Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-01-18

warrant a boom.
After reviewing the shipments of
various mines and seeing enough high
grade ore to make me think that Hills
boro had the world by the narrative and
"A descending grade, | wondered why
railway and smelling facilities were de-
MED the camp.
"A good way to acquire these necessi-
ties would be for each merchant and
operator to stiffen his backbone, and
place their shoulders to the wheel. A
bright front on all matters affecting the
within the gates, and assiduous and ju-
dicious advertising will in time boost
the Black Range resources to the posi-
ton of prominence which they merit.
The Hillsboro district has been kind
to it's merchants. A majority of them
have accumulated comfortable fortunes
there, and they owe the region a share
of their money n energies in induc-
ing capital to visit and develop the re-
sources. AS l taxi an inventory of my
personal belongings and find Is cents, a
skate strap and a trunk full of worth
less Cripple Creek mining stock, l am
tempted to compare my condition to
some Hillsboro merchants hat l have
in mind, and register a kick. / wonder
if they realize that millions of dollars
were spent in the Cripple Creek district
before producing mines were opened.
Such is the fact, and the money was
lured to the district by enterprising
merchants and promoters, despite the
derogatory advice of shrewd business
men, and the unfavorable reports Of
nearly every western geologist and min
ing expert.
In tomorrow's letter to The New
Mexican will be presented the practical
views of a practical mar on the proper
system for working the Hillsboro mines
! under present conditions. For my part,
l rather favor the Utopian ideas of P. j.
Bennett, editor of the Advocate. Mr..
Bennett, is the Colonel Sellers of the
district, and has schemes for millions
and millions of schemes in his mind.
Nevertheless, his ideas are feasible and
some day his dreams will be realized.
He is a bright writer, a practical miner
and an optimist of pronounced stripe.
He can do more to show a stranger the
favorable and Turing side of the district
than anyone else, and he should be
thoroughly appreciated by the commun-
ity with which he has cast his lot. At
present he is interested in numerous
promising mining ventures and he pro-
poses to sell his newspaper, which is
operating on a sound and successful
basis, and will devote his entire atten-
ton to mining.
Speculative promoters and curbstone
operators have been the curse of Hills
boro from time immemorial. They have
operated on jaw bone since Hector was
a pup, feeced the local merchants, gut
ted the surface workings of the mines
away. They left nothing but a bad repu-
tation and they b%equeathed that to the
properties which they made people be-
lieve they were operating. This para
graph contains the history of Hillsboro.
And it gives the outside world a knowl-
edge of the obstacles which the present
population must overcome n shows
the disappointments which the merch-
ants must relegate if they would crown
failure with success.
The district will furnish any quantity
of smelling ore, and coal fields. are To-
Gated within So miles. Surely a railway
connecting the coal fields with the gold
and silver fields is a project worthy of
consideration, and not beyond the pale
of possibility. This would solve the fuel
problem for all time, and a market now
exists for the product.
OF course it is a hard matter, when
past production is considered, for the
residents of the region to begin all over
again at the bottom and work their way
up. incidentally, it occurs to me that it
would be a physical impossibility for a
man to execute the above in digging a
shaft.) But such is the state of affairs
at present, that the tangled skein of
acknowledgement and failure must be
~unraveled in order to convince capital
that the region really possesses meri-
torious schemes for investment. 1t GER
tainly does possess remunerative veins
and fearless development and scientific
management will demonstrate the truth
of the assertion.
Hillsboro is located 20 miles from the
railway. A daily stage, operated by J.
w. Orchard, plies between Lake Valley,
Hillsboro and Kingston. 1t is one Of
the finest stage lines in the territory,
and sports the best vehicles, best horses
and best looking driver in the south
west. The scenery along the route from
Hillsboro to Kingston is said by globe
t~rotters to equal anything in Switzer-
land. MI. Orchard is a genial gentle
sive, always pulling for the best inter-
ests of his community. The stage line
was put in at a cost of yer $1,000, and
the horses and rolling stock alone repre-
sent 5000. Mr.. Orchard takes great
pride in his horses, and always keeps
them in the best of condition.
The Union hotel in Hillsboro furnish
es the best of accommodations to the
travelling public under the proprietor
ship of L. W. Gales. The table is sup
piled with the best that the market af-
fords, every known delicacy of the sea-
son being shipped in. The hotel con-
tains IS rooms and is lighted by acetylin
gas. Rates, $3.50 per day. Relative to
the camp and its future, Mr.. Gales
said: I'VE have a good camp. AS an
evidence of my faith in the locality, I
purchased this hotel recently, and I
have no fear as to the outcome. After
spending 10 years here, I moved to Ari-
IONA, and remained two years, but re-
| turnNd tn Hil1sbOrO. hpcause I cOrIld find