Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-10-19
MINES TRANSFERRED.
Colorado Fuel q Iron Company Owns the
Cerrillos Coal Mines q Madrid Store.
Nrws FROM VARIOUS CAMPS.

A few days ago The CITIZEN called at
tention TO the fact that the big coal
mines at Madrid, which have been opera
ted the past few years OF a lease by the
Colorado Fuel Il Iron company, had
F, dnslly passed into the ownership Of that
company by q recent purchase.
W. II. Kennedy, manager OF the Ger
rillos supply company at Cerrillus, was
at the territorial capital Oh Tuesday, and
u q New Mexican reporter be reviewed
the situation In the mining districts of
Uerrilloe, Madrid, Golden and san Pedro
Ia a very interesting manner:
Last week the transfer VI the property
OF the Cerrilios Coal Railroad company
10 the Colorado Fuel " Iron company
was hnaliy made, and inaugursted q new
policy Ia the management OF the valu-
able property. Negotiations for tue
transfer OF the property had been begun
several times before. but were al ways
wrecked when IL cams to considering the
transfer Of the Madrid supply company's
store, which the coal company desired to
retain, and which, on TIE other hand,
the intending purchasers wanted.
Finally an agreement was made trans.
fsrring the stole with the mines. air.
Kennedy believes that there will be
more or less changes In Off sials Nv the
mines. Al present ali tne miners are
employed. although their wages are
not considered very satisfactory TO
them. New seams Will, no viewer.
6e opened very soon that will give
the miners larger earnings. They are
paid by the car Of 2,2iO pounds, aud the
nearer the surface that they csn get the
coal the more cars they will be able TO
put out. The new owners OF the mines
will as soon as possible employ about $40
more men. and II Is understood that the
santa Fe railroad will extend It's sidings
two miles. The seam which will be
opened have all been located. work Oh
them having been commenced by squat
ters. who we're later brought cut by the
coal company. The proposed increase
OF mining operations will be OF special
benefit to Madrid, although Cerrillos, too,
will gain by II. There will probably be
q change In paying the men. Instead OF
receiving coupons as heretofore, the men
will be paid In scrip, which will be dis.
counted at D per cent by outsiders TAX
Ing II. The mines will remain IN full
operation during the winter. which IL
ou' ouNhhtVkt tuht NEW mtAltO HAS
over any other sections, where the mines
must close down during the winter.
Autumn and winter are generally the
busiest seas0n at the coal mines in the
the territory. The coke ovens are In full
operation. and give employment to many
men.
The activity In mining generally In
southern Santa Fe c0unty IL unprece-
dented. and next year will probably be
the most prosperous that Cerrill0s and
vtcinity--in fact, the whole country-has
ever experienced.
CoCHITI ELECTRIC PLANT.
Excavations have been completed At
Madrid FOR the power station 20 furnish
electric power to Bland. The holes for the
1900 poles to carry the wires have been
completed all the way from Madrid to
Bland, and the poles are being placed this
week Two wells have been bored lately,
but there Is some difficulty In getting
water for the power station, but that diff
iculty will probably be solved by digging
wells along the Galisteo and piping the
water to the station.
The Cochiti Gold Mining company will
own the electric plant, which Is TO oper.
ate the company's bio new mill.
THE SMELfER SALE.
The sale OF the smeltsr at Cerrillos,
which has been hanging ire for some
time, seems to have been finally made to
w. 3. Speirs. Of New York, for whom A.
". Tenant, the we'll known mining
promoter and mine owner, IL agent.
Such. a. least, seems TO be the conclusion
drawn from the fact that the Santa Fe
railroad has ordered frog TO the siding
put In at the smelter, and IL ready to re
ceive copper ore shipments from Han.
over. which would mean that the smelter
will o be 10 operation.
LEAD MINE LEASED.
In the Cerrill0s mining district, the
Be!cher lead mine, north OF Cerrillos.
owned by ex Governor l., h Prince has
been leased 10 A. A. Newberry OF Santa
re, AMI o. b. Steen OF Taos. The property
Is a fine M and Mr.. Steen IN removing
his equipment from Taos county to the
Belcher, and intends to operate the
mine this winter, which. II the Cerrillos
smelter be blown In, will prove a money
maker.
The mine Ia a high grade lead PROPOSE.
ton, the ore running 80 per cent lead
with some silver. 1t Ia easy TO work and
about 200 feet OF development work has
already been done. Mr.. Steen will en-
ploy the same force OF men on IL which
he had working on his Taos county prop
erty, on which he must suspend work
during the winter.
ON THE ORTIZ GRANT.
On the Ortiz grant. In southern Santa
Fe county, excavations are Ia progress
on the hill east OF Dolores for the Edison
plant. s. g. Burn. the manager, expects
to return from the east by November I,
and then work will be inaugurated al
once In experiments which will de.
termine the size and nature OF the plant
to be put In. such machinery az can be
secured at Chicago and Denver will bs
ordered by Mr.. Burn on his way out aud
he expects to put II into active operation
next month. The grant will In part be
psrcelled out 10 leasers, who will take
their production TO the Edison mill.
The mill on the Ortiz mine has Just
been completed. New machinery gener.
ally, including ten new stamps, has been
added. A large building IL being erected
for the home for the superintendent and
an assay Office. A large ore body has
been developed In the mine, ~assaying IS
and upward per ton. This is the ONLY
mine in operation on the grant, although
assessment work Is being done In the
Cunningham and work ia In progress TO
put the mine into operation very soon.
The Mike O'Neill turquoise claim and
copper property, 1t Is stated. has been sold
to 5. g.. Burn, manager OF the Edison in
terests on the Ortiz grant.
MINING AT GOLDEN.
At Golden the Monte CristO Placer Min.
ing company has shut down its work
waiting for a larger pump with which to
water for the operation OF the
plant.
The Industrial Placer Mining company