Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-06
MINE MENTION,

A. j. Maher, of the coal mining firm OF
laher X Jones, WAS in the city last nlsll
'uylng supplies.
Alberto Chacon, San Pedro man wa
found dead in one ol the lower landings
OF the copper company's wells yesterday
His neck was broken. The local author
tiles are investigating it.
P. H. McDermott, of San Pedro, black
smith for the Copper company, was IN
the city logging up yesterday and lett last
night Tor q two months visit at his Old
home near Scranton, Ia. Mac is a jOyal
fellow well known to everybody In camp,
and all wish him pleasant trip and sale
return.
The Santa Fe Copper company yester'
day did the wise thing by eIectins Hon.
Lehman Spiegelberg as II member OF Its
directory. Mr.. Spieselbers is president
of the Second National bank and bust
ness man OF high rank, and the addition
OF his name will bring rev strength to
the company.
S. G. White, OF Pedro, who has been
here several days to attend the Copper
company's meeting, leaves Tor home over
land tonight, going via Galisteo. Ills
wife's health has not been first rate OF
late, and Mr.. White is thinking OF buying
q home in Santa Fe and making the city
his headquarters this winter.
Col F. A. Blake, secretary OF the San
Pedro Town company, returned to the
city last night to hurry along the printing
| of stock certificates for the San Pedro
Water 4 Light company. Col. Blake says
there are several big things on foot that
will give fresh impetus to the boom
when ripe for announcement.
The Albuquerque Citizen has just caught
on. 1t says: "A passenger from Santa
Fe last night stated this morning that
the narrow gauge railroad was receiving
lot of ties and other building material,
and the impression prevails there that
the company contemplates extending its
line to San Pedro at an early day"
A member OF the Lncoln-Lucky COM
pany stated on the street to-day that an
Albuquerque man had recently bought Q
thirty-ffth interest in the San Pedro
town company, paying $4,000 therefor
1t was also learned to-day that Jefferson
Reynolds, the Las Vegas banker, hac
bought thirty-fifth interest in this com
pany from s. D. Baldwin.
A "a nugget of placer gold was present
ed to Surveyor Gen. Hobart yesterday by
Col. Johnson, who brought itup from thu
Pedro placer fields. In speaking OF thos'
placers in early days Hon. Eugenio Ro
nero, of Las Vegas, who was born IL
south Santa Fe county, remarked that h,
had often seen nuggets found there tina
weighed from one-quarter of pound to
pound each.
Says the Las Vegas Optic: 1t is claimed
that the diamond drills will 20 down d
the rate OF sixty feet day, and at a grea
saving of trouble, time and expense
Cash to the amount of $25 900 has beer
placed in the hands of the treasurers, ant
three car loads OF drills and other neces
sary machinery have been shipped to Sal
Pedro for the development of the Lucky
, Lincoln mine, and other promising proper
ties in the new placers.
Hon. W. II. Nesbitt is up from Cerri
los. He corroborates the statement tina
, the Little Pittsburg is growing rapidly
| Last week eighteen lots were sold il
Nesbitt Il North's addition to the town
and at least half OF these will be occupie'
by new dwellings before snow flies. Ez
tensive warehouses are to be built ther
by E. N. Reaser, OF this city; Perfect
Armijo, of Albuquerque and Col. Weed
of White Oaks. Mr.. Nesbitt is OF tn
opinion that Cerrillos has now entere
upon long season of prosperity.
The annual meeting of the Santa L
3 Copper company was held at the Palac
hotel reception room yesterday. Their
were voted 295, 20S shares of stock out c
total of Alt 900, and the following name
. directors were elected: Jay A. Hubbell
Leon Lewisohn, Lyman D. Stevens, A
s. Bigelow, W. A. Haskell, OF Boston
Charles E. Coon, of New York; s. {
White and r. W. Webb, of San Pedro
) and Lehman Spiegelberg, of Santa Fe
! Manager Raunheim and Mr.. Watson, {
Boston, left this morning for San Pedro
where the latter gentleman will inspee
the company's fine property.