Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-04-17

not believe II can do 20 by putting
and encouraging the maneuvefs
Of tin horn capitalists aud snide In
veslors. This section has plenty
Of merit on which 20 base invita-
tions for investment, and such In
vestment made and operated on
business principles, will pay. Any
other kind will not only prove n
failure, but also = drawback and
hinderance to development.
Much has been said IN these col
umns about Cerrillos as a smelling
point, and much more In the
bounds OF truth could be said.
The fact remains undisputsd that,
situated In the center OF y great
mineral section, with fuel and ilux-
Ing materials at the door, there
cannot be argued single dlsadvan.
tage. The only question which
ever has come up Is the general
one Of making the reduction OF
ores pay. This again Is one which
admits Of but little Argument. As
business venture, backed by
sufficient capital aud managed by
business capablllty, what have
been the results In the southwest :
To get at the matter more clearly,
let us first examine into the record
of few Of the great reducing
plants which have not only estab-
llshed themselves as great and per-
manent manufacturing industries,
but have through their business
amassed wealth for their investors.
AT Denver there are great ore re-
duction works whose success has
never been questioned. At Pueblo
there are very extensive smelters,
and also at Leadville. At all OF
these points great expense Is en-
countered In getting to the works
iron for fluxing and coke for fuel,
which must be freighted to them
from other points. The same ap-
plies TO the very successful Billings
smelter at Soeorro. which has
coined money from the beginning
and which made OF Its protector u
millionaire. Again, the same ap'
plies, and even 10 Il greater extent
to the successful smelling plants al
El PasO. The additional expense
of buying aud shipping fuel and
iron to either Pueblo, Socorro OF
Ell Paso, over thst of procuring the
same for an equal amount Of orc re
ducing at Cerrillos, would amount
at mild estimate, TO $1,000 pei
month, or even cutting those figures
|, to $4,000 a year, would alone pay
, an interest of ten per cent. per an.
. mum on an invest ment of 100000
So II can be seen that In point o
cheap reduction, Cerrillos offer
this great advantage over an,
point In the southwest, where ore
are now reduced. Then 1t IL an es
! tablished fact that this section
4 alone, developed to 25 per cent. o
a its capability, could have an outpu
of lead and silver ores worth treat
ing, to an amount equal to-no
tens-but hundreds of ton
per day, and an extensive, reliable
well managed smelling plant here
would have besides, the ores G
y much of the lower part OF the Tel
ritory and Mexico subject to II
We don't want any experiment
: We don't want a small concern
badly managed and a failure on II
face. What Cerrillos wants Is bi
, smelling plant, whose capabiliti'
'" will be unlimited. and to such sh
offers the best field for investmer
that can be found to-day on th
American continent. Such a plaI
u would build up Cerrillos and d.
velop southern Santa Fe count,
Z. and make It's owners money. n
u small arrangement l. wanted al
= should not be encouraged, for |
VI failure from natural causes woul
y only serve TO keep deserving al
y capable enterprise longer from Il
=, field.
IL Remember Muralter, the hon
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