Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-07-24
Manager Raunh elm Talks.

In connection with the above the New
MEXICAN is pleased to give some addition
al information on our new Leadville's
future, cleaned during m interview with
Manager Kaunheim, who is here to-day
en- route to the camp after trip east in
the interest OF the Santa Fe Copper com
pany.
Mr.. Raunheim states that the work of
excavating for the 100 ton addition to the
smelter plant and cutting out the road for
the now tramway will be actively COM
mcnced within the next ten days, afford
ing employment for large extra number
OF laborers. The smelter is of a new
pattern water jacket and is being manu-
featured at Portland, Me-, by J. W. Bart
lett, who has the contract for placing it
in running order. 1t will be sixty days
before this machinery can be got on the
ground. In the mean time the new In
4ersoll air ompiessors and steam drills
will be put in place The wire tramway
Will be here i'll thirty days. This is fur
nished by Frazier Il Chalmers, of Chi
cage. For the latter road one and q
quarter miles long must be cut out, lead
ing from the mine down the mountain
side to the smelter This tramway will
operate 120 ore buckets carrying $50
pounds OF ore each, or, in other words,
DELIVERING 250 TONS FER DAY
OF twenty-four hours. Two new 35-horse
power boilers have been purchased, which
will operate the air Conpressors and
steam drills at the mine. and these will
be supplied with water from the smelter
pumps mile distant, the tram buckets
taking ore down and bringing water back
| to the mine. To accomplish these i'm
proyements not less than $780, 900 will he
/ expended in the next four months at San
Pedro, and some twenty skilled workmen
have been engaged to come from Boston
to aid in the work.
Thus it will be seen that the Santa Fe
Copper company is doing its full share
toward LAYING the foundation for q solid
industrial center and trade mart at the
| town Of San Pedro, and it is on the
strength OF these matters that people Of
all callings and vocations are now flock.
| ing into Santa Fe county and there ell
gaging in business, establishing homes
and taking hold with 4 vim which zig
nifes volumes for the future growth Of
the town.
BUSINESS AND THE NEW TOWN.
In the line Of general trade, activity aa(
building operations, the scenes about sar
Pedro to-day are only equaled by those
which followed the discovery Of carbonate
ores at Leadville ten years ago, or which
characterized the opening of the Okla
homa country, only on smaller scale
of course. People are simply focking tc
San Pedro, and such wild scramble FOL
lodging quarters and hotel acCommoda
tons has never before been witnessed III
the southwest. Buildings Of every class
are rushing up as rapidly as material car
be got upon the ground, and town proper,
ty is steadily advancing in value and
changing hands freely.
Manager Raunheim says it will be thu
policy OF the company to discourage tht
building Of town near the smelling
works, for obvious reasons, and he in
sists that the coming trade and residen
center will be on the beautiful slopin!
valley adjacent to the old town, which
has just been plated by the San Pedr'
Placer Mining company. This compan,
has $40 acres of land there, the title 0
which is absolutely perfect, and warrant.
deeds will pass with every lot sold.
SURVEYORS ORDERED OUT.
At the present time the greatest nee
at San Pedro is a railroad; one whicl
penetrates the coal and coke and iro
fields adjacent to Cerrillos and Dolores
and thence follow on to the new Leadville
That such road will be built Il: an earl
day seems to be now no longer question
In fact, the New MEXICAN is pleased t
state, the Santa Fe Southern compan
has already given orders for the equiv
ment of an engineering party, and in
few days the route from this city via tn
Cash Entry and Central mines, Cerrillo
and Dolores district as far as San Pedr
will be under survey, with the very bes
of prospects that the road will be immt
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