Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-11-22

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Joya, "the jewel" of the Rio Grande to
the Sierra county line will one day for.
ish magnificent farms and orchards
There are now probably 10000 acres
under ditch in this tract, and there are
cultivated somewhere between 10000
and 10000. While the American people
are
uLAMOR1NG FOR ALMOST WORTHLESS LANDS
in other sections, it is marvellous that the
great advantages of this valley are over
looked. Organized effort on the part OF
colonies of from twenty to 100 families
would assure them happy homes and a
sure competence in this valley.
IN THE WESTERN PART
of the county near the Arizona line are
found the ever-howing waters of the
Tularosa and San Francisco, with their
of affluents. Another large
body of good land with ample water is to
be found here. The probability is that
the Santa Fe route will at no distant day
fill the gap between its Magdaleua branch
in New Mexico and its, Prescott &
Phoenix extension in Arizona. Then
will be opened to commence one of the
richest, mineral, grazing and irrigable
regions in the world.
The agricultural exports from Socorro
county are fruits, principally peaches and
grapes, grain and alfalfa.
Returning to the Rio Grande, there is
one feature of its agriculture that demands
offantinn q Tho laval otroNnhae of itc 1r>u
bottom lands are peculiarly susceptible
to the influences of sub-irrigation, of
which there is one notable example in the
orchard of Mr.. A. D. Coon. The roots of
the trees of this plantation are SO near
the level of the underfow of the Rio
Grande that it has never been necessary
to irrigate them even in the dryest years.
This fact will be of inestimable advantage
when irrigation is undertaken on large
scale in this valley.
There are known to be ffty-two mining
in this county, some contain
several camps and make large outputs.
In others only development work has
been prosecuted. The minerals range
from salt to gold, and include carbonates,
sulphates, sulphides, phosphates, mag
nesia, calcium, alum, fire clays, coal,
and other valuable deposits.
The principal districts are the Socorro,
Kelley, Ladrones, Water
Canon, Mogollon, Datil, Cooney, Limitar
and Oscura Mountains. According to
development the richest are the Kelley
and Mogollon districts. In the latter
there are about 400 men working on all
the claims. Gold and silver are the main
stays, while copper is the principal by
product.
KELLEY.
The great camp of Kelley, situated four
miles southeast of Magdalena, the present
terminus of branch of the Santa Fe
route, is embraced in the Magdalena
and sheltered from the winds
in almost every direction. It's $500 feet
above sea level and enjoys most genial
climate. There is not day in the rolling
year when work must shut down on ac-
count of inclement weather. The prin-
cipal mines are the Kelley, Graphic, I'm
psrial, Mary Lode, Ambrosia. Grand
Tower, Ida Hill and Miriam. There are
about 100 miners now at work in this
camp. but the number is far below the
full complement.
The Kelley or Graphic could alone
supply work for this number. At present
the Kelley mine is under lock and key
and visitors are not allowed in it.
The writer
Visited THE GRAPHIC
and explored all its recesses. There are
over two miles of tramway in this mine
and more than four miles of galleries.
Since the recent sale of this property to
IN eastern syndicate for $15O,O0O, Capt.
Fitch has been in charge and necessarily
At work. Up to date the principal work
Of the present company has been in the
way of development, althougha good out
put of ore is made daily. The pro-
luct of this mine is silver and lead and
tho ore is graded so as to run 80 per cent
If lead and from three to four'ounces of
silver. The ore varies in character. Some
If it runs in sand carbonates, some in
galena, and more again in iron. Mr..
Fitch says his mine can furnish almost
any kind of a specimen of silver or lead
ores. The famous silver pipe that paid
The old management so well seems to have
,een relocated. At a point in what
seemed to be the hanging wall and near
where the old pipe petered out, blast
was put in and within two feet of the old
cad new body of fine sand carbonate
and galena ore was discovered. This has
,een blocked out for 800 feet and at no
place has it been possible as yet to dis
,over top, bottom or sides of this huge
deposit. At the point of discovery the
breast is open twenty-five feet wide and
over fifteen feet high, all in ore.
Several other big strikes have also been
made in this mine recently, Capt. Fitch
has now enough fu1ing iron ore exposed
TO pay all the operating expenses of the
nine, leaving the balance of the silver
ind lead as profit to the company. The
work on this mine since last June shows
low profitable eastern investments in New
Mexico mines may be made under proper
n o. oohNNnf'
The view from this camp is beautiful.
[t is embraced in a mountain basin. In
he immediate foreground is the beautiful
Nagdalena peak, rearing aloft the craven
ace of the penitant woman. Beyond
lppear rolling vistas of the San Angus
ine plains, in the immediate valley lies
surrounded by beautiful
grazing country. From the submits of
he peaks the country on all sides is visi-