Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-08-27

Efforts have been made for the past
water at the Cedars, thirty.five miles
west of Roowell. Yesterday We were re-
iably informed that j. W. McFarlln struck
water at a depth of sixty feet. The flow
is not very strong, but sufficient for ord-
nary purposes. He will 90 deeper in
hopes OF obtaining a stronger flow.-
| Record.
Eight miles of canal from the junction
of the Silver City draw and Mimbres.
will be completed by the 1st, and the
work on cut for the underfow is progress
ing favorabIy. The sinking OF the big
Shalt tor the Deming water supply is near
ly completed and the machinery for the
plant will be on the ground and set up in
a few days.-Silver City Sentinel.
Maj. w. H. H. LleweIlyn, stock agent
OF the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, re-
ports drought prevailing in some Sec
tions OF southern New Mexico. He states
that in Lincoln county and the SaCremen-
to mountains there has been plenty OF rain
and cattle are in fine condition, but there
| Is general movement Of cattle to the pas
lures of Kansas from the drouth-stricken
sections.
On last Sunday night, Thomas Ingram.
night foreman at the mountain Key mine,
Pinos Altos walked into the main shaft
at the 500 foot level and fell to the bottom
of the shalt, distance of 200 feet. He
was instantly killed and terribly mangled.
Ingram was a single man about 80 years
of age from Springfield Missouri. He
had been about two years in the West,
only about six months in Pinos Altos.
There are two or three back cappers in
SocOrro Who want the whole world and
when they don't succeed they try to down
any and everyone who are trying to build
up the interests OF Socorro. Remember
there is an end to every lane, and so with
our citizen; they are coming fast to the
point when they will put an end to back
cappers. s.-Chieftain, SOCorro Had So
corro in early days rendered back Cappers
and constitutional kickers odious and
suppressed the breed the species would
soon have become extinct and the Gem
city to-day would be the leading city of
New Mexico. Ell Paso Bullion.
Ration Reporter; Sol. H. Jaffa, of
Trinidad, passed through the city Friday
on his way home from two months
business trip to White Oaks, Roswell
and other points in the territory where he
has extensive interests. Mr.. Jaffa in
formed Reporter representative that
New Mexico was fast coming to the front
as an agricultural country and would soon
produce everything in abundance. A
large part Of the country is already under
ditch and extensions are being made
every day An classes OF crops and fruits
are excellent this year. Emigrants from
the east are arriving rapidly and are pre-
pairing to settle permanently. The mines
at White Oaks are doing a fair business,
as are also those at San Pedro.
Socorro county will be properly repre-
sented at the territorial fair in September.
J. J. Lesson will be there in charge of the
finest mineral exhibits ever taken from
this or any other county or territory. 1t
now consists OF over 5000 fine specimens
taken from / 800 mining claims, and
weighs over twenty-five tons. With this
will be a large display Of ore, from the
various mines working in this county.
The exhibit will cover sold, silver, lead,
copper, tin, zinc, coal, iron, fire clay,
opalean, native tripoli, marble, rsbestos
gypsum, alabaster, and fine building stone,
together with fine display OF pre-his
toric remains taken from the abandoned
cities, with which Socorro county abounds.
-Chieftan.