Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-03-21
COCHITI ENTERPRISES.
Chicago Capitalists Pick up Public
Landslide District Fully Or
ganized-NOtes from
the Mines.

Mr.. j. L. DOuSlne came III iroln CooniuA
last night and this morning placed his
stamp of approval on the district by
concentrating the purchase at the U. ).
land Office of over 1000 acres of govern
ment land Mr.. Dougine has never been
very pronounced in his statements con-
corning Cochiti, preferring to be con-
servative, but in this instance actions
speak louder than words and but one In
ference can be drawn from his purchase
and that is, Cochiti is all right.
The land which Mr.. Douglne and his
friends have secured is what is termed
sobrante, or remnant of country lying
between two alleged grants. 1t is located
across the mouth of Pine canon, running
south and crossing the mouth of Peralta
canon. The land was secured under the
desert and homestead laws. Very few
people seem to have been aware OF the
fact that the land belonged to the govern
ment, as it is situated directly between
the Canada de Cochiti and the Pueblo de
Cochiti grants, running along the east
line of the Canada de Cochiti and the
west line of the Pueblo de Cochiti.
Part of it is surveyed government land
and the other is known to be government
land but unsurveyed. The strip is one
mile wide and seven miles long, but as it
is not possible to get water on all OF 1t
Mr.. Dougine only bought portion OF 1T.
He has located water rights and will have
water on his property before many
months have gone.
In talking to reporter for the New
MEXICAN this morning Mr.. Douglne said:
sIn the absence of any permanent
mines, at present, we view the investment
as a good one from All agricultural point
of view. 1t is not venture, but GER
tainty. 1t will be exceedingly valuable if
great mining interests are developed i'm
mediately beyond
DISTRICT ORGANIZED.
Correspondence New Mexican.
Eagle City, Cochiti district, March 20.
AT a miners meeting in Pine canon
Sunday, March 10, this district was duly
organized and named the Cochiti mining
district. Its area extends from the divide
southwest of Peralta canon to the Rio
Grande and to the county line and to the
main divide on the northwest.
The meeting also decided to petition
the county clerk for the appointment OF
local recorder, and on a ballot being
taken Mr.. w. J. Eaton was recommended
as the unanimous choice as recorder for
the district.
A petition was also signed to the coun-
| tv commissioners of Bernalillo county
asking for county road up Pine canon
and the prospectors allagreed to turn out
and help build it.
A petition was also signed for mai
route and postotiice, the postoffice to bt
called eagle"
There were about seventy-fve mel
present at the meeting all from Pine
canon.
Chess. Greenwood was elected chairman
and Mr.. Austin acted as secretary.
The sentiment among the miners i
decidedly against having any toll road VI
the canon.
MINE NOTES.
Mr.. Geo. W. Merrin, of Leadville, is j
the city and will leave for Cochltl to
morrow.
Colorado mining camps will soon b
depopulated if interest in Cochiti contin
ues to increase. Messrs. James McAvoy
james Bennett and H. E. Purdy, of Asper
left by Lowitzki's stage this morning TO
the camp.
The fame of Cochiti has even reache
California and awakened interest anon
the miners of that state. Mr.. L. G. Dee
ing, of San Bernardino, CAL, is in the cit
and will start for Cochiti tomorrow. M
. Deering is the first of many to com
, from that section.
, Judd Vergennes, head sawyer E
, Cooper's mill, Manzanares creek, who ma
, had many years experience prospectin
in the Rocky mountain region, leave
here in the morning for Cochiti. He viii
, while gone, look over the saw-mill situ'
tion.
Ration has caught the Cochiti fevt
also. June Hunt and j. Z. Hestwoo
we'll known citizens of Ration, have bee
over the district, and have concluded thu
it is of permanent value, and they will pr
on ferry, crossing the Rio Grande b
tween Wallace and Santo Domingo.
Messrs. F. w. Wientge and Valentil
J Schick returned last night from trl
through the country north of Cochi
canon and between that point and Sa
Ildefonso canon. They found no miner
and declare it the toughest of countr
AS the crow flies it is twenty miles fro
San Ildefonso canon to Cochiti cano
but by the best possible trail one has
travel about forty-fve miles to cover Il
distance. They did not 60 to the mi
eral belt south of Cochiti canon.