Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-05-31
WEALTH OF THE MINES.
.ggom the Albuquerque Citl1ea.

passed beyoud the condition Of prospect)
in that state, in the year 1887. ia given at
l 533. OF these 753 were pro ductive, and
yielded during the year s257,33 9l9 in
metal, or an average gross yield OF 1885,,
5sl. II we include all the mines in the
list, the average production would still be
SIT s2I for each property.
Carrying it's deduction further, Industry
reckons ttaking the ccnsus Of 1880 for
basi.l that,l416 per cent Of the population
Of Colorodo Mas engaged in .plbiieg for
TIC rtccious metals, ont-tnild Of whom
were employed in prospecting or develop
ing prospects. and therefore, were non
produces. Deduchng these latter, it is es
timatcd that the number of producing
miners in the state was 1884, each one
ot whom contributed 1892 to the produc
lion Of the mines during the year.
Passing from minips to agriculture, In.
lnst4y ilads hat in the year 1880, but So
Der cent, Of farming lands in the United
States was productive On this basis eacl
farm Of lSt acres yielded 81 ,04i as agains;
s35 200 eneh for the productive mines
Or comparing the total acreage Of farms
ny lands, produttiyc AMI uaproduclve,
with the whole nutn6or Of mines IL Colo
rado It is found that Will. the ftrmq pro
iuced crops to the value of sS553 each, tn
yersge product of the mines was S17 $50!
\ comparison of the wealth produced
by each man employed in agriculture ant
y each miner "a hkewi4e instru, tive
While the farmer is credited with S288.
he miners labor yielded S4s8 Or if VIZ
lrylues one;thicd from the total number
nployed in each industry, who we're en-
;aged in preliminary work which was moi
remuneralive, it is shown that Will" the
! 93ueirg alibv in Go2rslo added S732
. the wealth Of tn ultion, the producin.
farmer added on.y S+l1.
Lest 1t should be thought that the expar
ience of mining in Colorado Is exception
al, or that circumstances exist wb!ch rem
lerit unt,tE to ccmpare the results of 1887
with those Of 1880 Industry presents th'.
following: lu 1880 the total value Of
! gold, SILVER, lead and copper produced il
Arizona, California, Colorado, Dakota,
daho, Montana Nsvala, New Mexico.
Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyom
ing, vas S77 .22.5f2 AMI the total numbe
at people engag"d in mining OF all kind
n these states and territories during tbt
'qnle year vas 80 8l7 The average r. sulf
therefore Of edlh miners labor duriu,
hat year was SITS. without making any
deduction " hatGver for men engaged i
preliminary work, and without taking int,
accounts the fact THAI shesc aJ.6t7 miner.
include all engaged in operating TIE coal
IRON and quicksilver mines IN the territory.
Ietwecn D-uy-r and the Pacific, whlcI
that yrar prodactd valnes aggr, g....
nearly "a 0C0 COO 1t becomes c,iden
therefore, that as compared with asricu
fure the Labor Of the pre9gps metal minr'
IL far more reIaunerati ge. .i,,,pflNt OF actua
verage produced for mon engaged.
Tucson Citizen: Two years ago gol.
rick was stolen from Wells. Fargo & Co.
N California, valued at 5000. 1t disap
peared rs did the robbers and notwith
Standing the most diligent search moth
ne could be egered of its whereabouts
until reeautly wnen it turned up at No
salea. 1t was, according TO the Constitu
ION PUBLISH at Hermosila, taken to M
gales by a negro and NcSican. The,
buried the bar IN the hills few miles frou
town. Two Yaqris saw the operation al.
- soon as the coast was clear they ap
aropuatrd the .splion .Whcn-ihc dArke!
vent for II 1t was gone and for it's absence,
he suspected the Mexican, aud the Mex
can suspected him. The latter left thr
country the former got drunk and told
the tale The Yaqus, when they came in.
to possession Of the bar cut it in Two and
then sold it. One man disposed Of hi,
share in q lump TO 'ADoles,s Garcia for
Sl25, the other cut his share up into
chunks and sold it at the rate of S4 per
pound. 1t was this exceedingly los price
Of gold that attracted the attention Of thr
4u4horities. The Yaqui was arrested but
he would divulge nothing. Later on hp
was in the tolls AGAIN az was also his com
panion. The lpt,er confessed the sale and
the purchasing party was soon in limbo.
The half bar was found IN his house, and
nearly all the gold has neen recovered.
Socorro Advertisers Miss Lulu b. Lee
son has among other curios In her large
and valuable collection, one Of the oldest
church bells in the United States. 1t was
east in the year 1852 by a Jesuit priest
from Vera Cruz mission, the copper being
taken from the Santa Rita copper mine OF
New Mexico, which mine Is still worked.
The bell was in the Catholic church in So
zorro, which was destroyed by Indians
some time in lhe year 1879, and was taken
oat Of the ruins by the socorro colony
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