Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-04
CERRILLOS COAL
The District in South Santa Fe
County Has Been a Heavy
Producer.
METHODS OF MINING THERE
List of the Mines, Value of the Output and
the Statistics Of the Great Camp
The Mining Town of
Madrid,

LIS mining 1OWn OF
Madrid.
Next to the Gallup coal district come,
the Cerrillos coal field in the number O
miners. Strange to say, bituminous AM
coal are found in mines clos,
together.
Madrid is three miles from Los Ger
rillos, fifteen miles from the gold an
copper fields of Ortiz and San Pedro
thirty-five miles from the Cochiti min
ing district, and about twenty-five
miles from the city of Santa Fe.
The company owns and operates
large store. The miners all live ant
dress well, and buy the best the marke
affords. The houses at Madrid ar,
owned by the company and rented t.
employees. They are we'll built, kept il
good repair, and well suited to the need
of the coal miner and his family. Sew
eral hundred shade trees have been Sc
out in the town within the last thre
years, and are growing nicely. TIL,
town supports a hall, an excellent schoo
and two churches. 1t is at a disadvan
tage for a water supply, and all watel
Is shipped to the town in tanks. TIL,
company is now sinking a we'll in tn,
hope of striking an artesian flow, ant
the indications are that Madrid will
o o have an abundant and unfailins
supply of pure water.
The Cook and White mine is located
three miles south of Cerrillos, and /.
owned and operated by the Cerrillos
Coal Company. The coal is bituminous
taken from a vein 3 feet 8 inches thick
During, the last fiscal year 125, 900 tons
II coal was taken out, valued at $243,
700. The depth of slope of the mine is
800 feet. The mine was operated 26(
lays last year. The coal is shipped tc
New Mexico, Arizona, California, Mex
co I'M Texas points, and is extensively
1sed by the Santa Fe railroad.
The company practically owns the lit
lie town of Madrid of 1900 inhabitants
which is situated at the mines on a
short branch line of the Santa Fe rail-
Dad. Taken altogether, the town is one
If the most attractive and interesting
'oal camps in the west. The coal fields
'ffer much that is interesting to the &C.
as well as to those interested in
mining. Here only a few hundred
eet apart are two mines, one producing
| first-class article of anthracite coal
'ivaling the Pennsylvania anthracite,
While h other is bituminous coal, un-
surpassed for domestic or steam pur-
poses. More interesting is the fact that
he bituminous vein lies directly under
he anthracite, so that the whole field
nat has been worked out in the anthra-
lite vein has also been worked out ir
he bituminous vein $50 feet beneath
More interesting yet is the circum.
stance that the northern end of the an
seam is bituminous coal. Thi.
las all been worked out, and was known
Is the famous white ASH coal. Tit
Ash field comprised about 2O(
lcres.
THE COOK AND WHITE.
The mine now being worked in btu.
coal is known as the Cook ane
White, the n being worked in anthra.
lite coal is the Lucas, both being named
the men who first operated them
The coal measures in this field are very
lumerosls, these two being the princi-
pal seams. The Cook and White weir
'uns in thickness from 8 feet 6 inches te
feet 6 inches. The seam dips to the
,ast at an angle averaging II degrees
The coal outcrops in the side Of the can.
lriven in the direction of the creates,
lip. The field is then blocked out into
squares, by side entries or lev.
lis, and dip or raised planes, driven of
rom the entries. The entries are driver
n such a direction as will keep then
nearly level or approximately at righI
angles to the slope. The planes are
sometimes to the raise anl
sometimes to the dip, but always in 9
direction parallel to the main slope
The entries or levels are always driver
n pairs to enable a thorough system Of
The top entry or hauling
Dad Is separated from the back entry
~ a pillar of 30 feet Of coal, which il
Known as the double entry system
is kept up between the back
top entries by a system of cross
'uts, the last cross cut always being
'losed as soon as a new one Is made,
from the planes, rooms are turned tc
he right and to the left, every 50 feet
these, like tina entries, are driven in
UGH a direction as to be level and for a
distance of 800 feet and 20 feet wide,
nth a S0-foot pillar remaining between
he rooms, which IL taken out in re-
reating after the rooms have been
riven up to their full length, or when
he rooms from two adjacent planes
ave met. Each plane requires a part
ng or side track and a small engine.
'hese engines are 90 constructed as ia
easily moved from one location to
mother in the mine, as occasion may
Compressed air power is used
n running these engines. as well as the
in the mine. Each plane, at its
'est, yields about 200 tons per day, and
) worked out in from eight to ten
The coal collected on the entries at the
lifferent planes IL hauled by mules to
he main parting for that entry, at the
main slope, where 1t Is attached to the
main cable and hoisted to the surface.
he coal is then quickly dumped from
he mine cars into the railroad cars,
nd Is DON on Its way to the consumer.
The coal is screened into three differ
mt grades, namely: The lump, used for
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