Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-04
NEW PLACERS DISTRICT.

NEW PLACERS DISTRICT.
A few miles southwest of Dolores Is
situated the extensive New Placers
mining district, which comprises the
numerous rich gold and silver bearing
lode claims in the hills around Golden
and in the neighboring Tuerto noun
tains; the great gold, silver and copper
mines around San Pedro, two miles fur
Their south, and several miles Of pay
placer ground. This district unquestion-
ably holds values to the amount of mill
lions Of dollars, and as development
work. is prosecuted the showing con-
stantly improves. Two groups of cop
per mines near San Pedro, known as
Santa Fee No. / and Santa Fe No. 2, en-
bracing sixteen patented claims, were
recently transferred to the Santa Fe
Gold and Copper Mining Company for
a consideration estimated to be equiva-
lent to $780, 900.
COPPER AND MICA.
Northwest and north of Santa Fe, in
Rio Arriba county, are deposits, where
large kidneys of almost pure copper
have been found on the surface, and big
bodies of good copper ore are known to
exist; the promising Headstone mining
district east of TERRA Amarillo; the
Tres Piedras. now being operated by a
strong Colorado Springs company; and
over 1000 acres of pay placer lands ex-
tending up the Chama river from Abb
quiz, and including much of the adja-
cent mesa land. as well as the river bed.
TAOS COUNTY WEALTH.
East Of Rio Arriba and north and
northeast Of Santa Fe is fruitful Taos
county, which is traversed by the Santa
Fe division of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad, and is reached from this city
by good wagon roads. In this
full county are found the Ojo Caliente
mining district, the copper mining dis
trict east of Embudo, the Amizett gold
and silver mining district east of Tres
Piedras, and the cluster of rich gold dis
tricts north and northeast of Taos,
known as the Rio Hondo, Keystone, La
Belle and Red River districts. Further
east, in Colfax county, are the profitable
gold mines Of the well-known Eliza
BEETHOVEN and Badly districts, and the
mines rear Cimarron. The mines in all
these districts are undergoing system
attic and extensive development work,
and many Of them are realizing their
n steady yellow profits at the
mills and smelters.
A NEW DISTRICT.
Immediately east and northeast of
Santa Fe is the Pecos river forest res
ervation, partly in this county and part
ly in San Miguel county. This reserve
ver a section of the rugged Santa Fee
range of mountains, in which are found
many promising surface indications of
gold, silver, copper, iron and coal land
1t is confidently believed that the devel-
opment work now in progress will loon
disclose much pay material. Copper,
iron, mica, and coal that burns readily,
have been discovered on the surface
within two or three miles of this city.
A large body Of fire clay OF superior
quality has been opened about two
miles up Santa Fe canon, and 1t is now
supplying the penitentiary brick-mak-
ing plant with much of the clay used.
Several lode claims, carrying gold
quartz nearly resembling the Cochiti
quartz in appearance, are being opened
on the eastern slope of the Santa Fe
range. about fourteen miles east Of this
city.
THE NATURAL CENTER.
From this brief sketch and the excel
lent accompanying map, 1t will be per-
ceived that the capital city Of New
Mexico is 80 fortunately located that 1t
ought to command the trade Of nearly
all the mining districts of the large and
resourceful region indicated, besides
the steadily increasing volume Of bust
ness incident to its being the official and
political center Of the territory.