Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-05-27
TAOS ELDORADO.
Titles at Amizctt All Right-Presi-
dent Briggs Talks of the New
Districts Prosperity.

President r. z. Briggs, of the Rio
Hondo Gold Placer Mining company, ar
rived In the city last evening accom-
panied by Mr.. A. J. King, secretary, and
Geo. L. Hodges, attorney for the COM
pany. They came direct from Amizett.
To-day Mr.. Briggs was run down by
NEW MEXICAN scribe and shown this s1-
tract from the Las Vegas Optic:
"The Optic has been informed that the
Rio Hondo Mining company can not give
warranty deeds to lots in the town of
Amizett, until after the supreme court
meets in July. The reason is that the
town site is on st. Louis and Las Vegas
placer claims, which were located in
March, 1892, the usual assessment work
having been done and continuous posses
sion Of the property having been main
tanned. The Rio Hondo Grant company
also protests against the Denver Rio
Hondo Mining company giving titles to
lots or lands, on the ground that the
grant was given to the La Rue family In
1876. by the Mexican government, for
agricultural and pastoral purposes, the
government, of course, retaining the
mineral" -.
President Briggs smiled and said he
had expected all along that some such
yarn as this would find its way into print
sooner or later, but that he scarcely ex-
| pected it to come from newspaper
pretending to be friendly toward the
development and upbuilding of the coun-
try. He said he thought New Mexico had
had bitter experience enough by and
through the grant question to suggest
in matters Of this sort full and complete
investigation of the facts before the cry
of imperfect grant titles was raised.
"The TOWNSHIP of Amizett," said Mr..
| Briggs, sis on public land and titles there
| are perfect. Any one who is interested in
the subject may readily convince them
| selves of this fact. Amizett is situated at
least ten miles from tho Arroyo Hondo
grant; about twelve miles north of the
Taos grant, and is midway between the
northeast corner of the La Rue grant and
the western boundary line of the Max
well grant. The placer claims of the st.
Louis and the Las Vegas companies in
| nowise conflict with the townsite."
Asked how matters in the new town
and camp were prospecting, President
Briggs said everything was running
along most satisfactorily. Tho conflict
between his company and the Taos
Mountain Mining company has been
fully adjusted and building on the
new TOWNSHIP is progressing rapid
| ly. At least 800 men are now in
camp. Gusdorf, of Taos, has just COM
pleted store-house $3.50 feet and ia
getting in his stock of goods. Captain
Baldwin is on tho ground pre- pairing q
site for his company's concentrator
which will be shipped from Denver next
week, and prospectors are beginning to
report good discoveries.
Lapt week fine silver-lead deposit was
struck in the Independence mine, in the
carbonate district, which is ten miles
| northeast of Amizett. Frcsh arrivals oi
prospectors are daily reported, most Of
them coming from Colorado, and the out
look for lively town is first-class. On
the day that these visitors came over
from Amizett to Tres Piedras they met
thirteen men headed for the new Edo
RADIO. President Briggs and party are
here to prove up on their placer claims,
which, they say, will be actively worked
this summer.