Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-05-04
COCHTTI GOLD DISTRICT.
lasts About One Of the Important In
terrriSeN Unjet WLN.
tHT BLAND tuNNIt COMPANY

Among the h,g rn,"rrrr-r IT the lie.
ui,t n the BianI tunnel rhr ru,"rprir,
WAS stated August Gih, lS1l, sui, When
ruuI ''t,pl, vii rht.ui . .NN' feet through
the cone IT Guld lilL AIIuug -,
ahult r,.h, Auri"-, AM al depth a
Nhuut 80 feet hr,uW the surface th,
great I"lp'r that crop uut a, IA" aI,-i II
I Ia" uuuutAln. The tunnel Nar b-,un N
IA" rurrhyry formation ~ ro,ut on III,
west bank II Pm canon. 81 feet al.,N,
| the ,rrrk l,sl. At the town Il Bland. Aul
wi terminal" Ahuui my feet Ahryr th.
uri 4 the creek N C"IlA canon Ou the
aI"l - THIS hill are h-Ar,i the celebrated
Washington, sunny SOUTH Nprth Star.
lone star, hing N"lomuu. Last Chance
~ :, ltuu = trru, turruA Ani ~. Namr
niurr thus iuuurl at" II uuu feet ~,
length - l,ipu feet III witt, yjrtuAlly
forming n ruup'lt iA'Iuu 1t th--- clAims,
l"-lirr IT," many hund leads and MINERAL
d"I"'rin ,hA, may hr encountered ~ The
prugr"-s Il the work
uoh III Aprh uu which the wash.
Irs'rn niur II rituAts,l. ~ I, ',uu feet from
Tie" town II bland, Aui the lt-lgr will hr
intrrr"'tri by the tunnel al tenth II
ahunt "a" feet fr,m the surface. The
Washington ledge IL "a the high-ri peak
~ the mineral b-li. aud It IN claimed los
many b. i,' the mother lplr Il the iiHtrirt
fhS ledge If lkru-d l., mammoth
.pIirr. frpm whose heal aud toll the
other numerous lodges "f grrA; NsIuo
rNiiA,r
by cnur'Au, work ur to the middle 81
MHich the hlHni tunnel war driven $50
feet. !, II rrvrn feet high. seven feet At
ia" hAr" Atd rlh and u half feet Acru-n
I'll" top. And lr ,i-sIgu,s! t. accommodate
double track The c.mpAu, has n
c"milrt" working uutht, with carr aud
track ~ place. PREPARATIONS arr nov
being male 10 rerum- sctiyr OPERATIONS
urIt month, when machinery frr urr.r.
cary ventilation will be- put IN 81 far
t~" blind leads have b--u encountered,
uu" =, ~ fee, And the other at / ~ feet
from the mouth II the tunnel, each show.
NIX III" chAraetrrIr,lr quartz trrnAtIun It
the dlrtrict, II ~ believed that within
100 feet the Iron Qnr"u l-,igr will IT, cut !,
the LArt thAucr ~ =, Iiu feet murr
And that ~ $40 feet muir the drllz will
IIrr'" a." gi"A, Washington lr,.,.-, ~
winch ,ur recent ne free gold strike az
been mAir
IT," bland tunnel ir the grAud-rt ru.
teri lie" undertaken IL the dIptrirt. fnr It
viii drhnlt"ly drmnnH,rAt" how much the
great VEINS ou todd ilIll will ncr-nr- IN
richn--S A. depth II gained, aud II Will
c"uhrn the thrury tina, many blind lraaS
much rirh-r than these -IIt-...d und-rl-
TIA" hill. The completion u the tunnel
will rnhRnc" the value If the Colla canon
and PrraltA canon mines hy guaranteeing
I" their "~nrr .,Si "u,l-, Tor their
pr'Iurt. and Abnvr all. II will TAP the
greatest known mineral veins II the Co.
chit district nj depth ui nearly 1000
feet fr'm the surface.
II IN AL rut-rprlHe tina, means much Ia
the community generally aud !, deserves
I" l- h-lp-i along hy our citizens. III.
officers II the company are W. W.
strong, presidents T. n Mitchell, wee
president; N !. Code, tr-nHIr-r. and NJ. |
l. Chase, secretary.