Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-09
RAILROADS AND MINES.
The Pecos Road Looking Northward Re
sources Along the Route White
Oaks Gold Fields.
COrrnanOndencn New Mexican.

whispers, coming from authority not very
distantly connected with the manage
ment, that the Pecos Valley railway will
finally be extended to Roswell, and thence
by the Hondo and Bonito valleys to, OF
to the neighborhood of White Oaks. Such
route would be more expensive than
one over the country north and north
west from Roswell toward San Pedro or
Las Vegas, as the case might be; but
every consideration of future traffic and
profit favor the route indicated. The
Pecos valley needs the timber, coal and
ores of the mountain ranges and the
mountain dwellers need everything that
the Pecos valley can supply. Through
the whole length Of the route, up the
Hondo and Bonito and thence to White
Oaks, there is resident for this country
heavy population to contribute to the
traffic of the road. On the other route
there is neither population nor production,
and from the nature of things, there
never can be much.
THE WHITE OAKS MINES
supply the chief topic of interest here,
outside of railroad matters. Last fall a
discovery was made in the cold Abe"
property by William Nelson, one of the
owners. 1t proved to be the great true
fssure, in which everybody familiar with
the property fully believed, and which
had eluded discovery during eleven years
of hard toll. When found at last it
proved to be covered with less than foot
of earth and float rock. From the grass
roots down it averaged $33. so per ton to
the thirty-five foot level. The shaft is
now down over 200 feet, with the sixth
level open. Tia grade of ore has 80
far improved that the milling has been
brought up to an average of over $50 per
ton from the start. The ore body varies
from thirty inches to eleven feet in width,
and has been opened for more than 200
feet in length. If the mine contained no
more than is now in sight, the four own
ers would
HAVE RESPECTABLE FORTUNES
assured. These are William Watson,
John Y. Hewitt and M. W. Hoyle, of
White Oaks, and II. B. Ferguson, of AL
buquerque. Beyond doubt, however,
this splendid fissure will hold out to
great depth, and there is not much doubt
that it carries gold nearly the entire length
Of the property.
B. H. Dye, the managing owner of the
"Lady Godivia," is dumping magnificent
ore from the 450 level Of that property.
Mr.. Dye is sinking VIM from the 450
level on the west vein, and will sink the
working shaft on the east vein, and make
connection Herewith at once. 1t is
probable that Mr.. Dyes operations will,
during the last half Of the year.; be very
extensive. He is nearly the sole owner
of adjoining property which has been
long in litigation. The litigation has
been
AT LAST SETTLED FAvORABLY
to Mr.. Dyes interests, and the property
is known to contain an enormous ore
body of excellent grade. The North
Homestake has been idle since December
81, because the owner has been engaged
in exploiting and equipping another mine
in California, and has been unable to
give this property his attention; work
will, however, be resumed in the sum-
mer.
The South Homestake is dumping good
ore and will shortly resume milling. We
can confidently rely upon production
of the yellow metal thrice as large as in
any former years, and this camp has been
a steady gold producer since '85, and has
produced nearly continuously since 81.
The prospects indicate at least q season
of great prosperity for this old camp.
The recent discoveries will do the camp
far more good than it has derived from
the production of the famous Homestakes,
great as that has been. Both these mines
have been owned out Of the territory, and
every possible dollar has been drained
away from us. On the contrary, the bulk
of the profits Of the "Old Abe" and OF
Dyes properties, belonging in town, will
be invested there and prove foundation
for its growth and prosperity. x**