Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-05-10
THE MINES.
Eagle City's GrOwth-Red River
Grayel-RumOred Great
Gold Find-NOteS.

John Fewell, of the Fewell-Patterson
Stage company, returned from a business
trim to the Cochiti mining district last
evening. He had his drivers sworn In,
and has already commenced carrying the
U. s. mail between Santa Fe and Eagle or
Bland, as the booming little mountain
CITY has been rechristened. Cliff Arnold
has been appointed postmaster there. MT.
Jewell says the new town is hummer.
Thirteen buildings were put up and nine
new stores, saloons and restaurants were
opened there on Tuesday. Lots are in de-
mand at from 1875 to $4O0 each.
THE RED RIVER PLAoERs.
Messrs. r. j. Helm, L. A. Hughes and
other Santa Feans who have recently &C.
cured placer claims on Red river, in Taos
county, to-day sent men up to the camp
over the narrow gauge to complete thell
assessment work. They have the most
gratifying reports from Jack Reeves, q
Colorado expert, who was last week sent
to make an examination of these claims
MIR. Reeves finds that the gold is rather
coarser than that on the Chama river
there is an abundance of water, and nj
estimates that the gravel will yield $l'5(
per cubic yard.
REPORTED NEW FIND.
News reaches the New MEXICAN vii
Eagle City that, if surface indications ar
not deceptive, gold find of no incon
siderable Importance has been mad
within few days in Bernalillo county
near the Rio Puerco. Jas. d. May, on
of the lucky owners Of the Crown Poin
mine, has located ten claims there an
Chas. Bonsall of Albuquerque, is also il
on the ground floor. Mr.. May is no
quite positive about its richness, but tn
fact that he has staked ten claims show
that he has great hopes of the ultimat
result. The mineralized formation lay
in great bodies and is thought to be fire
milling. Samples are now being testet
The find is fifteen miles west of Albl
oueroue and the same distance north {
the A. 4 P. road.
MINE ECHOES.
Fewell & Patterson sent out this morl
ing four wagons loaded with flour and pt
tatoes consigned by S. s. Beatty to F.
Mitchell at Eagle City. The latter is d.
ing slashiug business III the gener
merchandise line.
Cliff Arnold, of the firm of Arnol
r e. Fletcher, shipped this morning fro
:. Santa Fe the iron front for the new dru
- store and postofice at Eagle. He ais
shipped out another lot of drugs al
stationery for the store of his firm.
: Girls Sellman, of Las Vegas, is enthus
n astic over the Cochiti gold mines in gel
,. eral and the prospects of Eagle City
particular. He has bought several 10
there and means to build. He will
g in Santa Fe this evening.
s From twelve to fourteen big wage
y loads of ore are being shipped daily fro
the Lone Star mine to Wallace. Them
it goes to the smelter at Socorro fl
Il treatment. 1t averages about 800 p
. ton in gold and silver.
S L. A. Mead, of Chicago, the mining ms
who shot his cousin and two others
a Good Hope camp, six years ago, spe
Yesterday in the city. He is on his WI
to Arizona where he has taken 5000
=. bond on the Morning Glory mine.
9 John j. Ludi is in from Willow Sprin
near Borrego Spring, Cochiti district.
o says six foot lodges out their yield und
assay $3.50 to the ton. There are 4
= miners in that vicinity and new distri
N will be organized on Sunday next.