Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-04
MOUNTAIN FOR SALE.
PICTURESQUE MOUNTAIN OF
SANTA ANNA ON THE MARKET.
The Finest Opportunities for Profit
able Invsstment Ever offered

Santa mountain Is $50 feet high, level on
top, rich and well adapted TO gardening and
fruit growing. The ledge OF cream-colorec
limestone rock girdling the entire top
averages twelve feet in thickness and no
better building stone can be found in or out
of the state. and can be rolled almost to the
town at the base Of the mountain. The
stone is shipped by rail or hauled over dirt
roads to other towns for building purposes.
All the finishing and trimming stone used
in the courthouse, national bank and other
fine buildings in Coleman were taken from
Santa Anna mountain. But this stone
could be more p-ofitably utilized by being
burned into lime. One cube Of this stone
twelve feet square would bring $500 at the
price paid here for lime. Besides. where
can such site be found for holding grand
state fair' The great Worlds fair 10 be
held in Chicago in 1898 after the stipend
Gus expenditure Of money by the general
government and the governments Of forty
four states will not present sucn
a panorama of beauty and grand
eur as can be seen from she top
OF this magnificent m ntain y kout Tho
mile driving park $50 "a MEand one
half miles long. a hal A%ide, with
solid perpendicular banlssiwelve feet high.
The sinking Of an artesfNn well and the
erection of gfaed stat sanitarium have
been freely discus reey6tly, but no def
mite action has yet ~ tAken. As health
resort Santa Anna 6sGno superior, as is
attested q scoresEof persons who spend
the summerhere ICY year for health and
recreation, and corTJeorated by statistics
in the Office of the superintendent Of CEN
su, OF the United States. The value OF an
artesian well on the top OF the mountain,
or, in other wordss standpipe $50 feet high
to water the towaE subdue fire, could not
be estimated. OF Nurse such enterprises
would require gfhater amount Of capital
than single [aividhals usually control;
A syndicate wSNd Aave to be organized
to set any of SAsas enterprises on foot.
Once put in ,opeksAn they will prove
conferring bouhEe less benefits on both
town and county far and near. The
lands here grow to perfection almost
every variety OF Held and orchard crops
known to the peopK Of the United States
Year before last Aised 800 bushels Of on
ions 10 the acre Ind $50 bushels OF sweet
potatoes p Naacrs Truck patching is the
in the nMghb56hood raise from fifteen 70
forty bushels OF *heat per acre, from forty
to 100 bffhelsS OF oats per acre,
from twenty fifty bushels of corn per
acre, from half to q bale of cotton per acre
and other crops in proportion. Frequently
two crops u year are raised on the same
land, viz: A cropof small grain and crop
Of cotton or tgrage crop Of millet or
sorghufn& An abundance OF the very best
OF watsgfS8 btained1n wells from fifteen to
thirty tn Het Plsnty OF timber for fuel
eand farA pdiaGseaM Besides, large quaint
ties otScoal He"being mined in the neigh
boshoA Saut4 Anna is the shipping point
forahsSilver Mon coal mines near by,
which are taking gut vast quantities of coal
of SUPERIOR qualify, and other coal proper
. ties are being developed in our midst by the
and II. company. The TrickhaIn
flowing fffv~a.S, twelve miles from here,
are throSing out an excellent article of
lubricatiag oil. millions upon millions Of
tons of snow Aite sand can be taken from
our mourteaS3br the manufacture of glass.
We s48Sf+alsts 70 come and see us
that we may prove what we say. Millions
OF wealth Il sight in and on this grand (
mountain lie idle and unused only waiting
the magic touch Of enterprise and capital to
be converted into shining dollars. l will |
go my full length in aid OF any OF the enter !
prises above noted will put up real es- |
tate and stone against anybody or cOmpa- |
ny's money to start the manufacture Of |
lime on an extensive scale, or l will sell |
mountain property straight. l want to see |
some Of the immense wealth in sight turned |
loose to build up the trade, to bless the |
country and enrich those whose capital may |
be employed in ehecting the grand result. |
The Maniteau or Colorado Springs have |
made everybody rich in the country close |
by and Santa Anna is superior in every re- |
spect to either of them.
JOHN W. PARKER,
Santa Anna, Coleman County, Tex.