Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-12-19
GOLDEN COCHITI.
A Readable Review of the Big Things
the Great Camp is Now
UncOvering.

Mr.. George Marsh, editor of the Cochiti
Outlook, now In the city on brief Wait
from Bland, talks most entertainingly Of
that great mineral section.
In reply to queries of NEW MEXICAN
representative Mr.. Marsh expressed un-
bounded confidence in the great value of
the mines and the enduring future of the
Cochiti mining district. He wildly de-
scribes the mineral bearing lodges of the
district as veritable mineral wonders and
predicts that when promised milling
facilities are on the ground Cochiti will
speedily lead all the other wealth produc-
ers of New Mexico and the product will
be largely gold with profitable admixt-
ure of unjustiY deprecated and dshon-
ored silver.
He insists that the good people of
Santa Fe do not realize the immensely of
the mineral proposition within a mile of
Bland and are not reaching out for the
trade as they should.
He adds that deep mining is rapidly
dissipating all doubts as to the perma-
Better mineral has been found at the bot
tom Of the shafts of the Lone Star, the
| Union, the Crown Polnt, the Iron King,
the Albemarle and other neighboring
properties on Gold and Union hills than
was shown on the surface.
The Crown Point, the Iron King and
the Union are steady shippers. The
lower cross-cut on the Lone Star, about
300 feet from the surface, shows that
the thirty fve-foot ledge of quartz
varying in value from $40 to $4,000 per
ton, is continuous. Two rich pay streaks,
QUE about four feet wide and the other
about five feet wide, have been cut in the
lower level. It is estimated that at least
100000 worth of stopping ground has
thus been developed. Fifteen additional
men were started in on the development
of this great property on Monday. Some
rich ore will soon be shipped from this
mine, but Manager Lowthian expects
soon to have one of the famous Crook
mills on the ground whereby all Of the
mine, without sorting, at the rate of S.
per ton.
The Iron King ore is being treated at
the mill of the Cochiti Mining & Milling
company, of which John W. Bailey is
manager, at Alerton. The company has
developed an ample supply of water at
that point, drawing it's supply from Co.
chit canon through four-inch pipe and
storing the same above town in sub
stantial reservoir of 100000 gallons
capacity. The water plant of the COM
pany is one of the ipest in New Mexico.
1t is capable of supplying water for 1000
stamps, besides all that may be needed
for domestic Purposes. The mill is now
running night and day and witt satisfac-
tory results and the people of Allerton
are justly proud of the fact that they
draw pure water from hydrants the same
rs do the people of Santa Fe.
In concIullon Mr.. Marsh remarked that
the only thing that had stood in the way
of the rapid development of the district
grant controversy. The exhaustive decls-
ion Of the United States court of private
land claims, definitely deciding the bound
aries of the legitimate grant and open
ing to the public all the mineral lands of
the district, is accepted as final by all who
are actually on the ground and mining
operations are proceeding without inter
ruption, but the threat of an appeal to
the supreme court tends to deter men of
money from making Investments. in the
district. Capital is proverbially timid.
The concurrent opinions of learned law
yers encourages the belief that, even if
an appeal is formally taker, the United
States supreme court will hardly take
jurisdiction in case involving merely
question Of fact az to boundaries, which
has been distinctly passed upon by such
a competent and distinguished tribunal
as the United States court of private land
claims.