Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-05-04
THE GOLD CAMPS.
Eagle City Miners Rechristen Their
Town "Bland"-Chama Placer
Mills-EchOes from the
Adjacent Hills.
Correspondence New Mexican.


Bland City, Cochiti District, May g.
The people of Pine canon who have made
application to the department for post
office to be established in the new town
of Eagle, are in receipt of a communica-
ton to the effect that the department OBJ
iects to the name eagle" for new post
office on account of its similarity to the
name "Engle," postoffice in Sierra
county.
At meeting of the citizens held in
Mitchell's store last evening the remaining
of the place was considered and 1t was
unanimously agreed that the beautiful
little town heretofore known as Eagle
shall be called 'Bland" in the future, and
the $50 citizens who attended the meeting
expect at an early day to have the Bland
postoffice established in the substantial
building now being built for that pur-
pose.
The town is being built very rapidly
and in substantial manner. The follow
ing business houses are doing thriving
stores, one butcher shop, one blacksmith
shop, one stage station, one assay office,
three saloons and two barber shops; one
drug store is now being finished and a
newspaper is about being established.
THE oHAMA PLAcERs.
Photographer I. J. Curren has re-
turned from the Chama river, where be
took some twenty views of the Bucyrus
Placer company's new mill and dozen
views of scenes along the river showing
those immense deposits of gold bearing
gravel. He says the success of the Buoy
rus principle of saving this fine gold has
been fully demonstrated by this mill, only
it is found that the machinery in some
parts is too light to make the profits what
they should be. Accordingly Mr.. Robert
Hunter and his New York hackers are now
having built at Buffalo mill that Is four
times stronger than the one now in use.
Mr.. Curren also met Mr.. Joyce, OF
Montreal, partner of Mr. A. James Cock
burn, who has extensive placer holdings
on the Rio Chama. Mr.. Joyce says $4O.-
600 Bennett machine will be in operation
at their camp shortly. 1t will be put in
on guarantee to save the gold and Will
be run by electricity.
NINE ECHOES.
P.J. Barber came in from Cochiti last
evening. He is developing promising
group of claims in Cola canon.
Mr.. Flavel Simonson, of Milwaukee,
| largely interested in the Hazleton mine
at San Pedro, shows his friends an assay
| certificate from Harris, of Allerton, which
sets forth that ore from the Hazleton as
saws $12,114 in gold to the ton. The veil
is three feet wide and will average abou
$50 to the ton.
The Lone Star began shipping ore t.
the Socorro smelter yesterday. 1t
pretty we'll settled, however, that this is
milling proposition, and Mr.. Lowthla
has had surveys run for mill In Medl
Dia canon. The ore will be carried u
the mountain and through gap fror
Pine to Media canon where there is a
abundance of water.
The road has been about completed t
the mines, resulting in the Iron King. Las
Chance, the Crown Point and the Lon
Star putting on increased force of miners
Shipping will soon be done on larg
scale. An assay from the new tunnel
the Crown Point reached the highes
figures yet known in the camp. Every
thing is lively and work is going rapid
ahead
Mr.. John Ely, who recently sold his II
terests in Montana mine for good roun
sum, returned from Cochiti last evenin
accompanied by Mr.. Donald McRae. M
Elys reputation as a mining man
world wide. He it was who with Mr.. Ray
mond took $9O,0OO,O00 out of the Ely
Raymond mine in Nevada in three year
time. He says "Cochiti is immense an
is bound to make a wonderful camp"
Mr.. R. S. Philpot, of Denver, is IN til
city and intends starting for Cochiti tc
morrow morning to investigate the richie
of the new district. Mr.. Phlpot is an e1
tensive traveller and has just finished
trip to Los Angeles, Omaha, Kansas Cit
and Chicago. He says the fame of Coch
ii has reached every point he has visite
and is causing muLh comment. There
great interest taken in the district
Omaha, and in Denver it is as muc
talked about as Cripple Creek. Miner
in California are also talking about tn
camp and preparing to come and invest
gate for themselves.