Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-12-25
TREAT DISTRICT
FOR GOOD MINES
A Complete Write-Up of Hell Canyon
East of Albuquerque.
WHAT TIMERS AND pRosprcroRs cAN r>pEcr.

Knowing thstA New \ Afs edition ~
INK CITILEN. de-cfiptiNr u Alluqueflue
4 aud the many natural resource. NJ hrf
Isliilo county would not b- complete
without s,me account II the great nitu
,fal wealth lJiDg AT the very doors Ut Ne
city ot AlbuQu-rque. tollo~ing the tu.
4 functions ~ the eSiitofa " lHk tIYkN,
,ous correspondent buftu~rh atNu wheel
siecd FROM lfi-ui, fuf the lack ~ any
o other, and after = long tS-uty uiiie ride
eanie view ut thr much talked ut Hell
,nyon. Kouniing lsf ~ butte ~ moNu-
Nhin, cailei "RUund Auua,aln,' Shch
&projscts itself considerably into the
mesa. your correspondent came Ia 'irw
V' quito . number D; small building, to
gslh-t with several larger ou~-, which he
I o. tstwArds Ascet,Ainrd belonged ~ the
STAR aud MilagrO- mines, and mile OF
~ further On another settlement known
o. Kent Gulch.
Meeting y fOflOrn pto-p-rtur Ui whun
b. Inquired fUt iniOrnAtit u. ! found that
others have troubles IN this world O-.
side. newspaper men. II seems that ihi-
p,or ptospector VA. vending his weary
~Ay bach ~ Albuquerque, after having
sxhsusled LIS grub stake" aud on re-
iussl of bis co-parlner 10 "pui.up more
., he expressed IL From him ! sac-r'
tAined that the people OF Albuquerque
aud 'i:inity. aud especially the business
m.n Of the city knew l.as about the
ygteAt mineral resources Of thu He'll can
,on mining district and thu advantages
j that would accrue 10 Albuquerque were
they developed. than they do Of the
.alms OF David. lie even wanted Ia
wager me o. that not seventy five differ.
i tnt business men Ia the whule town o.
Il Albuquerque, or any other class OF men
Tor that matter. hAd ever visited the can.
j yon or knew anything about It, aud while
knew that he didn't have the tj, yet for
u lack Of speculative funds Oh my part
with which 10 accept the wager, was
compelled " conceds his statement as
true fa lack Of further and better prcoi
v hils II IL true the speculative spirit Ia
mining Ia AlbuQuerquus Ia not totally
dead, there being some alwa. = ready aud
willing 70 foster prospecting expeditions
70 Alaska, Peru. Mexico OF some other
foreign country, At present there seems
~ BE- . spirit Of convsrss,ism and reserve
!, u sniicssed towards nything of the sams
nature that Ia at all near home, This II
true not only OF the He'll canyon district
|, where many large leads and bodies ol
|, ore are lying uncovered and awaiting de
development. but Of many other promis
' Ing districts with god showing OF pa!
ore In camp. Il Ia diticnh TO -ay jus
4 how long such = feeling will continue ol
the part Of the entsrprising business met
I Of this community, but just 40 Ions
~ Il dOer. they may we'll expec, 10 49,
their mining camps struggle along In
&hand ~ mouth manner Of existence. Tn
v-ople q: Albuquerque have u vague an
Indefinite notion OF the real wealth
stored by nature In its immediate vicin
ity. and day spent by any per-on visit
lug He'll canyon will well repay thrm 70
n the trip. To many Of the old residents u
Albuquerque the fact that gold has hee
mined and produced In He'll canyon an
{ In paying quantities, Is received wit
considerable hesitation and doubt, wheI
: N upon investigation, they would hnd tbs
!. hundreds OF dollars have been taken on
II the camp. But ] and ] have run u
. against . roea. and must proceed " lie
: canon.
Among the hills lying at the edge
the mess are shs principal mines OF ,h
d tho district proper, the most prominer
q being the NuestrA Sonora de Milsgrt
Star, Folsom and Belvidere. and At II
/ hase Of the hill upon which the folsoI
i IA located are tie placer mines. In u
Y north canyon. shout two miles 70 q
northeast, In the Pittsburg group. open'
up about two years ago. and mi
way tss Gray Eagls claim and sever
other promising claims which make go'
showings. The water supply Of ths ~
uict Ia obtained from small niountAI
+ stream coming from Canyon Largo, Al
smaller canyons. which furnishes q
abundance OF ane mountain wat
through the entire year. The water III
: ply at present In sufiicient for all pra
teal mining and domestic purposes, a
will Be for aoms time 10 come. The vi
lAgros company. about year ago laid
Pipe line about mile In length over q
mountain and water Ia now delivered
I the hilasros and Star mines BY pun
Ing. A pipe has also been run 10 ke
guich. where the rich placerS are locate
The water In ths creek has never be-
known 70 run dry 10 twenty Ave years
, before that We have no informatiS
, Wood for tuel u found Ia abundAn
upon tbs hiilsides and mountains.
. TRE NILLAGR0S MINI
!, The hiliagros WA the arrt mine d
covered In the district some thirty yes
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