Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-03-01
THE COCHITI RUSH.
The Ferry Company's Franchise-The
Mines on Public DOmain-AsSay
Office Established
Prospect0rs.

Col. I. F. Moore and his associates,
Messrs. Lorion Miller and J. w. Akers,
have secured an exclusive franchise fer
the establishment of cable ferry and toll
road near Cochiti leading into the new
gold mining district. The papers were
signed yesterday at Cochiti, by Victor
Zunia, governor, and every member of
the pueblo council, in the presence of
Capt. j. l.. Bulls, U. s. Indian agent.
The franchise runs for FIVE years; author
ICES the construction of a bridge also, if
desirable, and gives the Cochiti Transpor-
tation company exclusive rights to oper-
ate ferry or ferries, build tollrosds, etc,
anywhere within the boundaries of the
Cochiti pueblo grant.
Col Moore to-day let the contract for
the ferry boat to Antonio Windsor. It is
to be ten feet wide, sixty feet long and
eighteen inches in depth "and must be
ahoat in twenty days"
MR.. LowrH1AN ON THE GROUND.
Mr.. Thos. Lowthian, of Denver, accom-
panied by fo capitalists and several
miners left Cerrillos yesterday for Cochiti
camp. As hitherto announced, Mr.. Low
THAN is one of the most conservative
into Cochiti in January and staked
number of claims, writing to DR.. Long
will that, judging from indications on
the surface, it was the most promising
district he had ever seen. Since then he
has continued to send Colorado miners
into camp and he and his associates have
located twenty-eight claims. For three
weeks past Mr.. Lowthian has been in
Denver, receiving samples of ore every
few days, which he had Burlingame assay.
The results are said to be highly satisfac-
tory. At any rate, Mr.. Lowthian took in
with him a skilled metallurgist and q
complete assay apparatus, which will be
in full operation as soon as tents are
pitched.
TO SEEK A SHORT ROUTE.
Messrs. L. A. Hughes .and.J. W. Akers,
left for Cochiti at sunrise this morning.
They go to make a critical examination
of the road between Santa Fe and the
camp. 1t is said cut off can be made
north of Cochiti pueblo that will make
the distance only about twenty-seyen
miles from this city to the new town Of
Allerton.
Accompanying these parties we're sew
eral miners who QUILTED here last night
and 60 in to prospect. Miner Durgin
also went along to prospect for Mr..
Valentine Carson and others.
ANOTHER PARTY.
l.. B. Dewey, H. B. Pringle, Joseph By
water and E. Kornfort, of Rico, Colo, are
at the Bon Ton hotel. They are old Colo
RADIO miners and will outfit for Cochiti
to-day. Snow does not seem to act as an
impeachment to Colorado men.
NOT ON A GRANT.
The Albuquerque Citizen of Tuesday
contains long article in which it claims
that all these mines are on grant, and
| from which the inference is drawn that
| prospections will be required to
deal with the owners thereof before they
can get title.
This is not only unfair and misleading,
but may sure to give the Cochiti camp a
very unenviable name abroad, for nothing
| is so DETRIMENTAL to success as mint that
titles are bad.
The NEW MEXICAN has taken some
pains to investigate and finds that the
Way, Lowthian and other mines where
development is in progress are not on a
grant, but upon public domain. Details
of this investigation will be given in
to-morrow's issue.