Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-07

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about ten miles wide. Two veins thus
far opened show from forty to fifty -three
inches of A No. bituminous coal. The
openings are by slope or entries and the
vein matter dips at an angle of about
fifteen or sixteen degrees.
Various properties have been opened
to depth of from fifty to 400 feet ano
results show the vein matter to be regular
and improving both in size as well as the
coal itself.
Col. Theo. w. Heman, than whom nc
man is better posted concerning the re-
sources of his section of the country, gave
the writer an analysis which he had made
of the coal. 1t is as follows:
Moisture ....'..''.' 1..o per cen.
Volatile Matter ..,...............,35. 1888 per cent
Fixed Carbon .....................50 .2l per cent
Ash .......................11.S IS per cent
Total ...,....... ,...'..'''.. loo.oo per cent
Sulphur 0.61 per cent
CarboriRc power: 1l.756 British Thermal
This is very good coking coal, with high
heating power. Special tests applied show
that it makes an excellent, strong, silvery
coke, with yield of about SO per cent OF the
original coal.
ST. Lonis Samplng & Testing Works,
WM B. POTTER, Mgr.
The face of the entry from which the
colonel picked this coal had not been
worked for twelve months, but was ex-
posed during all this time, therefore there
is every reason to believe the analysis
would have been even better had the coal
been worked or the sample analysed
taken from greater depth from the sur
face. 1t is splendid coking coal and all
bituminous. There are three veins that
lie southeast of White Oaks that can be
traced for twelve miles and are from forty
to tifty-four inches in width near the sur
face and widen as depth is acquired. In
strength, that is, capacity to bear up
charge in the smelling furnace, White
Oaks coke exceeds that from the Goals Of
Colorado and West Virginia and is only
equaled by those of the Connellsvill'
region OF Pennsylvania. 1t produces 81
per cent more coke than the New Castl,
Goals, from which coke has hitherto beer
made in commercial qualities, and viii
bear per cent heavier charges.
Nowhere else on the continent is Their
such chance for railroad and the won
der is one has not been built ere this
Texas has no coal, nor has the Texas Pa
citic railroad, nor the Southern Pacific
between San Francisco and New Orleans
and the other roads at Ell Paso pay tn
Santa Fe railroad about $4,000 day TO
Trinidad and Cerrillos coal.
| The coal fields, however, have neve
been fully defined, there being coal foun
for forty miles around the mountain
from Tularosa via Willow Springs, tn
Indian reservation up almost to Fol
Stanton, extending to the headwaters {
the Pecos aud around to White Oak
The coal is as rich in gas generatln
qualities as the Pittsburg coal and wi
make as good coke for smelling purpose
It is estimated that the coal could
mined and loaded on the cars at Il col
not to exceed So to $3.50 per ton, if thel
was railroad near the mines.
MARBLE BEDS.
In the matter of fine marble nature he
indeed been prodgal to this section. O
Lone mountain are great veins of marb
-Hhite, black and notified. 1t is ola fin
ness which renders it superior to the We
mont product. These marble beds ha,
been opened at many points, are easy {
access, and when railroad shall place
market within their reach must constitu
a source of great wealth to this sectic
and furnish another profitable industl
to its people. There are also large bee
of fine grade of sandstone that can
ouarried at small expense. They wi
furnish an inexhaustible supply of bull
| II Tn foo sandctn1
and limestone are as abundant and
such great variety that quarries to
numerous to mention could be started
secure building rocks of any size ar
kind that might be desired, and
various hues, red, blue, gray and whit
White and black marble deposits of IL
finest quality exist within three miles
the town; this marble is susceptible
the highest polish.
These marble beds have been tho
oughly investigated and have been four
to be extensive enough to furnish all tt
building material required in the westel
half of this country for many years
come. They are now lying dormant fl
the want of railroad. Statistics a
easily obtainable to convince the mo
skeptical that the marble and stone tn
can be auarred are enough in themselv
to Justify the construction of roa
Many experts have examined the be-
aid they all unite in pronouncing the
as fine as any to be found in the Unit
States.
MOUNTAINS OF IRON.
Both in the White Oaks and Nogal d
tricts are to be found immense bodies
magnetic iron ores, the value of viii
can not be computed until railroad
built to them. When this ardent wish
the White Oaks people is accomp lish
{ the town will blossom forth as one of t
great iron manufacturing centers of t
country. This is no idle boast, but
based upon facts and figures that can
easily verified. The deposits are of su
! magnitude as to furnish material for ma
iron foundries.
It is we'll known and establish
geological fact that when iron and &C
are found together, as in Pennsylvan
Alabama, Tennessee, in England and els
I where, the quantities of the two m
: terials is immensely greater, and gene
ally much better and purer. On Lo
mountain, in the Captains and in t
Jicarillas great beds of iron ore can
traced for distance of 100 miles. TIL
outcrop within two and half miles
White Oaks and have been opened
many points. A shaft on Lone mounta
at depth of eighty feet shows depol
of iron ninety feet wide. The ore is
} the very finest quality, carrying from
to 70 per cent of metallic iron and fir
from sulphur and PHOSPHORUS. For t
manufacture of steel rails this is not ST
passed by any of the iron deposits in t
United States. Within nine miles of t
town, in the Baxter mountains, lying
the northwest, can be obtained very ID
specimens of magnetic iron ore, some