Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-11-29

large reservoir from the large we'll will
be made as soon nc the we'll is completed.
The pumping capacity will be 100000
each "a hours. The area enclosed is
about ten acres. The embankmont sur
rounding the same is nine feet high
Col. Paschal r. Smith, the promoter and
general superintendent Of the enterprise,
stated that, spart from the utilization Of
the water for irrigation and fish culture,
the miniature lake would be surrounded
by shade trees and shrubbery. That Il
is the intention Of the company 10 build
houses adjacent for the purpose Of max
ing the locality a pleasure resort. That
the land Q,OO0 acres) belonging TO the
company, which lies southwest, border
ing or the town of Deming, will be cut
up into ten acre lots to be rented, leased
or sold. That the land SO sub-divided
will be ornamented with trees, etc.
That fruit trees will DO planted, grape
vines SGT out, and that a stand. pipe will
be put in place for FIRE department use,
The site Of the water works is a mile and
a quarter from the center Of the town
and is on an elevation Of 80 feet. Col
Smith has just returned from Boston,
Mass, where he has been on business
concerning the Deming Land and Water
Company, The November payment for
land was made on the 22nd.
A band Of wandering nomads, known
as " Hobos," or tramps, were corralled
last Monday a. H.. The night previous
they endesvored to hold up several citi-
zens and it is claimed broke into an s.
p. box car that wac loaded with corn.
They we're tried as Migrants and put to
work on tho streets. This necessitated
the employment Of three guards as there
we're IA Of them, 1t is questioned now
whether or not the work performed by
them will Offset the expense incurred.
The only Monte Carlo" in America
is at this place. The reason mention Is
made Of it is hat it is run on the $50
Der tack" 50 to speak, as there is no
saloon attachment.
ii Is believed by quite a number Of re-
publicans now that if there we're "free
trade" between Mexico and the United
States that times would pick up and be
better in this neck Of the woods.
Col Robert Miliken, OF Cooks Peak,
is strictly opposed to booms. In speak
ing about " strikes " and discoveries "
OF minerals he said: "T1l be id if I
can see how any one can claim to have
uncovered in three or four weeks $780,
900 or $4,000 worth OF ore that will not
net per ton over S15 to S1s. 1t has ia
ken me about ten months to extract and
lship about $4,000 worth of ore, and our
company employed all the men neoessa-
ry to work u mines" He claimed that
such representations were injurious in
several ways to the mining industry and
deprecated the course Of a newspaper
that followed the habit Of publishing
such items as news. He spoke in the
highest terms of the future of Cooks
Peak; that is now a great camp and des
tined to be the greatest in southern
New Mexico. In reference to his COM
pany's mines he said that only develop
ment work was being done; that the
deepest shaft and the longest tunnel
(570 feet) was driven in camp on their
Surprise mine. He also stated that the
tunnel was headed towards what he
termed a " second contact and that
when he shall have broken into it 1t will
be proven that an ore body OF great
magnitude will have been encountered.
The development of their mines this
year has yielded a profit. The following
named are owners of mines at Cooks
Peak, viz: American Silver and Lead
Mining Co.; Teel & Poe Mining Co.;
Ell Paso Smelling Co.; Lindauer, Martin
& Thurman; .Overton q Onstott; Lin
dauer, Wormser & MeDaniels; The Wal
ter C. Hadley Co.; and Hannigan, Cum
ningham & McDaniels. Three cars OF
ore :daily are shipped from the Peak
and the ore will average in value s25 pei
ton. Forty per cent, lead carrying sill
yer, about 6 ozs.
The American Silver and Lead Min.
ing Company also owns property al
Hachita, 1t is a silver property and i;
we'll equipped with pumps and steam
hosting machinery. Owing to the low
market rates of silver, work was suspend
en- some time ago, but Col. Miliken say
that work will be resumed shortly.
Col J.. P. MoGrorty says that he il
not seeking the appointment Of governo.
of this Territory, as was given out b.
some of the papers Of this Territory. H,
; will, however, endeavor to be re-appoint
ed as internal revenue collector; the po
/ sition which he held under Cleveland'
administration, and that he will get /
again no one here doubts.
The woman caught with the Rincol
horse thieves is we'll known here. He
name is Mrs. Harper. She had beel
living at Columbus and has a large fami
. ly OF children.
Messrs. Flood & Walsh have Blondes
/ the Eagle mine, at Gold Hill, from Il
! Werney. They will put a force Of mel
to work on it right away. Mr.. Floo.
! said that Gold Hill was the best looking
mining camp that he had seen in tn
: Territory.
r. ]. Keller, agent at Florida, die
q at 1910 last Friday p. m, Of heart dii
anaa Kninhfa Of PpIhina havn hia p.