Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-12
OTHER RESOURCES

OTHER RESOURCES.
1t is difficult to state whether stock
raising or mining is the principal indus
try OF Grant county. The same condi-
tions prevail to make either profitable
and certain. The county presents the
appearance of great inland sea that had
been drained after the cretaceous period.
The plains lie fiat with only the gentle
undulations caused by wave action.
Dotted here and there over the surface
are clusters of mountains from 1000 to
1000 feet above the general level. The
broad plains are covered with black and
white gramma grass, and the showers
ordinarily induced by the mountain
clusters serve to keep these herbs in
nutritive condition. OF the dozens of
valleys where good range is found, the
Animas, Valley de las Playas, the Florida
plains, the Gila plains, the Sapello, Upper
Mimbres, Mule, Mogollon and Duck Creek
are the principal. Careful and conserva-
tive stockmen estimate that about 200,-
900 cattle and numerous focks of sheep
still range in Grant county. When the
disastrous droughts of the past five years
are considered this fact speaks volumes
for Grant county. When other stockmen
are complaining that out of herds of tens
Of thousands only few hundred can be
rounded up, Grant county still marshals
mighty hosts at the annual round-ups.
MINING.
In mineral resources Grant county has
wealth Of gold, silver, lead, copper, opals,
marbles and Building stone. The follow
ing statistics will show that notwith-
standing the dull times mining is still
vigorously practiced
In the gold and silver camps of Lords
burg Pyramid and Shakespeare seventy
five miners are at work; Victorio, silver
camp, has twenty-five; Central City, a
gold producer, works 200; Pinos Altos,
gold, 100; Cooks Peak, the greatest lead
camp in the southwest and also good
silver producer, employs 100 men; Had
ley, silver, fifty; The Floridas, silver, ten
Tres Hermanas,' silver, ten; Oak Grove,
silver, ten; Georgetown, low grade silver
130; Hachitas, high grade silver, tweAty-
five men.
has been found this year to get water for
the mills, but taken as whole the mines
of the county may be considered in a
good condition. or course the low price
OF silver is II drawback, but this county
has not felt the full severity of the hard
times.
Ths county annually produces over a
million of gold and about 100000 worth
of silver.
SILVER oITY.
The county seat is Silver City, situated
at the foot of Pinos Altos, in the beauti-
full Chihuahua valley. All the northern
half Of the county and parts of Socorre
county and Arizona are directly tributary
to it, and it outfits dozens of surrounding
camps. It lies at the end Of branch
line of the Santa Fe road, and enjoys the
advantages accruing to every large sup
ply depot. Its banks, court house, hos
pital, stores, public schools, hotels ant
other buildings of public and semi
public character would do credit to al
eastern county seat. Since the opening
of the Santa Rita copper mines il
| 1900 il has been town site, but
the energy Of tho last decade
has done moro for its advance
ment than all the previous years. Situated
US it is, surrounded by mills and concen
traitors, almost in the very center of the
mining region it's stability and prosper
ity are assured. Large building blocks
are built or projected, and during the
| first week of June fifteen handsome resi-
dences were building within the city
limits. 1t has number of civic and
social organizations. Its water works
lying about two miles from town assure
the city not only of good and pure
supply of water, but as there is a normal
pressure in the fire hydrants of IA pounds
to the inch immunity from the ravages
of that dangerous element is assured. The
water is pumped to high reservoir by
powerful machinery. 1t is taken from q
tunnel which drifts across bed rock the
full width of the valley. Under anything
like ordinary conditions the supply is
more than ample. Building material is
very cheap as the surrounding mountains
furnish lumber and stone of the best
character.
This enterprising town is situated at
the junction of the Santa Fe and South
ern Pacific railway systems. 1t is a
natural railroad center and point of trans
Shipment 1t is the supply depot for
several mining camps and northern Mex
leo. Justisouth of the line are the Nor
mon settlements of Ascencion, Diaz,
Pacheco, Los Polomas, Colonia Juarez
and Dublan. This Mormon population
now amounts to between 10000 and 49,
600 people. Deming is their nearest and
best market, and receives good support
from this source. Iu order to supply
this trade Deming merchants make car
load orders, deriving the benefit OF all
reductions. As an example, on June 1,
Mr.. Wormser, the leading merchant, had
twenty-five heavy farm wagons in stock,
the second installment of a similar lot he