Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-01-19
WIN Buiid miii In New Mexico That May
work New Era.

win fsuiid miil In New ssexioo That MAJ
work = New Era.
Denver, Jan. ia special dispatch
from santa Fe TO the Republican says:
Should all the good things come "a
pass that are now Ia sight, the mining
districts OF Dolores, san Pedro and Co.
cbiti will this season blossom out with q
season OF industrial life that will give
them rank among the leading camps In
the west.
At Dolores, as already briefly announc.
ed, Thomas A. Edison, the inventive gen
i0us proposes TO erect plant that will
rey0lutiOnize the milling OF low grade
ores In New Mexico, IL not, indeed,
throughout the whole country. He hopes
TO accomplish tor the gold industry
equally as much a. he has done for iron
mining In New Jersey and New
Mexicans are rather proud OF the fact
that he has selected this territory as the
Geld for his operations. For more than
year Mr.. Edison has been experiment
ing In his laboratory with the gold ores
OF south Santa Fe county and word is
now Mt hand that he has 80 far succeeded
as TO justify him building a mill OF 200
tons daily capacity, which Is 10 be plant
ed az Dolores, near the center Of the Or
tiz mine grant.
BOUGHT THE ORTIZ GRANT.
And in doing this Edison has not over
loaded HIS personal business interests,
for he has wisely got on the ground floor
OF big mining deal which promises TO
add largely 10 his zeal In constructing
the most complete gold mill OF the times.
IL Is said that Edison, In company with
s. g. Burn, an English mining engineer,
James W. Perry, OF New York city, and
others, have organized q syndicate and
taken two years lease and bond on
the ortiz mine grant. There are 1900
acres In this tract and the price IL $1,-
100000. The lease, which Is made TO
Perry by l.. NJ. Lawson, OF New York, and
the New Mexico Mining company, was re-
Gently placed on record here, and its
working Is such that amounts practically
to sale OF the grant property, though
the bulk OF the money involved will not
be paid until a few squatters who now
bold claims on the grant are ousted or
settled with, and this may require two
years time. Under the lease Perry binds
himself 10 diligently explore and develop
the property. and one OF his nrst enter
prises will be the erection OF Edison's
mill. The Atchison. Topeka Il Santa Fe
railroad is also 10 be extended through
the grant from Madrid TO Dolores, dis
tance OF six miles.
PLENTY OF ORE IN SIGHT.
As for exploration, that Is not at all
necessary TO begin with, for there is
scarcely an acre OF the entire 54.000-acre
tract that does not carry gold. Expert
Burn has been over the ground time and
agaiu and made exhaustive tests. The
gulches are filled with placer gravel and
the mountains reveal great dikes, hun
dreds OF feet wide, that yield "a and up
ward In gold 10 the ton. The Ortiz mine
workings are taken "A test Of the gold
bearing rock so far as depth Is concerned.
Its main shaft is down 800 feet, 10 the
water level. Contracts have Just been
let for sinking 300 feet lower. Two 20
ton Huntington mills are now treating
the ore from this mine aud Superintend-
ent Earle has ordered third mill
Near the Ortiz mine. which enjoys the
distinction OF being the Oldest gold pro-
Queer on American soil, the new Edison
plant Is 10 be established this summer,
and II is safe 10 assert that its blowing
in" will be heralded with JOY from all
over the mining world, since Edison is
not the man TO go far In such enterprises
before he has thoroughly mastered his
subject.