Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-06

himself had lost over 600 head of sheep
this spring that were fairly starved to
death. The entire wool clip of San Juan
county with the single exception of Pablo
Candelario is stored in Chama and Amar-
go waiting for buyers. Mr.. Candearlo
sold his wool early in the season for II
cents.
SIERRA COUNTY.
The pipe line business is progressing
as rapidly as possible, and Supt. Brani-
gan thinks that everything will be in
readiness for sluicing within few weeks
Old Fort Thorne has a new and large
store going up, and q Mr.. McNutt, of
Rincon, has new branch store in opera
tion near the Mcleod ranch. Business is
humming, and in another year ranches
will be farms instead Of wilderness of
wild forests and hungry coyotes. The
new townsite above referred to will prob
ably be on the river near The Hobson
Bros. roller concentrator.
Work on the great tunnel through AMI
mas Peak is running smoothly, and no
obstacles of any serious consequence
have been encountered. This, and
the great hydraulic system that is
y
metal, is working great change in
the business aspect of the camp. New
stores are going up, and this without a
townsite, but as soon as arrangements
can be made, a regular townsite will be
surveyed. 1t is quito likely that the
shipping point for the district from the
A., Il. & S. T. railroad will be from Rim
con instead Of Hatch station, the COM
| pany already having switches and side
tracks there. The wagon route will be
up the south bank of the Rio Grande to
the mouth of the Animes river valley,
and thence up that magnificent agricul-
tural region to Animas Peak. On the
strength of this theory several new stores
have been started at various points on
the line, and the few farm ranches on the
way have more than doubled in price and
actual value. William Coleman, on the
Rio Grande, refused cash offer for his
ranch recently almost three times the
amount formerly asked.
cHAMA CHATS.
I DR.. Craig, of Monero, spent day in
town last week, He is loading six flats
of coal day at his banks.
There never was time in the history
of Chama and the surrounding country
when it was as healthy as now.
Durango merchants cancelled by wiro
this week 5000 worth of orders on
eastern houses. owing to the decline in
silver.
The Biggs Lumber company COM
menced running regularly Monday. After
this week they expect to put on double
shift until they catch up with their orders.
In the matter of the territory vs.. A. P.
Morris, accused of cruelty to animals, be-
fore Justice Stevens, the defendant not
being ready for trial the case was con-
tinued until to-day, the 9Th.
Bridge No. 42O, near Ignacio, on tho d.
& r. G., burned Thursday. Passenger
trains transferred and the structure was
/. rebuilt in time to not materially inter
fere with the running of trains. 1t was
ninety feet long.
Don Reyes Con zales, one of the heavy
sheep owners of northern New Me rico,
was up from Abiquiu Wednesday. Mr..
Gonzales has several cars of wool stored
in Chama, refusing to sell at present quo
tations.
Inc Alblqulu Placer company had
car load of shingles, doors and sash pass
through Chama to the Brazos Tuesday,
from which place they will be hauled with
teams to their diggings, some nino miles
this side of Abiquiu.
Uncle Lucien Stewart and F. Barnes
came in from two months prospecting
trip last week. It seems that in 1849,
while Mr.. Stewart was carrying the
United States mail from Santa Fe to Cal
ifornia, he run across large gold vein;
as near as he can remember it is located
between Chama and Abiquiu, and that is
what he is after.