The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-06-21
SILVER CITY.
A Chatty Letter From the Foothills Of the
Centennial State.


SILVER CITY, N. M, June l2.-[Special
correspondence lin my last letter re-
| ferred to the mineral strikes recently made
| in this locality. At that time no particular
work had been done on the new finds and
it. was difficult to determi se just what
would be the outcome. The work OF
deyelopment has been in progress for sew
eral weeks and it is now possible to speak
with more accuracy concerning the perme-
nency of the discoveries. One OF the best
indications of their permanency can be
seen in the fact that town has already
| sprung up at Bear Mountain where the
strikes were made. and the number OF
| inhabitants is estimated at between four
| and five hundred. Most of the buildings
are rude frame structures, but there are
several substantial ones among the num-
Der. The road from Silver City to the camp
is being improved and already quite con-
siderable traffic has sprung up between the
two places. 49,,
The railroad is now completed to Silver
City, and each daily train cars
ries, several car loads Of bear mountain ore
TO the smelter at Albuquerque. The
returns are eminently satisfactory, the
amount realized being several thousand
dollars worth of silver to the ton.
A gold strike at Pinos Atlas, eight miles
north of Silver City has greatly increased
the excitement here. This new strike was
made last week and it is reported to
clay over'' any thing yet discovered
These mineral finds have always gwen a
new impulse to business affairs in this
section Of the southwest, and people are
fiocking here from all quarters. In this
merchants of Dallas: There is a vast ter
ritory here that already pos.
es large number OF
flourishing cities and towns. Taking
Silver City as the pivotal point, we find
distance of over 200 miles to Kansas City.
To San Francisco it is nearly 800. To Dali
las the distance is only about 7C0 miles, with
direct railroad communication. Does
the Dallas wholesale merchant divine
the picture? Does he need anything further
to convince him that the trade of this vast
section lies within his graspp With the Rd-
vantage of time and rates in his favor, it
only remains for him to seek this trade and
he shall find it. presume some business
is transacted at FL Paso by Dallas Mer-
of goods from Dallas to Silver City or
other interior towns of New
Mexico. An enterprising Fort Worth firm
has discovered this new territory, which,
commercially speaking, belongs to the
wholesale merchants of north Texas, and Is
already doing good business here. There
ought to be movement all along the line.
between The two sections will benefit both.
Have the merchants of Dallas
and north Texas, the pluck and enterprise
to claim their own
1t is now pretty generally believed that
Charlie McComas, the little fellow carried
off in March by the Apaches, his parents
being murdered, is alive and well. Should
General Crooks incurson into Old
Mexico be crowned with the rescue
of the boy, it will cause
great rejoicing in this city, the little fel.
lows late home. 1t will be the occasion OF
a celebration here more impressive than the
coronation OF any king that ever sat upon
throne. J. l.. u.