Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-03-08

them in which have used the anerold are
ess than 500 feet lower than tho immedi-
ate ridges. The highest groupings which
have visited are Immediately above the
Chicago, in which l am interested and
which the aceroid indicates to be 5000
feet, which is upwards of 100 feet above
Cola canon on the south and nearly 800
feet above Pine canon on the north.
1.-THE ore zone on base line, as far as
explored, 10 about six miles wide east and
west. The lodes or lodges running north
and south are we'll defined for distance
of ten miles, or from the Canada Ojo de
Oso on the south to the Canada de Cochiti
on the north.
LONG ORE ZONE.
From the general trend of the lodes
this is undoubtedly the same ore zone
coming from White Oaks on the south and
running through the Ouray country, in
Colorado, to the Dakotas.
"Should the district stand the test of
the general average and show profit,
beyond all working expenses of 50 ton,
this must eventually become the greatest
mining camp on the American continent.
"The country is abundantly supplied
with excellent timber, pine and spruce
predominating. Many of the pines are
more than four feet in diameter.
PLENTY OF WATER.
"The Canada de Peralta on the south
and the Canada de Cochiti are distant
about nine miles on base line, and are
we'll supplied with fine streams of excel
lent water which can be brought into
territory intervening between these two
canons may be termed dry camp, SO far
rs providing water for heavy machinery,
but enough may be secured for all
domestic purposes.
at is my present judgment, taking for
granted the mines will prove paying and
permanent, that railroad will be cor
structed from the center of the district
down to the Rio Grande where reduction
on a large scale will be done.
RICH ASSAYS.
81 am interested in eight claims on
which we are now doing the discovery
work. Large results have been obtained
from claims north and south of my inter-
ests. Samples of ore have been furnish
ed me by different parties, claimed to
have been taken from their locations,
that assayed from $50 to $1,4S7 ton.
In every instance the gold values run
from 30 to 35 per cent of the gross value.
Il would be exceedingly pleased to be
able to state to you that had anything
approaching these values in the claims
I am interested in. The average obtained
by me thus far is not of the value to
make me over sanguine. We are in
hopes, however, in the near future to be
able to develop values that will Justify
large milling operations. When I OBJ
tain such results I will not only be re-
ioiced within myself but will be glad to
avail myself of the NEW MEx1oAN's col
umns to announce, not only to my friends,
but to the world at large, that Cochiti is a
rich district and that the town of Aller-
ton will be the center of great mining
operations.
SANTA FE's OPPORTUNITY.
"Unless there is a change in the rail
road facilities there is no town in New
Mexico so we'll favored with opportuni'
ties to make most excellent road to the
new district and to thereby sennre TIE
trade as Santa Fe. tor the following
reasons A l:Io drawn nearly due west
! briggs Santa Fe within twenty-five miles
or less of the town of Allerton. There is
a gradual descent to the Rio Grande and
most favorable place for fine road
over the rolling land that lies west of the
Rio Grande.
"The road from Cerrillos is not fav-
ored by nature.
"Although the distance is less from
Wallace, the crossing of the Galisteo end
the deep. drifted sands toward Pena
Blanca and after passing that point the
deep sands at the mouth of the Santa Fe
and the crossing of the river bottom at
that point, will always make it heavy
and tedious road. Although the distance
from Santa Fe IS greater geographically
taking the measurement of time into con-
sideration it is much closer, providing,
the citizens of Santa Fe will go to work
and avail themselves of the direct route
that can be easily obtained from this city
to the mines"