Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-03-10
THE BOOMING COCHITI
Dissipation Of Land Grant Cloud Has
Resulted in Great Activity in
the Mines.
ALBERMARLE DEVELOPMENT
Representative Of the New Mexican Tells
Something Of That Wonderful Property
Great Reduction Plant in Course
Of Construction.

AS ltS llleS since 1873 testify to the eX
tent of several hundred columns, th,
NEW MEXICAN has never wavered in it,
faith that the Golden Cochiti was ulti
mately destined to forge to the front al
q great producer of the much coveted
yellow metal. Even during the dark
and discouraging days when land grant
clouds hung like pail over the phenom.
enal district, and the hardy miners, who
had disclosed the fact that there were
large bodies of gold bearing mineral
there, We're threatened with injunctions
and criminal prosecutions for trespass
and theft of ore, this journal steadfastly
cOntended that there were immense val
ues in the district to fight for, that the
Canada de Cochiti land grant had been
unduly expanded to cover the district
after the discovery of mineral there,
that the United States court of private
land claims would certainly establish
this fact, that those who patiently held
fast to their claims would in time be re-
warded with notice from the court of
feet titles from the government, and
that then the district would enter upon
an era of prosperity such as had never
been witnessed in New Mexico.
A representative of the NEW MEXICAN
recently visited the Golden Cochiti and
was gratified to witness evidences on
every hand that the confident predic-
tions of the paper whose credentials he
had the honor to hold had been more
than verified. The last feck of land
grant cloud has been forever dissipated
by the United States Supreme court and
the camp Is already booming In way
that reminds one of the early days Of
Leadville.
Since the purchase of the Albemarle
and several other of the great gold bear
ing ledges Of the district by the Cochiti
Gold Mining company, of Boston, under
the inspiring leadership of Messrs. J. A.
Coram, Q. T. Posey and w. j. Cartan
achievements have been witnessed in |
the district that amount almost to
miracles. The magnificent stretch of
wagon road, three miles and half
long, that has been built over the noun
tains from Bland to the Albemarle mine
since the beginning of the year must be /,
personally inspected to be appreciated,
and the more the colossal piece Of work.
much of 1t blasted out of the solid rock,
is examined the more difficult it is to |
credit the fact that it was actually con-
structed so that loaded wagons could
pass over in 40 days. Many men are
still at work widening and improving it,
but at the same time Trimbles big
freight wagons are daily passing over it
with heavy loads of four-inch wrought
iron pipe for the five miles of pipeline
that will be rapidly laid by the company
from Media Dia canon to the Albemarle
mine for the purpose of supplying the
steel reduction plant of the
with water.
In passing through Thornton on his
way to Bland the reporter noticed an
unusually substantial platform 100 feet
long and IL feet wide that had recently
been erected along side of the Santa Fe
railroad track there. Inquiry disclosed
the fact that this platform had been
constructed expressly to receive the l.
500, 900 pounds Of freight composing the
enormous steel reduction plant soon to
arrive at Thornton for the Cochiti Gold .
Mining company From the platform
mentioned the plant will be transferred
by Trimble's freight wagons to Bland
Ind thence over the new wagon road
10 the Albemarle mine.
At the mine the energy and earnest
ness OF the managers of the company