Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-15
EDDY'S Ell DORADO
Jarilla Range and Its Wonderful
Mineral Deposits -Everything
Except Water.
Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead in Album
dance on the Ell Paso & North
eastern.

Down in the southern end of New
fide Ell Dorado-a tiny storehouse of
| gold, silver, copper, lead and other min
| erals which l believe will ultimately
prove to be the richest spot of the Crea-
tors footstool," enthusiastically de-
clared John A. Eddy at the Brown this
noon. Mr.. Eddy is one of the members
of the Ell Paso & Northeastern Railroad
Company, and a variety of mining,
townsite and improvement companies
which are engaged in developing New
Mexico in the hope of ultimating a
bounteous harvest of dollars for them
selves.
This Ell Dorado which Mr.. Eddy and
his confreres, in the various companies
believe that they have brought to light
is located, in fact, consists of a dinky
range of mountains situated about fifty
miles northeast of Ell Paso, and called
the Jarilla range. This baby range is
located in a wide basin or valley, much
like the Salt Lake valley, that lies be-
tween a couple of spurs Of the Rockies.
This range is but ten miles long and
from three to -four miles wide, but if n
man were the owner of this compare
lively small strip of territory he would
be several times a Monte Cristo. Rookie
fellers and Vanderbilts would be small
potatoes in comparison with him.
without question this range contains
more minerals to the square foot than
any other spot in the country" says MIR.
Eddy. "As l have told you, gold, silver,
copper and lead are there in abundance,
and, of course, we are most interested in
the former two. There is no need OF
prospecting; as soon as a man sets foot
on the range the outcrop is before him.
Great difficulty, of course, is just now
experienced in mining, because the
whole territory is a vast desert, with no
water at hand. 1t costs so cents to 81
to get a barrel of water on the ground.
This fact will stand in the way Of any
such rushes as usually follow the dis
covery of new gold fields, but believe
that in the course of time the Jarilla
gold camp will be the richest in the
world.
cat the present time, as / have said,
the range is covered with an outcrop of
gold, which, however, is not profitable.
Since we alighted on the spot last fall
we have been doing a little digging,
though, and we have so far taken out
| about 1900 tons Of ore, and every ton
I we have shipped away has been profit
able. The farther we have gone the
better the indications have been. There
is wealth untold in hat little range,
these indications tell us, and we are
going after it.
but there Is something else besides
| gold quartz in the mountains. Shortly
before I left we found a big quantity
of placer gold in one of the gulches on
the south side of the range. We panned
it out dry and reaped a good harvest
Of the yellow stuff, some of 1t being in
bits as large as a pea or bean. On Fri
day, before I left, some of the miners
We're going deeper in the gulches and
were llllulllS 1 I ClLC 1 NdtC JuoI {
ceived a telegram telling me of an ex-
ceptionally good strike. This telegram
also states that a rush is expected as
soon as the news of the latest finds are
received at Ell Paso.
"All Of this looks good to me, and 1t Is
on this that I base my predictions of the
future Of the Jarilla range. We had al
ready named the range the Klondike,
but the country down there could not
| very appropriately bear that name. We
have, therefore, changed the nomencla-
ture, and what I believe will be the
| richest gold fields in Uncle Sans do
main will bear the title of Helldike in
time to come"
The Ell Paso & Northeastern railroad,
which MI. Eddy represents, runs but a