Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-04-06

them-is secured, a man can take out
800 rock every foot of his assessment
work. Now do not care how refractory
the ore is 300 ton is big money; and
this kind of ore runs from the discovery
stake down. There is no dead develop
ment work. Every bit of it is in pay
rock As the fellows who have the
claims say: eff poor man can not work
in this camp he can not work any where"
ALLERToN
is the principal town and is situated
about ten miles, by road, northwest of
the pueblo of Cochiti. 1t has telephone
connection with Cerrillos on the main
line of the A., T. & s. F. railroad, has
water piped to it in three-inch main
and has three daily stage lines. 1t is only
few weeks old but is already postoffice
of the United States. There is not a
single lot remaining in the hands of the
Townsite company. A good wagon road
goes on for five miles further. Good &C.
| commodations are furnished at reason
able rates, and supplies are sold nearly as
cheaply as in the larger cities. All the
canons are easily accessible from it, and
| it is in Pine canon. 1t will be an i'm
portant distribution point for this great
and extensive country. The general dis
position of the store and lodging house
keepers is to fairness. Here are some of
the prices: Meals, SO cents; lodging in a
good bed, ST.; bacon, best, Is and 16
cents per pound; canned goods about 2
cents piece higher than in town; and in
the one saloon in the camp whisky is only
bit per drink.
CLIFF CITY
is at the end of the wagon road in Pine
canon, and all l know about it is that
every lot in it sold on pencil sketch be-
fore proper drawing could be made.
The prices were $50 for corner and $25
for inside lots.
is town just at the mines. 1t is two
miles and half beyond the wagon road;
and there is not a lot for sale in it to-day.
Eagle and Cliff City were staked out
about the same time. Lots are doubling in
value as the crowd comes In.
KENT.
In Peralta canon is the town of Kent.
Most of the Albuquerqueans are located
here. 1t is needless to say that the
new town is boomer and has every
reason to be proud of its location.
1t has a good road, good claims, big
lodges and great confidence. In all these
towns the sale of lots is only restricted
by the width of the canon. It is sign
of prosperity to see the complacent looks
of the store-keepers. Everyone of them
has been to considerable outlay, but is
SURE he will get it back.
THE OLDEST STAKE.
The Oldest stake I saw in the camp was
abont fifteen miles up the Medic Dia
canon, on the "Per Alta" located August
10, 1890. No assessment work was done,
but relocated February 25, 1894. 1t is
certainly curious that these big lodges
have not been found sooner. The Medic
Dia and Cochiti canons are known as the
Mexican canons because of the large num-
bep of prospectors of that nationality
who are in them.
THOROUGHNEss.
One feature that will strike the new
conner in the camp is the thoroughness
with which the occupied country has been
prospected. BY this 1 do not mean that
all the ground is claimed, but what is
staked out has been carefully gone over
before the monuments were placed. By
the way, there is some misunderstanding
in camp as to whether discovery stake
and proper description will hold claim
without placing the corner stakes or
monuments. I have carefully read the
law and it specially requires the placing
of the four corner monuments, and a
designation of the claim in the notice by
reference to some material ject or land
mark. The essentials of the notice &C.
cording to the law of New Mexico are the
date, direction of lode, direction of lines,
name of claim, some Identification by a
permanent natural landmark and witness
| ing. At least so reads the law.
| HOW TO GET THERE.
If from the north, as most of the pros
pectors are now coming, Santa Fe is the
cheapest, BEST the only QUILTING point.
No matter what lie said, you can in the
big establishments of the capital get
cheaper and better steel, powder, caps,
etc., provisions, accommodations and
everything necessary than at any other
point. The wagon road is about the same
length from Santa Fe as from the other
places, and besides it is far better, harder,
straighter, more level and for that reason
shorter. Those going over the Santa Fe
road have the shortest and best route to
the ferry, which Is controlled in the in
terest of Santa Fe. In ten days from
now the Rio Grande will not be fordable.
After that time those who do not want to
put up with vexatious delays or a round
about journey had better outfit in Santa
Fe. The trip will be shorter, pleasanter
and cheaper than by any other route.
CONCLUSION.
1t is only necessary to say that the
scenery is unsurpassed. From any of the
higher elevations clear view is had of
more than 100 miles of the Rio Grande
| valley, and half dozen mountain ranges
loom up in all their grandeur. The man
who can view the life map of New Mex
leo without feeling it's beauty is not
worth wasting description on. have
not entered into any of the railroad pro-
jects mooted, because if the D. l. R. G. or
the Santa Fe will send one of their ex-
perts to the camp to examine its re-
sources, his report will so far outvie this
writing in it's praise that it would look
foolish. have also made no attempt to
/ compile camp directory in which every
personal mention was bought and paid for,
nor have desired to weary the readers with
tables of assays. He would not believe
them anyway. This, however, do say,
before the close of the first week of May,
thirty days from now, there will be be-
tween 1900 and 1900 hardy, contented
prospectors in the Cochiti country, and
when they begin to push out into unex-