Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-12-01
THE COAL DISTRICTS.
The Heaviest Producers Are the Nc
KlnIey County Mines,
INTERESTING STATISTICS.
aEVnN DIsrRICTs.

SEVEN DISTRICTS
The mining of coal has proved i'm
menscly profitable In this territory our
ing the past year. r. us far develop
ment has been chiefly confined to SOW
en- districts. These are the Gallup
Clarkviilo district In Mckinley county.
the heaviest producer. the Hlossburg
region In Colfax county IN the north.
east section Of the territory. the Ma
drid-O' Mara regions IN santa Fc coun.
~ the Monero district In RIO Arriba
county. the san Juan river region IN
san Juan county. the Carthage pits in
Socorro county, and the white oaks
Captain district In Lincoln county The
geographical location Of these several
coal felds is fortunately 70 happily
nxod 40 to cover neeFly the whole ter
ritory and provide tie people with
fuel without the expense % long haIls
and consequent hiEh transportation
charges.
coal MINE STATISTICS.
During the past year s5 mines have
been operated In six counties. as fol-
lows; Mckinley county. nine mines
employing 81 men and yielding 5&3 80
tons valued az s5s0.3g. Colfsx county
eight mines employing i25 men. out
putting 500 200 tons worth sG02 iO1 San.
Ga Fe county. three mines, employing
$50 men and yielding iio.gi2 tons worth
t2isoOO; Lincoln county. six mines en-
ploying 20i men. yielding 5000 tons
valued az tl7t27l. Rio Arrlbt county
four mines. employing g. iuen. yield
ing 35.70G tons. worth 8i5gss. At car.
thage socorro coupnty. one mine is So
operation, which employees n miners
and the years output was 5000 toa,
valued ~ $4,000 ana four mines have
been worked IN san Juan county inter.
mittently during the past year yield.
inK about Oo0 tons exclusively used
IN local consumption
DEMAND MORE THAN OUTPUT
The total output of coal In Ncw Mex
SEQ for the year ending June 90 1900
was ilS1.23l tons the estimated valu,
% which was 81 s25l65 This ls an iu
crease in tonnage over the preylduN
fiscal year ~ 1875 500 tons and an ia
creased money value Of s23G5,i Fo
This same period the total number o.
employees In and about the mines wal
2.Oi5 an increase Tor the year ~ i3
employees The coal trade has been ex
ccedingly brisk all through the year
Although the total produ, ion 90 Goa
shows marked Increase, the deman,
Tor the territorial proirct has bccr
much greater than the supply In hi
current annual report the United state
Inspector of coal mines fOr New Mex
leo states AT an mines in the terri
toSy except the very small mines. IN
opevNtors were unable 10 nil more thar
two-,hlrds oi the orders received. Ol
accouh, ~ tho scarcity OF miners th
operators wrrr unable Co meet the DC
mand Tor coal Had 90 NOT been for M
great scarcity OF miners the increase fl
the total production for tho nscai sea
would have been many tons greater
This certainly is an unusual condition
% things and should bn q strong inccn
tive both Tor the miners 8Td capitalist
90 Invade New Mexico
THE GALLTp DISTRICT.
In the Gallup district there are nv
known workable coal veins 'ouc ahoy
another. the lowest at a depth of I'd
feet The field extends 90 an unkn ~
distance north ana west ana is con
sidered practically iuoNhaustnhle. Tn
FIRST work ln the devslg pmrnt ~ thI
region Wus done ln 1881. but ihe lu
dustry dld no, assume important pro
portions until about 1855 within ga
past three years many thousands q
dollars have been expended in cduiT
ping the mincp here The veins afc
90 feet iu thickness. Tho product
marketed in New Mexico, Arizona an
California
SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY.
In routh santa Fe county cxtraori
nary conditions attend The coll meat
ures IN that here We INA the hitum
nous ard anthracite coal resting 0J
above the other Here the main bituH
lnous vein. which has a depth of slof
Of a2sG feet. is 3 10 feet thick ana uI
deriylng this deposit g. a 3,foot stru
um of the finest anthracite coal Thci
properties have been operated on
large scale Tor years and valuable iu
proyements are constantly going O
Over s7,0R wns put into improvement
about these mines during the pa
year They are operated under lease
the Colorado Fuel and Iron compan
and the well built and comfortab
town of Madrid made up exclusively
coal operatives ana their families HI
a population ~ l.-5J 20 i,500,
COIgFAX COUNTY MINES.
Very extensive properties are opera
sd by the Ration Coal and Coke con
pany near Gardiner. about mil
from Ration. In Colfax county. III
most perfect machinery OF an SORTS
running here. There are numcro
veins, the strongest being & 60 Z fe
thick All through this quarter of q
territory are found good coal deposit
They belong To the southeastern g.,
Orado coal zone 80 near az hand.
mo ARRiBA COUNTY.
Crossing westward over the main Va
zebra Of the Rocky mountains ma
evidences Of coal are found east Of ~
] budO In southern Taos county and I
yOnd the Rio Orande. IN Rio Arri
county. In the Monero ana Lambert
regions Is another vast coal held viii
has an yet scarcely been touched
though n number Of companies hn
been working there Tor eighteen yea
or more Here the veins are 3 TO
fee, In thickness Thence toward
southwest coal groupings are found
hundreds of miles. and no doubt ,
tend through 20 the Gallup fields.
ON THE SAN JUAN RIVER
on the San Juan river and Ia the
oinity Of Aztec are perhaps the larg
and richest coal areas yet untouched
the west. The veins are from 20
feet In thickness ana the coal II oi