Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-05-12
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Prof. kuyk.ndsll. = we'll known mining
expert. writing IN the Mining Record Of
Denver, Gays
The new Cochiti mining camp which IN
causing considerable excitement through
out New Mexico, In ab0ut forty miles
north " Albuquerque, aud is In Berna-
lilo county. wAiiscs In the nearest rail.
rad station, which 10 nineteen miles frum
Allertou. the largest town In the new
camp, although there are several town
sites laid uif Two ur three haze stores,
restaurants and saloons. We travelled
seventy miles through and along the
mineral belt and found everything niskc,l
with but very little work done except in
few places. The mineral belt seems To-
lie narr'w ar near as We could determine,
the formation IL porphyry or belongs Ia
the purphyry family The bel, IN both
Auritsrous and Argentiferoua, The noun
tains Ar~ steep hut not inaccessible. The
camp In what In called blind camp.
with N few exceptions whore large quartz
Lodges crop cut boldly. and in soinr cascs
stand twenty feet abov. he anil.
! Mos, IL the mineral hearing r,ck, In
/ PLACE seems Ia ho either capped with
, trap rock ar covered with slide rock.
! The mountains are covered with rpl-n-
did mining timber, plenty IL II large
enough for saw timber and plenty nfgUsi
water Ia III. main cAnons. Daily hacks
run frum Wallace ~ the camp Mr..
Horne. ~ albuquerque, owns III. hack
line, and Ia bringing Ia new stock daily
49, th. trade increases.
some NJ the iinest scenery We have ever
viewed may b- seen IN different parts oI
,h- camp. far SURPRISING that "f the
Grand Canon ar the Garden II the tiods
The climate ia unsurpassed. cool W
summer, and but little snow in winter
The course 4 the mineral belt IL very
nearly north and south
The most prominent mines yet opene,
are the Lone Star, which has u quartz
ledge twenty seven fee, wide; we ,ool
samples for over half that distance
across the ledge; assay rcturns show |
Ia lie pruhtabl. smelling ere; II run
we'll in both gold AMI silver, AZ Ito sever
al other quartz lodges from which w
took samples
The Iron King loic has large quart
ledge and is an extension of the Lon
Star The Crown Point lode In Anothe
quartz l.,ige which has just shipped |
ear load Of ore milling one hundre,
dollars per ton; one mile from the Crow
Point another lead Ii located known n
tle Washington nine; u quartz ledg
from twenty 10 thirty feet wide which ha
pay ore in abundance. Unfortunately
IL IN the hands Of the sheriff. being badl
, mixed up in litigation Still farther 4
To. west In the Whale, also locst.i Cn
quartz ledge thirty feet wide. To th
northeast In the Mans DIFFUSION lode. on
II the largest quartz leads in camp. an'
is said Ia run we'll. The course ~ thee
leads is about north n d south. Their
, IL plenty Of deer aud wild turkeys in III
north and west parts 81 the camp W
hal plenty Of veniscn while on our tour
Mr. Dunlap has located q tunnel sit
Mt III. base 81 the mountain. intending /
cut these lodges at great depth.
The ore II the camp, IL think. Pet
u rite. although that can only b. dr,ermiu
rd by u chemical test, ~ the only thin
that resembles ore in the quartz ia 4 blu
I lHh cloud h. I've and there,