Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-18
MINES TRANSFERRED
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company Owns
the Cerrillos Coal Mines and
the Madrid Store.
SOUTH SANTA FE COUNTY
Reports from Various Camps By a We'll
Posted Business Man Long Resident
There-What Is Being Done On
the Ortiz Grant.

the Urtl2 Grant.
w. n. Kennedy, manager Of the Ger
rillos Supply Company,is %spendinga few
days in the capital on legal business.
He is we'll posted on mining and indus
trial operations in southern Santa Fe
county, and yesterday afternoon re-
viewed the situation in the mining dis
tricts of that part of the county in a
very interesting manner
Last week the transfer of the proper
ty of the Cerrillos Coal Railroad Com
pany to the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company was finally made, and inaug-
urated a new policy in the management
of the valuable property. Negotiations
for the transfer of the property had
been begun several times before, but
We're always wrecked when it came to
considering the transfer of the Madrid
Supply Company's store, which the coal
company desired to retain, and which,
on the other hand, the intending pur-
chasers wanted. Finally an agreement
was made transferring the store with
the mines. Mr.. Kennedy believes that
there will be more or less changes in
the miners are employed, although their
wages are not considered very satisfac-
tory by them. New seams will, how
ever, be opened very soon that will give
tho rnirnrc Ia rpar 90 rpinDc Thay no
paid by the car of 2.24O pounds, and the
nearer the surface that they can get
the Goa the more cars they will be able
to put out. The new owners of the mines
will as soon as possible employ about
800 more men, and it is understood that
the Santa Fe railroad will extend its
sidings two miles. The seams which will
be opened have all been located, work
on them having been commenced by
squatters, who were later bought
out by the coal company. The
proposed increase of mining operations
will be of special benefit to Madrid, al
though Cerrillos, too, will gain by it.
There will probably be a change in pay
ing the men. Instead of receiving cou
pons as heretofore the men will be paid
in scrip, which will be discounted at 5
per cent by outsiders taking it. The
mines will remain in full operation dur
ing the winter, which is one advantage
that New Mexico has owe many other
sections, where the mines must close
down during winter. Autumn and win
ter are generally the busiest season at
the coal mines in this territory. The
coke ovens are in full operation, and
give employment to many men.
The activity in mining generally in
southern Santa Fe county is unprece-
dented, and next year will probably be
the most prosperous that Cerrillos and
~vicinlty--in fact, the whole county--has
ever experienced.
COCHITI ELECTRIC PLANT.
Excavations have been completed at
Madrid for the power station to furnish
electric power to Bland. The holes for
the 1900 poles to carry the wires have
Deer completed all the way from Ma
drid 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 difficulty 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
operate the company's big new mill.
THE SHELTER SALE.
The sale of the smelter at Cerrillos,
which has been hanging fire for some
time, seems to have been finally made
to w. s. Speirs, of New York, for whom
A. w. Tenant, the well-known mining
promoter and mine owner, is agent.
Such, at least, seems to be the conclu-
sion drawn from the fact that the Santa
Fe railroad has ordered a frog to the
siding put in at the smelter and is ready
to receive copper ore shipments from
Hanover, which would mean that the
smelter will o o be in operation.
A LEAD MINE LEASED.
In the Cerrillos mining district, the
Belcher lead mine, north of Cerrillos,
owned by Ex-Governor l.. b. Prince has
been leased to A. A. Newbery of Santa
Fe, and O. b. Steen of Taos, The prop
ertv is a fine one and Mr.. Steen is re-
moving his equipment from Taos county
to the Belcher, and intends to operate
the mine this winter, which, if the
Cerrillos smelter be blown in, will prove
a money maker.
The mine is a high grade lead propo-
the ore running so per cent lead
with some silver. 1t is easy to work
and about 200 feet of development work
has already been done. Mr.. Steen will
employ the same force of men on 1t
which he had working on his Taos
ty property, on which he must suspend
work during the winter.
ON THE ORTIZ GRANT.
On the Ortiz grant, in southern Santa
Fe county, excavations are in progress
IN the hill east of Dolores for the Edison
plant. s. G. Burn, the manager, ex-
oects to return from the east by Nov
1, and then work will be inaugu-