The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-21
STARTS A BOOM
Unexpected Demand Upon the El
Paso and Northeastern Railway for
the Transportation of Ores-- Eng
lish Capitalists Running Three
Shifts n Day in the Jariiias-- Talk
of "A National Sanitarium at Fort
stanton.

Ell Paso. Texas, Feb. 12.--Mineral de-
Velopments in the Jarillas are causing
no little excitement throughout this
part of the Southwest. Sow that the
El Paso and Northeastern railway has
penetrated that region and now that
artesian wells have proved n complete
success on the Mesa there is every in
dication that a mining boom has be-
gun that will be memorable in the his
tory of New Mexico
The New Mexico Mineral & Improve
ment Co., and the New Mexico Copper
River Co., Ltd, an associate company
of Sanders & Co., London. England,
have just completed third examina-
ton of a portion of the Jarillas with a
corps of mining experts. The result is
that a large force of miners are work.
ing three shifts q day and have sent
their representatives out to get more
help. They have asked the railway
company for a four-mile spur to con-
meet with the mine dumps, and their
success makes it absolutely certain that
great quantities of ore will be trans
ported from this point over the new
line and that this freghtlng business
will begin just as soon as the railroad
is ready to handle the cars.
This is exceedingly gratifying to the
railway company. They expected to
get business from the Jarillas. but the
most sanglline among the officials did
not look for this business to so quick
ly naterialize, and in all estimates as
to the profits likely to be obtained by
the company from the transportation
of freight anything considerable con-
tributed by the Jarillas was left out
of the count From the present outlook
it will not be surprising if the business
afforded from this region would be a
very important item in the traffic of
the road. 1t is plain to see that all the
officials connected with the enterprise
rs well as those Interested in the New
Mexico Railway and Coal Co, are very
much elated over the turn affairs have
taken. Among themselves they argue,
and with reason, that If from a field
from which so little was expected at
the outset so much is sure to quickly
come, what will be the condition when
/ the vast timber resources of the Sac
| ramentos and the mineral and timber
| and fruit and general traffic possibili-
| ties Of the section including La Luz,
| Tularcso, Mescalero and NOgal shall
have been reached?
Not man who is familiar with con-
| ditlOns in this part of the country has
a doubt that the railroad would be a
very attractive financia! proposition il
| it had no support except that which
| would come from the cCal mines owned
| by the company at Salada. What will
It be then with revenue flowing from
| mines and vines and timber and stock
and general transportation require
| ments for almost n quarter of the en-
tire territory Of New Mexico?
HEALTH FEATURES.
I notice that the health features OF
this section are beginning to receive
something of the attention they de.
serve 1t has been asserted by medi.
cal men who are thoroughly compe
tent TO pass judgment that the sanitar.
ium of the United States. If not of the
| world so far as lung troubles anC
| bronchial diseases are concerned, is in
the mountain regions that will b,
reached by the FL Paso & Northeastern
Railway. 1t is generally admitted tina
FL Paso possesses a climate much NOR,
favorable to consumptiVes than that o
Colorado Springs. The elevation il
lower and yet high enough to give al
the benefits of a n:easurably rarifieC
atmosphere. But FL Paso at its bes
in no sense equals the attractiveness t,
such sufferers that is found in tn,
SacramentOs or the White Mountain
or in any of the ranges in this section
The following is from the Pecos Vale!
Argus DuhliShed at Eddy, N NJ;