Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-14
5 WHITE OAKS COUNTRY.
Rapid Development Along the Line Of the
Mountain Railway Route.


Construction on the extension of the
White Oaks route is being pushed for
ward with all possible speed. Coal
mining machinery is being rushed to
Salado by wagon, 50 as to nave it ready
for use when the railway reaches that
point. The A%lamogordo and Sacrament
to mountain branch brings in two train
loads of sawlogs per day, and upon the
completion of the second mill now IN
construction the haul of the saw timber
will be doubled, if not ~quadrupled.
This mountain railway is now open
for travel, and on the summit of Sac
ramento mountain a great summer pa
yilion, for the use Of large conventions,
meetings, etc, of professional and 9TH
err societies, has been erected. 1t Is a
building capable of providing meals for
500 people, or entertaining 1000. Tit
Texas-New Mexico Chautauqua will be
held here.
The scenery of this region is varied
and beautiful. After traversing the
picturesque Fresnal canyon for a dis
lance of about seventeen miles, an alti-
tude of 5000 feet is reached, and here,
in a fern-grown, towering forest OF
| pines and frs, near fine springs, the
! Ch@autauqua grounds are situated.
The mountains are full of prospectors,
and good properties are changing hands
daily. The Jarilla mountains in point
of development are now making rapid
progress. There is a camp there of 500
people, and large shipments of ore are
being made every day or two. One ship
ment consisted Of thirteen a loads of
copper and gold ores, some of which
ran as high as $50 in gold per ton, and
IL to 20 per cent in copper. High-grade
copper ore is also being shipped from
Alamo canyon, some six or seven miles
east of Alamogordo, N. M.
The Jarilla camp is situated in a
group OF comparatively low mountains,
some fifty miles north of Ell Paso, on a
short branch line of the White Oaks
route. This country has been prospect
ed for more than a quarter of a century,
and was at one time believed to be
tremely rich in silver. The difficulty In
getting water and supplies into these
mountains in the early days, however
made mining at a profit impracticable
The building of the railway into the
heart of these mountains has changed
all Of this, and now every part is read
lily accessible.
In 1896 the Jarilla ann became more
favorably known for its gold and cop
per-producing capabilities, and on these
lines it is now being thoroughly pros.
pected. The several hundred claims
having assessment work done on them
and those being regularly mined, have
made such good showings that capita
is readily obtainable for purposes of de.
velopment. A railway branch five miles
long and a railway station have beer
constructed; spurs lead direct to the
principal mine openings.
Modern expensive machinery, com
pressed air plants, power drills, tram
ways and hoisting machinery are being
put in on several of the mines.
One feature is the great number o
~outcroppings found OF every slope ant
peak, and the vast amount Of iron ioa
found everywhere o. the hillsides. TIL
camp would be very valuable for it
iron alone, but this iron ore contain
| gold besides, and when the gold-bearini
= iron has been pierced with a tunnel o
shaft, collaborating copper ore is en-
7 countered.
No mining region of similar exten
has greater mineral possibilities, NOR
eruptive dykes; porphyry and limeston
contacts, quartzite lodges, auriferou
iron seams and immense copper show
ing than the Jarilla mountains, an
they are not confined to one locality
. but are thickly scattered over an are
of twelve miles long and five miles wide
This Is Your Opportunity.
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