Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-12-13
THE GOLDEN COCHIVI.
Blasts Booming in All Parts of This
Great Mining District-Littgati0n
SettIed-Prospective Mill
at AIlcrtOn.

The booming OF BLASTING on the wilson
is resouuding with the e. oes that this
valuable property is becoming one of the
best in the district with development.
George Smith began work today with o
force of men on the Emerald, Point Breeze
and Dolly Warden, three of the leading
mining claims in Cola canon.
Work on the Albuq ue, the fine Cola
canon property belonging to Albuquer.
que parties, ia progressing steadily and
showing the claim up in the best shape.
The New York, q very valuable prop.
ertv in Peralta canon and which is largely
ow ed by j. O. Fournoy, of the Whitney
company of Albuquerque, is being devel
oped and is showing up well.
The actual extent of mineral land in
and surrounding the Cochir mining dis
trlct is impossible of conception at the
present, but that it is enormous and
doubtless of great Importance and value
is not gainsaid by those who have trav-
ersed this part of country.
The assessment work on the Fraction
was completed yesterday. In this work
strong three foot lead of highly mineral
lzed quartz was opened up. The Fraction
is valuable property lying south of the
Washington mine and belonging to ID. b.
Cartwright and L. B. Ward of Santa Fe.
The work being done on the valuable
Cola canon property, well known as the
Sixty-Tree, by Square Smith, is shows
the property up we'll. The Sixty-Three'
ad Joins the T. s. K. on the north aud is
the property of Ed Dodd, Major and Don
Rankin, and Judge Trimble of Albuquer-
que, and shows great promise of becom-
ing one of the leading mines of Cola
canon.
The disputed 80 foot strip, lying south
of the Lone Star and claimed by the
Washington, was fiually settled last week
in favor of the Washington, the mission
of W. B. Childers and Col. w. G. Marmon
in camp being for that purpose. By this
settlement all causes of the contest
against the application for patent by the
Lone Star has been removed and now the
latter group Of mines, unhampered, will
receive the patent applied for year ago.
DR.. Z. A. Haggett, assayer and metal
lurgist of the Copper Flat smelter, arrived
in Bland last Friday for the purpose of
inspecting number of valuable claims
in Cola canon, belonging to George @.
Smith, with view of becoming interested
therein. The gentleman was very favor
ably impressed with what he saw and will
arrive at decision in the matter as soon
as he makes certain tests on the samples
he returned to Copper Flat on Saturday
with.
W. Oartan, the gentleman who is as
sociated with O. p Posey and party and
who remained in Bland to complete GER
tain details of the inspection of the Albe-
marie group and other mining properties
of the district, WAS called to Denver last
Friday on business connected with the
purchase of the Albemarle. He and his
associates are expected to return to Bland
at an early date, when operations on the
raine and wagon road down Cola canon
will be vigorously pushed. The party are
at present making exhaustive tests on
Albemarle and other ores IN Denver for
the purpose of ascertaining the exact cost
of treatment by the process they have
adopted.
! The latest information bearing upon
the prof. cot to construct large mill at
Alerton, received by the Herald is to the
effect that R. W. Woodbury., who has been
in New York for some time past, has fin
ally completed the organization of a com
pany to carry ont the project, which will
result in the immediate expenditure of at
least $150,003. Besides 50.ton custom
mill, with capacity for enlarging to 200
tons, large town is to be built by the
new company near the present site of AL
lerton, and later this town will be con-
nected with Bland and the mines by an
electric tramway. 1t is we'll assured that
Joel Parker Whitney, the Boston capital
ist, who is the largest owner of the Cochi-
ii grant, upon which the new mill will be
situated, is prominent member of the
com pany intending the construction of
this large plant for the treatment of Iron
King and custom ores of this district and
will e1pend large sum of his millions in
making the new town model city and
It's accessories the very best possible.
Just when actual work will be begun on
this great enterprise will be Published
in the Herald at an early date. Bland
Herald.