The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-08-11

uhlctIS NHIIhS tllc VIII Ol lllS IT,
bcllion, who performed arduous,
gallant and effective service against
rebels and hostile Indians, and no.
tably at apache canon, where the
confederate troops were so com
pietcly discomiited that they at
once abandoned the Territory.
Thus ut their homes, in legisla-
ton, and in the army have they
given evidence OF their love of lib
erty and fealty to the government
placed over them by conquest"
Then he gives interesting figures
relntive to the altitude, which es-
pecially interests people of the east.
Why there are but fewpeople even
in Kansas city, No, who realize
the fact that we here in White
Oaks are more thousands Of feet
above the sea level, than they are
hundreds, yet such is the fact.
"The mesas and table lands in
the northern part Of the Territory
are generally about 5000 to $500
feet above the level of the sea. In
the central portion OF the Territory
the mesas attain an elevation of
about 5000 feet, and in the south
about 1000 feet. The TALL Of the
Rio Grande from the northern
border Of the Territory to the point
where it cuts the New Mexico,
Texas and Chihuahua boundry is
about 3, 500 feet. The ranges gen
orally rise from 1900 to 5000 feet
above the mesas and high table
lands Mount Baldy, IS miles
from Santa Fe, is II, 202 feet high.
Mount Taylor, in the Sierra San
Mateo, is II, 200 feet high. Ration
Pass, 1898 feet Costello, 7,774
feet TERRA Armarilla, Z, 455 feet !;
Taos, $3.50 feet; Cimarron, 6,4S9
feet; Las Vegas, GASP feet; Clio
rieta, I, 587 feet Santa Fe, 7,O44
feet Bernalillo, ;, 1O4 feet Albu-
querque, 4, 918 feet Fort Wingate,
7,O37 feet; Socorro, 4,655 feet ;
Silver City, 5,946 Fort Stanton,
>, 500 feet Las Cruces, 3,S44 feet ;
FL Paso, Texas, 1862 feet Tue
son, Arizona, 2,542 feet. Some OF
the mining camps are at an eleva-
ton # from 7,200 to $500.
AT Kansas City, $40 miles east
Of Santa Fc, the altitude is 763
feet; Denver, 33S miles north OF
Sauta Fe, 5,24O."
Speaking OF our mines and min
ing he says :
THAT the mines of New Mexico
were worked by the Spaniards to a
considerable extent is amply attest
ed II old abandoned shafts to be
found all along the mountains from
the Santa Fe range to the Organ,
and elsewhere. They were work
ed by the Pueblo Indians under
duress, from which imposed labors
the latter revolted IN 1880, drove
their oppressors opt Of the country
and kept control of che same for d
number of years. Terms # poacC
were finally made and the
] Spaniards returned under stipula
tions that in their occupation Of th,
country the pursuits Of the people
were to be confined to agriculture
and stock. AS consequence, fol
many years, mining was wholly
abandoned and but little attention
has been given to mining in New
Mexico until comparatively re
cent date.
Since the American occupation
(1846) as reported by the Director
of the L. S. Mint, the net produc
ton III precious metals ofthemine,
Of New Mexico down to and includ
ing 1881, have been in gold, $40,
$50, 900, and of silver, So, 622, 600
making total of $13,972, 900"
The Governor in concluding
aptly says;
Immigration has set in, capita
is concentrating upon the land anC