The rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1891-10-23

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not. II you doubt Il take I
team and start over Early IN the
morning crossing the valley 90
Ccrrllos. You enjoy the trip aud
what at nee will strike you upon
reaching that burg, is is splendid
industrial activity. Coal cars
everywhere can having an
loaded are going back TO the mines
tor more coal teamsters r shout
ing. men are ~shoveling, aud just al
this time everybody seems to bo
busy. Local stores aud hotels are
enjoying n good trade. and, in fact,
wherever you turn your eyes you
see something which will interest
YOU. il you ARE al oil interested In
the welfare OF your home country.
II you shut your eyes and listen At
noon TO the whistle of the steam
engines all around-certainly you
will dream OF PItIsburg, and why
nOty
Mines which arc being developed
arc dong well here as also are
those farther south fuel is at baud
in superabundanee and all else that
Is needed TO get the "precious" out
of the ores is lavishly provided by
I Dame Nature. What q time there
would be If they only would build
n railroad gouth from here or still
better south from our ''ancient'
but now rcjuvenatlng city. no
matter who builds il, IT will DO OF
benefit to this section and therefore
to him. Ito really astonishing
what man can do here with and
out of natures gifts, if only better
road facilities were provided. The
mineral wealth, we know, Is undfs
puted, but as figures talk and cal
cuIutlons have to be made to WORK
1T a proiit-no matter what kline
of Il business u mar follows-trans
portatlon cuts u considerable fig
urc. Mines at and around Dolores
at aud around Golden, at ant
around San Pedro are %cxtremel,
: rich, are well worked but wha
: greater annoyance II happen to
smelter man who has his yard ful
. OF mineral, his nuxing material
and everything else at hand ap
ready for work to be compelled {
r blow out his furnace or his roas
: ing oven because he cannot procur
" IN time the necessary amount
fuel ; to blow out for perhaps
: week or 30 and then blow in again
eSuch things would not happen
h San Pedro If there was n rallroa
h from Cerrillos. But even vii
t. such drawbacks now prevallin
south Santa Fe county hplds !
own. A ramble yer the Ort
mountains, the San Pedros or Il
I" Tuertos, will convince you of I'll
= tact.
U" All talk well Of the countr
y The Santa Fe Copper compal
" under Mr.. McLaughlln's manag
- ment, and Mr.. Morgan as I
smelter man, is doing nicely {
" new Tuerto Mountain Copper
Gold Co. Is making rapid steps
an early assumption OF wo'
Their mines are on the north ri
of the Tuerto mountalns. abC
two and a half miles east OF Gold
and about ten miles south OF
Cerrilios coal fields, and bear o
similar to those on the south s
OF the mountain ; they are par
quartz with oxides OF iron and I
gold, partly oxidized copper
becoming with depth COZ
pyrites. Thcy strike from west
's' north to east OF south and
about eight degrees east from
'ou horizon. 4 smelter site for W,
" ing the ores has been selcC
-" north of tho mines whittier
ores will be brought by u self
iu'' ing tramway, the smelter site BE-
on government land-os tho IN.
Ct are-betweon the Canon del A
and Ortiz NINE grants. w