Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-12-27
GOLDEN COCHITI BOOMING
Introduction of Unlimited Denver,
Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles
Capital Bearing Fruit.
ANOTHER CRIPPLE CREEK ASSURED
Immense Cochiti Ledges Will Be Made
to Yield Their Yellow Treasures by
Means of Men, Money and
Machinery.


public tangible and trustworthy informa.
tion concerning the new and vigorous
life that has been infused into the Cochiti
mining district by the introduction of
unlimited Denver, Chicago, Boston and
Los Angeles capital in connection with
the recent Albemarle, Lone Star and Iron
King deals and the materially improved
showing that even assessment work has
made in nearly every claim in the dis
trict during the year. Now comes the en-
terprisipg and vigilant Bland Herald with
the appended details fully confirming the
statements previously made in theee col
umns
The party of Colorado mining men and
eastern capitalists, consisting of 0. P.
Posey and w. j. Cartan, of Denver, l. L.
Merrill, of Butte, Mont, j. A. Coram, of
Lowell, Captain Palmer, of Salem, Mass,
and a number of other men of great
wealth, who are pushing the extensive
operations In the development of the
famous Albemarle group of mines, ia
concern that any practically undeveloped
mining district may well consider itself
fortunate in procuring to carry on the
operations now underway.
These gentlemen have taken hold with
will and mean to carry out the most ex
tensive mining enterprise ever inaugur-
ated in New Mexico. The initial work
has been booming for the past week
and continues to grow in magnitude un-
der the seeming magic touch of the
managers, who are all experienced and
thoroughly practical mining men OF re.
pnte, who have met with remarkable suc-
cess in other parts of the great Rocky
mountain gold region.
One hundred and fifty men are moving
ground and blasting rook on the wagon
road that will connect Bland with the AL
properties, yet undeveloped, but equally
as large and valuable as the group Of four
mines whose Importance is proving to be
the entering wedge to the greatest min
ing prosperity ever witnessed in any
single mining district in New Mexico. 1t
is required that this road shall be finished
before the end of January in order that
the machinery needed in the operation of
the mines can be hauled over it and
started up as coon as possible. Thus far,
under the capable and practical super
vision of George Hofheins, the superin
tendent of construction, the road has
been finished for distance of something
over a mile, beginning at the main mine
of the group, and will doubtless be COM
pleted before the goth of January.
Immediately upon the completion of
the road sawmill of daily capacity of
10000 feet will be moved over to the AL
bemarle, where there are large quantities
of fine timber, and set to work to pro-
duce the lumber needed to construct
$4,000, and which will treat the ores pro-
duced from the immense vein extending
for length of 5000 feet along the four
valuable claims of the group.
The sites for the two mills mentio oned
have already been laid out and the work
of exoavating begun. A hosting whim
received the early part of the week is in
course of erection over the main shaft of
the Albemarle and will be used in the
mining operations to be carried on there,
until the road is finished and the large
steam hoist, now en- route from Denver,
can be transported to the mine and
placed in position.
1t IS an undoubted fact that when the
four large properties constituting the Al
bemsrle group of mines are working
steadily it will create good sized camp
in itself in that neighborhood. Six hun
dred men by March is the expected num-
ber that will be employed on these prop
critics, in the mill treating their ores
and in other capacities connected there
with.
1t is claimed that in testing the 20 tons
of Albemsrle ore taken to Denver for
that purpose in five different mills, it
was proved that 80 per cent of the values
could be saved. The Pelatan. Clerici pro-
cess has been adopted owing to it's cheap
ness and general utility in the treatment
of these ores.
O. P. Posey, general manager, and one
of the directors of the Albemarle COM
pany, after attending to certain business
connected with the mine, departed on
Monday for Los Angeles, where he will