Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-17

Discovered - The New Town OF
Bland in the Cochiu Gold District
of New Mexico.
Santa Fe. y. w.. August 16.-With
sarJoaic regard for the fitness Of things
miners who are stalking our claims and
developing prospects in the recently dis
covered gold district of Cochiti call their
new town BLAND" Coch.ti IS thirty
miles due ives, from Santa Fe, as the
telephone poles stand, but a somewhat
longer distance as the burro travels. 1t
is proposition Of gold, gold
everywhere. and no way to get
+. out. Experienced miners who
have ramped over the district
saw that a thousands tons Of ore a day
copli be produced. But Of what use are
.rast lodges of low grade rotten gran
ire" If twenty-five miles of wagOning or
burro.1g over q ragged road is between
them and the nearest railroad point
and IF To- the hauling and packing must
also be added q second transportation
charged before the place of reduction Is
reached? With this disadvantage sew
eral OF the mines are being worked.
The ore is assorted. and that which IS
sent over the mountains and then trans
ported by rail to sme.ters pays these
charges and Yields profit OF from SO
20 hundreds of dollars a ton.
One of the traditions OF New Mexico
IS that there are many lost mines. An
other is that there are also many lost
springs. This CCuDTy is supposed 20
have been much more attractive than 1t
IS now. The Pueblo Indians rose in re-
volt In the first full moon OF August.
1850. When they had driven the
SDan!ards down .n-0 Old Mexico they
set TO work 90 change the condition 50
that there would be little temptation
20 rcc0nQuer New Mexico. This idea
inspired the filling Of mines which had
been opened and worked during the
former Spanish occupation. The In
dians. with great care, destroyed all
traces Of many mines. it is said. This
is not so surprising as what they did with
the springs. IL is tradition. and the
statement is commonly accepted as his
t0rical truth chat in their labors TO rem
der the country 3s uninviting as posi-
BILE these Indians suppressed numerous
springs. Such results were accom-
pl.Shed I'm an ingenious manner. The
Indians dug down and cleared away the
dirt until they found the crevices of tho
rock through which the water came.
They took -hc tibr0us bark Of species
of fir tree and tamped e into the crew
ices. AS the m1terla, became water
soaked &c swe'lej until it plugged the
holes c.ght, and no. drop came
through.
A year ago there was no Bland. ~
Ccchiti rs q mining camp had barely be-
began % be- a sheep herder was enter
tanning himself over the exploration oil q
moist place with a view 90 the possible
restoration of hidden spring Look
ing occasionally 90 the movement Of
his flock De devoted days 10 digging.
lie was successful The rock was
reached and the distractions were re
moved But Che herder saw evidences
Of something more than a spring. re
found some remains of the rude but ef-
Too. fa
5oo "a. ,..,' ~ r.,. .,,,+ ,-,i5 So,
---. -, 80. 49, 5;ss,,.o-o5 alloj
ne w.. .,.,, - oo,.,-,s- So,
49, q, NO -,,s-, H. o,,,'r.;-ia, ~.
w. 'b,l 49, +sIs~ uo 49,. crt so,,o
o.o $50 So, ,.Ss~e rbo Sne,is~Is bo5 1of-
cN ~,i,i-c jr tcS6 4o b~crg5t +bs
.-,.-:.,,.-s -o $40 ia avn t0i5 Lts
s.orv This was r5e baeirr,a NJ -bs de-
r,loDme7t of the Cochiti district. Pros
rrc-ors foeked 70 The reopened mine.
/ They scattered an through the region. II
was not long until the ancient citv re-
allied that almost AZ her gates was q
great possibility.
Rotten granite" is the name the
miners gave tho C0,hit; ore Some de-
scribe the formation as collaborating
| lodges" Others say the ore lies in
"blanke- sheets" The distric. pos
seses characteristics peculiarly SIS own.
There IS no other Just like Fl. C0chiti
lies on the west side of the R:o Grande