Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-03
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
ALBUQUERQUE ATOMS.

small quantity OF crude oil has been
struck in the Bush artesian well.
The Citizen says that it is rumored that
the Stock Grower printing Office will be
removed from Las Vegas to this city.
Mrs. Kuchenbecker, president of the
Women's Auxiliary Worlds fair, will
arrive in Albuquerque in few days with
the exhibit of women's work from Gal
lup.
A. D. johnson has gone to Manzano,
where he puts up for Francisco Gonzales
a Aermotor wind mill with steel tower.
This makes four wind mills Mr.. johnson
has erected in the Manzano neighbor-
hood. On his return, he will go to the
Jemez mountains and erect one for Otto
Berger on his sheep ranch.
GRANT COUNTY CRUMBS.
Work has been commenced on the irri-
CATION project in the Mimbres valley.
Several hundred head of cattle will be
shipped out of Grant county during the
coming two weeks.
E. L. Foster, the newly appointed re-
ceiver of the defunct First National banks
of Silver City and Deming, has arrived
from the east.
The county superintendent of schools has
designated Friday, April II, to be OBJ
served as Arbor day by the public schools
of Grant county.
Hon. =. P. Carpenter has sold 800 head
of 2 and year old cattle to Col. Dick
Head, of Watrous. The cattle are being
gathered and will soon be shipped.
Pitts, the soldier from Fort Bayard,
indicted for murder committed over two
years ago, has been acquitted, his trial
being held at Hillsboro during the week.
WHITE OAKS MOTIFS.
Col. J. G. Delany left Friday last for
Washington state where he intends to To-
cate permanently.
Bonito district has added another prom
Using property TO its list. 1t is the George
Washington, and is located about two and
half miles above the town of Bonito.
The vein averages some three and half
feet between walls. The ore consists of
galena, zinc, antimony and copper, carry
ing from ono to two and half ounces
gold and forty to 12O ounces silver. Most
of the ore occurs in solid rib, three to
ten inches in thickness.
A. J. Ozanne has returned home, having
been absent for ten days preparing for
the change in the operation of the stage
line on the west division. In view of the
reports that the branch railroad to Car
thage would soon be abandoned, a perma-
mont station has been established ut the
well, twelve miles from Carthage, by the
stage company.
An important mining deal was closed |
last Saturday on some properties in the
Oscuro mountains, owned by Jno. Y.
Hewitt, G. R. Biederman and F. G. Raible.
The property, which embraces five claims,
hes been leased and bonded for twenty
months for $4,000 to Messrs. Jno. M.
Gardner, Chas. Ferguson and Donald Nc
Kenzie, who are now actively pushing
development. Two assays made by Morris
b. Parker on ore from two different open
ings show the following excellent results:
Sample No. 1, $3.50 gold, 16 ozs. silver
and 81 per cent lead. No. 2, $40 gold,
~ oz.. silver and 62 per sent lead. The
ore sampled is from true fissure vein
and from present indications will make
fine property.
socoRBo s1rT1Nas.
The Episcopal church has been fur
nishsd with new pews, chancel rail and
carpets.
The farmers are jubilant over tho rain,
which has put the ground in fine condi-
tion for sowing grain.
West of the continental divide there
has been plenty of rain with quite a
heavy fall of snow. This insures good
early grass.
There has been several Colorado cattle
men in western Socorro county for the |
past ten days'looking up steers for Colo
RADIO grass. They find in the far western
ranges some A No. cattle.
The Spanish Presbyterian ministers of
New Mexico held conference in Socorro :
Monday and Tuesday of last week. There
was a good attends Of ministers, being
about twenty in number.
What is most needed in the western part
of the county 10 an appropriation of few
hundred dollars to build roads. And
nail route from Luna to Alma, via Frisco. |
As it is, a letter addressed to Alma from
Luna goes 100 miles by blackboard to
"a. T., thence to Albuquerque,
Rincon, Deming and Silver City by rail,
thence eighty miles by blackboard to
Alma. A distance altogether of about
700 miles and takes about five days to
make the rounds when connections are
na6e. Whil0 over the rorte mentioned IL
Is only about forty-six miles and could
be covered in twelve hours.
EDDY LOCALS.
The railroad prospects are creating
mnch uond faalinn