Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1894-05-07
AMONG THE MINES.
Mr.. Helm Sizes Up Cochiti's Greatness
-Newsy Notes from the Hum
ming Camps.

Supt. T. j. Helm, of the narrow gauge
road, who spent Friday last looking over
Cochiti in company with Messrs. j. D.
Hughes and j. W. Akers, says: "It is i'm
possible to exaggerate the situation out
there. 1t is such wonderfully big min
eral proposition that the average man
can't grasp it. Fully 1000 miners are in
the district now and this will be multi
piled by three or four ere the summer is
over. After looking over the Lone Star
mine I don't wonder that Mr.. Lowthian
says nothing but saws wood 1 do not
believe that an offer of $5,000,000 would
induce him to part with his property
cooHIT1 COMMENT.
The more that is learned about the
gold camp in New Mexico, known as Co.
chiti, the better appears its outlook for
the future. The recent shipments Of
several car loads of ore to the Socorro
smelter has brought returns showing the
ore to be very high grade. Fortunately,
there seems to be no foundation for the re-
port that the mines are situated within the
limits of aSpanish or Mexican grant. The
Atchison, Topeka g. Santa Fe company
will build an extension to the camp in a
short time, and it is hoped that the Den
YER & Rio Grande will do the same thing.
| The extension of the Rio Grande to the Co.
chiti district would open the way for the
still further extension of that road into
the interior of New Mexico.-Denver Re-
publican.
CONTEST OVER FERRY RIGHTS.
The contest over the ferry rights across
the Rio Grande to the Coch1ti mines is
still pending. Messrs. June Hunt, DR.
Hestwood, ct. al, who are endeavoring te
establish an opposition ferry above
Cochiti, this morning served an injunc
tion on Col. Moore and Secretary Miller
to restrain the latter from interfering
with the proposed new ferry. Messrs
Moore and Miller hold extensive ferr,
rights from the Indian owners of the lane
on both sides of the river, while Mr.. Hun
and his associates hold franchise from
Bernalillo county. More than this, the In
dians object to the establishment of nev
ferry at their pueblo. Conservative law
yers express the opinion that the Bernal
lilo county franchise is worthless.
TIPS FROM THE HILLS.
Santa Fe merchants ought to get thei
representatives into Cochiti towns an(
drum trade.
Four Colorado capitalists, owners o
rich mines at Cripple Creek, are closing
deals for Cochlti claims.
John Martin returned from Cochiti OF
Saturday hight. He thinks big towns
are soon to be built over there.
If claim owners will display some sor
of reason in their demands they can ge
all the capital necessary to develop thei
claims.
P. H. Barber, Beecher Twitchell Georg,
Smith and six Others have engaged pass
age with the Fewell-Patterson stage com
pany for Cochiti tomorrow morning.
Rich strikes have been made in uppe
Pine and Borrego Springs region within
few days. The lodges of rich mineraizet
quartz opened at these two widely diver
gent points are almost too big to tall
about until assay returns are had.
Mr.. James Lightfoot, late of Crippl
Creek, newspaper man and practica
miner, is in from Cochiti to visit two
days with his family. He says Cochiti i
a world beater sure enough and promise
to. prove it in to-morrow's issue of tn
New MEXICAN.
Mr.. Lowthian is daily putting new mel
on at the Lone Star. He expects to hav
$50 men on his pay roll this week. Th
Crown Point is also increasing its work
ing force. Miners expect to see 500 mel
at work on these two properties inside o
sixty days.