Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-11-27
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

The thermometer in the sun this zoe
registered 81 degrees.
A beautiful new iron gate is being
erected at the main entrance to the
capitol grounds.
Hon. B. M. Read is preparing quite a
number of reform measures which he
will introduce in the next legislature.
The Old Maids convention this evening
at the court house promises to be a very
enjoyable affair and will be well attend
ed by society people.
A deed was recorded today in the
office of the probate clerk by the city OF
Santa Fe to Mary M. Victory to a prop
erty on the south side.
The train from the west was four
hours late this afternoon. The train
from Ell Paso came in shortly after 1000
o'clock. The eastern trains are on time.
Invitations have been received in this
city to the wedding of Miss Elsie Gus
dorf to Mr.. Wiener, of Taos, the we'd
ding to take place at Taos on December
3.
Ross Griffith, of Cerrillos, has a force
| of men employed on the Cash Entry,
located two and one-half miles north OF
that town. A shipment will be made as
soon as sufficient ore is taken out.
Captain j. p. O. Conner, the well
known mining expert who controls some
very valuable mica mines near Petaca,
today placed some very handsome speci.
mems of mica in the mineral collection
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On account of the exercises at the
public schools and the Thanksgiving
services in st. Johns NJ. E. church or
Thursday, the usual Wednesday evening
prayer meeting will be omitted at the
Presbyterian church.
The largest and best turquoise mines
in the world, the Tiffany mines, are
within a few miles of Cerrillos, and, nn
der the superintendent of j. P. Nc
Nulty, they are now turning out thu
finest stones ever seen. The famous
"Tiffany Blue cannot be found else
where.
Estimates have been made for a new
boardwalk along the Spiegelberg prop
erty on Palace and Washington avenue
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Lehman and Will Spiegelberg, by thei
attorneys, B. M. Read and E. A. Fiske
The matter would have been ATTENDED
to before this had it not been for TIL
fact that one of the owners was il
Europe during the summer. 1t is to b
hoped that there is no delay in giyin
the contract and laying the new side
walk.
The Argo Milling company, Il compan
of Milwaukee people, has been sinkin
a shaft on the Hazelton mine neal Go
den and is now down $50 feet from tn
surface. The shaft is being sunk at tn
inner end of a 24O-foot tunnel from whic
the depth is So feet. Up to the presen
time the work has been in extremel
hard rock, and progress has been yer
slow, but now softer material has bee
struck, which pans gold the entir
width of the vein, and the indication
are that within a short distance a bod
of high grade ore will be encountered
The Baird Mining company, limited
has about As lei employed erecting
mill near Golden for the treatment G
conglomerate ores, and work is bein
prosecuted as fast as possible. Shout
the water supply be found sufficient tn
capacity OF the mill will at once be ir
creased to 800 stamps. EX-Governo
Stearns, of Rhode Island, vice-presiden
of the company, was in Cerrillos wee
before last and made over 200 tests c
ores from the company's properties. H
expressed himself as highly gratifie
with the results obtained.
A sidewalk along Don Gaspar avenu
from San Francisco to Water stree
should be at once constructed and also
walk and crossing on Water street t
the Diaz corner. During snow or raj
the street is very muddy and almost in
passable. The Legislative assembly meet
in January and there will be much travt
over to the capitol. For the comfort an
convenience of legislators, visitors an
towns people generally this for tn
present is very necessary and while ele'
trio street railways and the like may b
alright still this matter ought to b
attended to by the city council, and ths
at once.