Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-11-04

worked these mines more than ten CEN
turtles ago but be this as II may, the
Mexicans Of to-day who are In the terri.
tory are the best dry wash miners In the
world. There is no water and the gold
Is separated by shaking the dirt from
II. at which they are very expert. The
rainy eason In the territory lasts about
six weeks, and there Is no precipita-
ton whatever during the rest Of the
year. For ages past these deposits have
been washed down from the mountadns
and now form oneimmense plain Of gold.
II is therefore unnecessary TO say that
the Hazelton mountains. which skirt
these vast fields, produce what is technic-
ally known as free milling gold. Vast
quantities OF copper are also found In
these mountains. II Is here that the
wonderful mine owned by the Rockefel-
lers is located, which yields millions an
nually, the stock Of which has never been
placed upon the market. Their mill is
one OF the most complete In the world,
being to the mining business what the
Pabst brewery ia to the beer industry.
II Is located at an altitude OF 1000 feet
above the sea level. To the traveller In
New Mexico II IL rather startling TO
come suddenly upon this magnificent
plant In the center OF a spsrsely settled
and undeyeloped country. As one trav-
eler has said II is like finding the White
house in the desert OF Sahara.
Joining the Rockefeller mine lies the
immense property controlled by the Argo
Mining company, which numbers among
its stockholders several Milwaukee gen
tlemen who persistently refuse to be alb.
sorbed by the Rocketellers. The stock Of
this company Is likewise not upon the
market. Standing upon the apex OF the
Hszelton group and looking west one can
see the c0nical shaped mountain where
Tiffany owns and operates the most ex-
tensiye turquoise mines In existence.
This mine controls the turquoise bust
ness OF the world. and from 1t annually
Ia taken from 1880, 900 to t3,O00.000
worth OF gems. The price of turquoise
the world over is regulated by the amount
taken from this mine. There IL one
other turquoise mine In the territory
but for richness 1t does not compare
with this. Contiguous to the country
just described are found great lead
mines, mountains OF gypsum and mex
haustihle deposits OF iron ore.
EDIsoN's GREATEST MACHINE.
Twenty-Five miles from Cerrillos, look
ing across table lands covered with
buffalo grass and slunted pines. one can
see another group Of the Rocky noun
tains localized by the name OF COchiti.
In the center Of which Is the famous min,
ing camp Of Bland, which has come L
the front 30 rapidly during the past few
weeks that experts have said II 1901
would rival the much talked OF Crippl,
Creek camp. Many conservative per
sons say that II Ia only a matter o.
months before 1t will be the creates
mining camp In the world. New York
Boston aud Denver capital st5 have fore
seen the future OF this section and dur
ing the last ten weeks over 100000,
has changed hands 10 the purchase o
mining properties. and contracts 10
electric plants and mills for cfushin,
| and treating ore.
Ia this amount Is included 100000
which the Edison syndicate has paid 70
the Ortiz grant OF placer property. 1t i
here that EdisOn's recently invented ma
= chine for separating gold from sand vii
. be used for the first time. In speaking
recently OF his new machine Mr.. Eiisol
said;
"This is certainly the biggest thing
3 ever inyented-this electric process 10
extracting gold from sand. n ar SAINT
8 fe, n. NJ there Is a region OF 100 sqlsr
miles. containing gold worth tSO0,0OO,O 90
j. that would have remained there mad thi
+ process no, been discovered. That gold vii
. now be taken out and added TO the world