Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-20
GRANT COUNTY
And silver City Paid a Handsome
Compliment by the Bureau Of I'm
migration OF This Territory.
A Brief Resume Of The Work.

A Brief Resume Of the Work.
The Bureau Of Immigration, through
its efficient secretary, Max Frost, Of San
ia Fe, has just issued handsome hand
book Of Si4 pages, showing the resource
es, climate, geography, geology, history,
statistics and future prospects Of this
Territory up to December 10, 1893. The
work is embellished with fine engrav-
ings Of the principal cities, mountains,
valleys, mining camps, ranches, fruit
farms and the numerous beautiful
scenes and pleasure resorts which abound
in this salubrious climate and future ell
dorado Of the southwest.
A flattering tribute is paid 70 Grant
County's wealth producing resources,
her incompatible sanitary advantages,
beautiful scenery, broad ranges, bright,
rapid rivers and enterPrisng people.
We are credited with 100000 head Of
cattle and numerous floclss of sheepGpon
our ranges; an annual production Of
s1,OO0,O00 in gold bullion and $4,000 in
silver ore, besides rich mines of lead
copper, opals, turquoise and other rare
and valuable genstonea,
We find the following in regard to
Silver City:
The county seat is Silver City, situat-
ed at the foot OF PinOs Altos, IN the
beautiful chihuahua valley. All the
northern half of the county and parts
of Socorro county and Arizona are di-
rectly tributary to il, and it outfits doz-
ems Of surrounding camps. IL lies at
the end of branch line of the Santa Fe
road, and enjoys the advantages accru-
ing to every large supply depot It's
banks, court house, hospitals, stores,
public schools, hotels and other build
ings of public and semi-public charac-
ter would do credit to an eastern county
scat. Since the opening of the Santa
Rita copper mines in l600 it has been a
town site, but the energy Of the last dec
ade has done more for its advancement
than ali the previous years. Situated
as it is, surrounded by mills and concen-
traitors, almost in the very center of the
mining region, it's stability and prosper
l.y are assured. Large business blocks
are built or projected, and during the
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| houses 0nd handsome residences were
built " in the city limits. 1t las a
| numbi OF civic and social organizations
Its W eer-works, lying about two miles
| from town, assure the city not only OF a
good and pure supply of water, but, as
there is a normal pressure 10 the fire
hydrants of IA pounds TO the inch, i'm
munity from the ravages of that danger
GUS element is certain The water Is
! pumpedto high reservoir by powerful
machinery. It is taken from a tunnel
! which drifts across bed rock the full
width OF the valley. Under anything
like ordinary circumstances the supply
is more than ample. Building material
is very cheap as the surrounding noun
tains furnish lumbor and stones OF the
best character.
This method of developing a water
supply is worthy OF q complete and tech
nical description. Space however does
not permit this. The water is stopped
on the bed rock by sub-dralns. The To-
cation is in a wide swale or shallow val
ley leading down from the Pinos Altos
towards Silver City. No water what
ever runs on the surface. This under.
drainage is an important factor 10 the
economic development of the arid west
Silver City is q notable example. No
only has she an ample supply for domes
tic and sanitary purposes of a large city
not dependent on chance showers, bui
through her pumping system she is re
lieved as much as possible from danger
of fires.
The court house, the hospitals, tn,
fine blocks that line the business streets
the churches, the oommodious and com
Portable hotels, Of which there are four
give the city a metropolitan air. Th'
salubrious climate makes good the loca
claim as a sanitarium. Situated a
about 6,O00 feet elevation, at about 3
def rees 10 seconds north latitude, pro
tected by encircliDg mountains, all tn
conditions are perfect for the preserva
ton OF health or the restoration OF th
invalid to sound physical existence. Tn
springs are early and winters mild, Will
the summers are never torrid. The lal
itude is the same as that Of the north
ern coast of the Gulf Of Mexico. but tn
heat is tempered 10y an elevation G
more than a mile above the sea. Th
air is ozonated, and the influence Of th
pine forests is felt like balsam IN ever
breath. The invalid who settles her
will find his interest 10 life reviving II
VIII mix with a brainy, cultured pOpu
lace, and in a short time will fiEd him
self discussing business. He will fin
ground cheap and material plentiful {
build home, TO which purpose the uni
versal hospitality OF the people impg
him, and IN a short time he will fec
himself n useful member Of GROWN
and thriving community. Silver Cit
has a wonderfully bright future,
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