Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-30
A CRUSHER FOR MAYO
The Man Who Would Cloud Titles at
Pedro for Personally Self
ish Purposes.
His Endorsement of the Town Site Plat
A Simple Statement
of Facts.

AAiS A''tH N"Io ICoi'lC lV plCc'llbihS III
leading mines, as well as those of tn
| Town Site company, seem to hay
plunged Mr.. John B. Mayo, OF Albu
querque, into large sized howl OF ''mela
gatawny." Mr.. Mayo wrote letter t.
the Albuquerque Citizen trying to be
smirch property titles in the new Lead
vile, and the same has been replied to
1t appears that MAYO renOunced all CLAIM
| to the town site at the beginning, hu
after he learned that 5000 worth of lott
were sod before even the plats could be
completed, saw the rapid building up o
the town and realized what valuable
property the town company really had
I why, then, lie steps in to try and catcl
on to an interest for himself.
To-day Manager Raunheim sends the
New MEXICAN 4 brief note inClosing q
letter from tine secretary Of the Town Site
company to the Albuquerque Citizen in
reply to Mayo's screed. 1t is as follows
To the Editor OF the Albuquerque Citizen.
SAN pEDNo, n. NJ, Aug. %, 18S9.-My
/ attention has been called to a long letter
| in recent issue OF YOUR paper signed j .
| B. Mayo, which is OF such an eXtraor-
binary character and is so evidently de-
signed to do as much possible injury to
every class of people interested in the de-
relopment OF this mining district that, as
a matter OF simple justice to all concerned.
take the liberty OF requesting you 10
publish the following facts:
The san Pedro Placer Mining company
wos fully Organized on June II, 1850. 1t
t und been legally Incorporated prior to
that date and was fully authorized to pur-
chase and sell reaI estate in the county Of
Santa te, rs well AS work placer mines.
This company soon after proceeded to
purchase 324 acres OF patented land from
the san Pedro grant and the same was
decided to the San Pedro Placer Mining
company Just at the time this tract OF
land was being plated, and while portion
OF it was beng surveyed for town
site purposes, Mr.. Mayo appeared
in San Pedro and claimed that he repre-
stnted pipe line company tina: held
lease Which gave it n right to wash for
gold part OF the land which the San
Pedro Placer Mining company had pur-
chased and were laying Off into town
site. AS the plat OF the property was then
ready to he sent to Boston for the approx
Al OF the owners OF the San Pedro grant,
it appeared the proper time to settle mat
tiers with any one that had the least eQlit-
able claim against the 324 acres that the
placer mining company had purchased,
30 horses were procured, and Mr.. Mavo,
in company with the officers of the San
Pedro Placer Mining company, also some
of the Santa Fe Copper
company, rode over the whole tract.
When the party returned Mr.. MAYO was
asked If his placer mining lease would
affect any part OF this tract OF land, or if
he in the future would be likely to wish
to wash gold from any part that was be-
ing laid oil into Il town site in case his |
lease was OF any force. lie said no, ex-
cept perhaps along one side OF block 80 |
lie then proflered to indorse this on the
town site plat and plat of the 324 acres
which was about to be sent to MIR. Hub !
bel, the president of the Santa Fe Copper
that the sale of this tract would |
not conflict with the interests Of his com
pany. This he did in the following
words, which are in his own handwriting
On the plat sent to Boston, ard press
'opy OF which is on file at the office Of
he Santa Fe Copper company here.
TO the President of the Santa Fe Copper Com
pany, Mr. Hubbell.
Dear Sir Il have examined the above
named town site and find it does not con-