the reptiles killed This is the only mine of the kinJ known in the Territory. In fact. tbe " indications 9 of such deposits are a, rare ls in Ireland
 The following named minerals are found in the vicinity of Socorro: GoId chioude of silver, argeltiferou, gal ena, argehtIierous copper, copper silver, galena, manganese. autimony arsenic, cobalt, carbonate of ron hemStltic iron, magnetic iron. spec ular iron, and zinc.
 Fifty pounds of galena ore fromtbe Sal Simon District yielded propor- tional result Ot j33 ounces Co the toa. In this district and the ShakesDesrr District an immense amount of true development work Is being done. For q One-halt interest in the Carbonate at San simon, Col. Price paid $5IOOO in cash.
 A Silver City expert, says the Chronicle, who visited the Summit" the other day, brought home piece of rock selected IS an average, which yielded the large return of 9jj ounces of silver to the ton. In this property are three shafts, varying from fifteen .o eighteen feet in depth. The vein Is four feet wide, and at the present lime there are about 1j tons of ore on he dump.
 By act of he Territorial Legislature )f New Mexico it is unlawful to take rOut or any other fish from any of the waters of the Territory, by the use or my poison or drug, or by tine Use of ny explosive substance. or by the rection of any weir, dam or other rtiiicial obstruction. IL is also un- awful to catch trout by the use of any et, seine or other device, excepting y hook and li0e.
 Here is Silver City in a nutshell he Southwest says: '' We have in liver City three churches, three chOols, three quartz mills, twelve .Ores, two hotels, four restaurants. jUr livery stables and corrals, one Ianing mill, sixteen saloons, four lac&smith shops, one jewelry store, NO drug stores, one cracker factory, lree dance halls, one furniture fac )ry, two foCndries, one machine hop, three wheelwright shops, two anks, and no vacant hOuses.'