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

miners find it a decided saving OF laOoH
10 tunnel in from the bottom of the al
most perpeadicuiar-sided canyons. IN
this way the ore bodies are reacAeu
with a great saving Of labor
The discoveries and developments up
10 this time are scattered over DIS
tr:ct three of four miles square. There
have been found some pockets contain
ing ore which yielded s. 000 70 SS,UOO
TO the ton But the great bodies OF ore
range from $50 to SIS ton upward
Prospect shafts have been sunk consld-
cradle distances without finding the
bottom of the gold-bearing rock. a
fair average Of the field is said TO be
$50 q ton. OF course ore Of that Value
cannot be mined and hauled out OF such
a district with profit. 1t must be han
died near where II Is found. II exists
in immense quantities. 1t can be blast
ed and thrown down with ease and at
little cost. 1t can be hauled down the
CANYON by a railroad. These are the
elements which enter into the estimate
of the new fields Importance. and these
are the conditions which have led to
the development of an interesting en-
terpr.se.
Cochiti les on the Rio Grande, just
below the famous White Rock canyon.
Coming down from the plateau OF Col
orado the river has cut for its way
gorge from 800 to 1000 feet deep and
from 200 to 1000 feet wide. This IS
the source Of power. There are nat
ural points in the canyons for dams.
One of them is at the mouth OF the
White Rock canyon and nearly oppo-
site where Pine canyon opens upon tha
river. At lis mouth the canyon OF the
White Rock is only 500 feet wide, Wits
nearly perpendicular walls from 800
TO 500 fee, high.
Two dams IN the canyon are contem-
plated by the plan of the company. Ths
water power thus created is TO furnish
the electric power for operating the
mines. The dams will back the waters
IN reservoirs ten miles long and from
q quarter TO a half mile in width. \
double use Of the water is contem-
plated.
While the mountains come down to
She river on the C0chiti side. there is =
wide level valley on the Santa Fe side.
When the water has been used for pow
err. It will be drawn off through bitches
to this plain and used for the irrigation
OF thousands of acres of fertile land.
The mining and reduction works will
bring 10 the Cochiti district many pe0-
pie. ana there viii be an immediate
market for all OF the produce that may
be raised IN the vicinity. The feasible
approach to the district IS from the
Santa Fe side. and q railroad from th.i
city 10 the Pine VIII be the first step
in this enterprise The canyon has
been examined by engineers. There IS
said 70 be nothing in the way Of rail-
road construction up the Pine from the
river 10 Bland. And when the road IS
built the estimate is that the Gre can
be hauled ont of the mines 10 the re-
ductiOu works probably for the trans
portatOn company at from $3.50 10
$500 q ton. With railway and reduc-
ton works In operation on such plan,
and with the utilization Of electric
power thus derived from the storage o.
water IN the White Rock canyon, it ap-
pears that the lowest grade ores can b4
turned ont with profit The whole
proposition is a fascinating one.
Hundreds OF locations have been
made and several hundred people have
established themselves at Bland and q
ne.ghboring town called Allerton to
wait for the railway and the reduction
works.