Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-04-05
SAN PEDRO BOOMING.
Tie Santa Re Gold and Copper Company
Geting n Entirely New Plant.
1Hs MONTE cRfsTo MINE.

county Commissioner j. +. McIaugh-
lin, Of SAh Pcdro, spent Monday and
part OF fuesiiy Ia Santa Re. attending a
meeting OF the commissioners OF that
county aud 'ransaciing other business in
town. MIR. Mclaughlin is a mining cx-
pert and manager OF the Santa fe Gold
and Copper Mining company, which
owns or controls all the copper claims In
the San Pedro district. Mr. McLaugh-
lin spedks very Enthusiastically about
the future OF the mining interests OF
that district. and says that nj present
the condit ons are very favorable aud
quite q boom has set In al San Pedro.
Mt. Mclaughlin has abou, forty men
at WORK d. %yeloping the property OF the
Santa FB Gold and Copper dining COM
pany, aud with good results, says the
santa Fe New Mexican. The force will
%prcpsbly be increased in the real future
Shafts 300 feet deep sre now being sunk
In the hillside. all the old machinery
OF the company will be discarded aud the
most modern machinery put In its place.
The ore will be- treated ~ a whole, &C.
cording 10 the method In vogue In the
most successful mines in Montana. BY
that method the ore yields a. per cent
OF copper, besides a fair per cent OF gold
aud silver. There IL a full supply OF
good laborers in the district. The miners
received 81 90 day and the shovelers
$50 a day, and they will have work all
the year around, "a the mines very sci.
dom close down, and are worked in sum.
mer rs well as winter. The Santa Ne
Gold and Copper Mining company has
plenty OF capital back OF it, and IL con
trolled by Boston capitalists, mostly
Standard Oil msgnstes.
The gold placer mines In the vicinity
OF Golden, Mr. Mclaughlin said. are
showing up well. The Monte Cristo
mine, Of which Colonel J. A. Wood IL
manager. is entering upon another pros.
porous year. The scarcity Of water at
the mine has been remedled by digging
two new wells and the addition OF new
machinery. which il expected at Ger
rillOs today. will enable a larger force TO
work day and night. A very large new
pump will be put In by the company and
a dynamo with q capacity for 900 sixteen
candle power lights will be- placed in
position this month. Greater things
are expected for the Monte Cristo,
although 1t IL paying handsomely al
ready. 1t is owned mostly by Kansas
City capitalists.
AT the San Lazarus plscers new hoist
ing machinery IL being put in. and rs
soon as that work il finished the mill
will be moved to the hoists, doing away
with the necessity OF n long trestling
s1d the running OF cars over a long
distance.
Several lead mines In the vicinity OF
new San Pedro are also being developed,
and are showing up we'll. The smelter
al San Pedro IL running to its fullest
capacity, and there Is every indi cation
Of continued prosperity at that stable
mining town. A boom ia driving upward
the value OF real estate, and handsome
sums have been made by holders OF land
Parties Of newcomers arrive almost daily
aud there is a scarcity OF dwelling
houses.
There Is a fine wagon road from San
Pedro to the Santa Fe railroad, but, new
es theless, Mr.. Mclaughlin thinks that a
branch railroad to San Pedro may be a
possibility OF the near future. OF course,
che construction OF such a spur would be
a great boon 20 San Pedro, Golden, the
surrounding district and the south Santa
te country generally.