Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-02-24
CONSERVATIVE STATEMENTS.
What Colorado PrOspector Who Has
Been to COchiti Has to Say
of the Camp.
A Mineral Wonder-Miners Coming
Toll Road and Ferry 1ncor-
porated-Peter Powers
Plans.

Mr.. Charles Greenwood is in the city
from Cochiti. He is an old Colorado
miner, and for good many years past
has been resident of San Juan county.
Mr.. Greenwood has been in the Cochiti
district since Christmas in company with
two partners and has located claims, some
of which give indications of
BECOMING GOOD MINES.
A reporter for the New MEXICAN met
Mr.. Greenwood yesterday and succeeded,
after some persuasion, in obtaining an in
terview with him. What he says can be
relied upon, as he is most conservative
and inclined to be quite reticent. 1t was
with a great deal of hesitancy that he
consented to be interviewed as he is so well
known in the Colorado mining districts
that, as he explained, should he give any
thing of
A STARTLING NATURE
in regard to the district for publication,
it would be the means of bringing to the
place hundreds OF prospectors and miners
and this Mr.. Greenwood does not want
until he has more thoroughly examined
the district. With all his conservatism,
however, he can not conceal the fact that
he is enthusiastic over the future of the
district, and considers it
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
Mr.. Greenwood said: "The reports
which have been sent out regarding the
number of prospectors and miners in the
district have been greatly exaggerated.
There are not more than 100 people in
the entire district, and the majority of
these have come in during the last seven
or eight days.
sTwo OTHER PROSECUTORS
and myself were prospecting around
Amizett and Dolores and kept hearing
favorable reports from the Cochiti coun-
try, 80 we decided to go in there and
prospect. We reached the place on
Christmas day and have been there ever
since. Contrary to reports there are NO
accommodations in the district. There
are no stores and none even started. Two
town sites have been located, one in Pc
rata canon and one in Pine canon. The
men are now compelled to 60 to either
Santa Fe, Cerrillos or Albuquerque fo1
supplies. My belief is it will be goot
country.
"THE SURFACE PROSPECTS
will develop into more good mines thar
any camp have ever been in. The as
says from groupings average better thar
any have ever known. There have BEEF
great many claims staked and goo
many good prospects struck, but ther
has not as yet been any development
whatever. There is not prospect dow
to depth of thirty feet. The formation
is porphry, trachite and lime. Indica
lions all point to the veins being perma
nent, and if they are, then you may depen'
upon it Cochiti is wonder. The surfac
Indications are of such character as tt
lead me to believe that the veins attai
depth and are therefore permanent.
oil Iun north and south. The ore is all of
silicious nature. There 10 no lead, it be
ing all gold and silver. The veins are al
large. The quartz groupings are from
one and a half to twenty feet in width.
''The extent of the district has not We
been ascertained. As far as developed b,
prospectors it shows a mineral belt O
two and half miles wide by six mile
long. To the north, south and west o
these boundaries there has been no pros
pecting done as yet. The miners are en-
camped in either Pine, Peralto or Coll.
canon. 20
The canons run east and west and are
cut by the veins, which strengthens me il
my belief that the veins are permanent
A single vein has been traced for nine
different locations. am of the belize
that the country is all right and that 7
will prove very rich district. How
ever, do not like to give encouragement
to people to 60 into the district unless
they have little money or can receive
backing, as there is absolutely no en-.
ployment to be had at present. It is a
poor mans camp in one sense, that is
locations will be easy to sell after awhile