Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-05-21
AMONG THE MINERS.
COlOradOans Taking Great Interest il
COchiti-Nuggets Of News from
the Gold Camps.

The intelligent treatment the Denver
Republican gives Cochiti interests is in
marked contrast with the shftless state
ments that from time to time appear in
other Colorado journals in treating of the
sub iect. The Republican says:
"Cochiti, the gold camp in New Mexico,
is attracting so much attention that it, in
all probability, will have boom in a
short time. 1t is fortunate that Denver
men have become interested in it, for that
will tend to tie the district to this city
commercially. If it has much development,
the Denver & Rio Grande should extend
its Espanola line 80 as to connect the dis
trict directly with Denver. 1t is said that
the Santa Fe will build an extension of
its system to Cschiti, but that, while help
ing the camp, would tend to carry the
trade to Kansas City and Chicago. The
Denver & Rio Grande is at perfect liberty
to build into the interior of New Mexico,
the old agreement with the Santa Fe pro-
hibiting such an extension having been
abrogated. The development of good
camp at Cochiti would give the Rio Grande
people an excuse for southern ex-
tension, and if they built that far it would
not be long before they would go as far
as Albuquerque"
NUGGETS OF NEWS.
The Iron King put on an additional
force of men on Saturday.
Another rich strike is reported in the
Gold King mine at Amizett.
Mr.. W. f. Reed returned from Cochlti
last night. He says people continue to
pour into the district. Eagle City is
building up rapidly and he estimates the
population in PRO canon between the
'cliffs" and the Crown Point mine, dis
lance Of two and quarter miles, at 500.
j. B. Risque, superintendent of the Old
Abe mine at White Oaks, has accepted the
position of underground superintendent
of the Jesus Maria in Old Mexico. He will
be accompanied by j. p. Foley, also Of
the Old Abe, who will have charge of the
mill. The Jesus Maria is Senator Tabor's
famous world beater.
The publication by the Denver News of
an alleged description of Cochiti, the
new Colorado gold camp in New Mexico,
from the pen of Hon. Il. w. Woodbury.,
ought to warrant Mr.. Woodbury. in enter
ing proceedings for libel against that
paper.
In accordance with orders from Wash
ington, the mail route from this city to
Cochiti will be discontinued after We'd
nesday aud thereafter the mail will reach
the camp via Wallace by which ronte the
mails will get into Allerton and Eagle
some four hours earlier.
The first copy of the Cochiti Call, pub.
lished weekly at Eagle City, reached the
New MEXICAN office to-day. 1t is daisy
chock full of news, and will go long
way toward convincing the public that
Cochiti's boom has come to stay. Success.
to Editor Lightfoot.
| COCH1TI CALL CULLINGs.
We have repeatedly been asked by peo.
pie of the district if the Call would be
q daily. In answer we will say that We
expect as much within the next sixty
days.
| The following named mines are regular
shippers out of the camp. There are q
number of others that are now in pay ore
, and in short time Will be added to the
list: Lone Star, Crown Point, Iron King
and Last Chance.
The Crown Point Mining company are
erecting bunk and boarding houses pre-
paratory to putting on large force Of
men about the first of next month. The
Lone Star and Iron King are also in
creasing their forces gradually.
Go away from home to hear the news
The so-called grant scare" is not bother
ing the miners and mine owners Of Co
chit. We assert, and defy succussful con
tradiction, that all of the best mines in
the Cochiti district are on government
land and that the so-called ''grant scare
was gotten up by designing persona
based upon selfish motives to extort 9
few paltry dollars from the enterprising
| miner.