Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-02
FINE BLUE GEMS
Turquois Comes High to Buyers In
New York. Best of It From
New Mexico.
NEWS FROM CERRILLOS
Aotel to Be Opened Buildings In Town
Being Made Ready for Occupants and
the Indications Are That the Town
Will Soon Be Lively.
Special Cor. New Mexican.

| special NOI. New Mexican.
Cerrillos, N. NJ February IA for
ner citizen Of this town, who is now In
New York. writes tndt he dropped in at
Tiffany's recently just to see how the
eastern prices of turquois compare with
prices prevailing here, where the beau
tiful raw product is taken from it's nat
ural haunts in the rocks. He found that
"a stick pin, just plain gold setting of
rather light-colored stone, was valued
at $S5. A set Of link cuff buttons, four
stones, rather dark, not we'll matched,
and small, really imperfect stones,
showing the matrix rock, were marked
$65. One set of sleeve links, lighter col
or, not matched in size nor shade,
mounted in very plain gold setting.
was offered for sale by Tiffany at $3.50
Tiffany's clerk" he added "said that
New Mexico turquois is the best in the
world. He also said that imperfect
stones are now the raging fad of fash
ion-they must not be dark, nor yet too
light"
With the largest and most ancient
turquois mines in the new world at her
very door, and with ample and cheap
electric power now assured, it would
seem that Cerrllos offers extraordinary
inducements for the establishment here
of a gem-cutting plant.
NOTES AND PERSONALS.
Tom Baillett, of Glorieta, arrived to-
night, and will go to work in the New
berry & Steen siver-lead mines along
with w. N. Lamberson, Al. Stewart and
others
An old-time hotel stand, the Cerrillos
house, changed hands few days ago.
1t was traded by M. Wiel, of Las Vegas,
for land near that city. The new owner
is Mr.. Myers, a Las Vegan, who will
move his family here soon and open a
new hotel.
The Monte Cristo Placer Company is
arranging to receive its coal supply
from r. M. Carleys pits over in the
Tuerto. Enoch Rogers is at Golden to-
day to figure on the freighting contract
R. B. Thomas, general manager of the
smelter company, Is expected back from
the south tomorrow. He has been at
Ell Paso to engage competent metal
lurgist to go to work here, and also
made visit TO the mines near Magda-
lena, ulls-l .7o,.se t0Gty miners are now
at work extracting ore fer treatment
at the CerriIlos plant.
The venerable W. H. Harkness came
down from Las Vegas last night to look
after the repairs on four dwellings
which he owns here. He hauled the
lumber from Santa Fe by team, and
erected the first house in Cerrillos just
twenty years ago this month. Judge
Hardness has never lost faith In the ul-
innate outcome Of his investments here.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Newbery made
horseback trip from Santa Fe to Ger
rillos yesterday, returning home this
forenoon, after visiting several mines
in the Mckenzie hill locality.
The indefatigable Ed Bennett Is stead
lily developing his several silver-lead
properties in the Vallecitos gulch, pre-
paratory to making regular shipments
to the smelter.
Mr. Wightman, of Denver, assistant
electrician in charge at the great power
plant, is seeking a suitable dwelling,
and will bring his parents and sister
here to pass the summer.
w. P. Burn, brother Of the manager
Of the Galisteo company. was called to
Lyman. N. H., last night by telegram
which stated that his wife had died sud
denly Of pneumonia.
The tubular we'll now being sunk here
has reached a depth Of 450 feet, ard the
drill has been caught at the bottom by
cave-in. Superintendent Garfield has
sent for fishing outfit" and will have
the drills going again in few days. He
knows his business.