Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-11-28
THE COAL DISTRICTS.
The Heaviest Producers Are the Nc
kinIey County Mines.
INTERESTING STATISTICS.
SEVEN

ulstTlCt IN MChlnleN county
the heaviest producer: the B~lossburg
region In Colfax county In the north
east section OF the territory; the Ma
drid-O'Mara regions In Santa Fe coun-
~. the Monero district in Rio Arrfba
county; the San Juan river region In
san Juan county; the Carthage pits in
Socorro county. and the white oaks
district In Lincoln county. The
geographical location OF these several
coal fields is fortunately so happily
fixed as TO cover nearly the whole ter
ritory and provide the people with
fuel without the expense of long hauls
and consequent high transportation
charges.
COAL MINE STATISTICS.
During the past year 35 mines have
been operated In six counties. as fol-
lows: Mckinley county, nine mines,
employing 97i men and yielding 543.l50
tons, valued at s7s0,33; Colfax county.
mines. employing 527 men, out
putting 399. 206 ton worth. seO2, 107: San
Ia Fe county, three mines, employing
23O men and yielding tie.2i2 toni worth
s2ls,OO0; Lincoln county, six mines, EN-
ploylng 2o4 men. yielding $1,000 tons,
valued at s177277; Rio Arriba county.
four mines. employing 50 men, Yield
ing 35. 7O6 tons, worth si7.3SS. At Car
thage. Socorro coupnty, one mine is In
operation. which employees IL miners
and the years output was 5000 tons
valued at si2.O 900 and four mines have
been worked In san Juan county inter-
mittently during the past year. Yield
ing about 1000 tons exclusively used
In local consumption.
DEMAND MORE THAN OUTPUT.
The total output OF coal In New Mex
leo for the year ending June 80. 1900,
was i,iS73 1874 tons. the estimated value
of which was sl.s37. 1866. This IL an in
crease in tonnage over the previous
fiscal ear OF 1888. 500 tons. and an in
creased money value OF s236.577. For
this same period the total number OF
employees In and about the mines was
2,0lb. an Increase for the year OF 1876
employees. The coal trade has been ex-
ceedingly brisk all through the year.
Although the total production of coal
shows a marked increase. the demand
for the territorial product has been
much greater than the supply. In his
current annual report the United States
Inspector Of coal mines for New Mex
leo states: AT all mines In the terri
tory, except the very small mines. the
operators were unable to MI more than
two-thirds OF the orders received. On
account of the scarcity OF miners the
operators were unable to meet the de-
for gna1 Hal IL not A... H. ~
great scarcity of miners the increase in
the total production for the fiscal year
would have been many tons greater"
This certainly Is an Unusual condition
of things and should be a strong incen-
tive both for the miners and capitalists
to invade New Mexico.
THE GALLUP DISTRICT.
In the Gallup district there are hve
known workable coal veins, one above
another, the lowest at a depth OF 100
feet. The field extends 10 an unknown
distance north and west and Is con-
sldered practically iscccionmssc,s 's The
iirst work IN tn" a ,ss, hn, ~ ~
region wa done a. .so w
dustry did not assume Important pro-
portions until abou' ss6. Within the
past three years many thousands of
dollars nave been, expended in equip
ping the mines h/'. The veins are 4
tr : feet In thick. -. The product IL
marketed In New Mexico. Arizona and
California.
SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY.
In south Santa Fe county e~xtraordi-
nary conditions attend the coal meas
ures In that here we find the bituml-
nous n anthracite coal resting one
above the other. Here the main blum
irols vein, which has a depth OF slope
II 2'266 feet Is 3 to 5 feet thick and I'M
DERIVING this deposit is a 3-foot STRAIT
um OF the finest anthracite coal These
properties have been operated on a
large scale for years and valuable i'm
provements are constantly going on.
over $1,000 was put into improvements
about these mines during the past
year. They are operated under lease by
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company,
and the well built and comfortable
town OF Madrid, made up exclusively OF
operatives and their families, has
a population OF 40 TO 1900.
CoLFAX COUNTY MINES.
Very extensive properties are operat-
by the Ration Coal and Coke COM
near Gardiner, about 4 miles
from Ration, In Colfax county. The
most perfect machinery OF all sorts Is
running here. There are numerous
veins, the strongest being 6 to 7 feet
thick. All through this quarter of the
territory are found good coal deposits.
ha1nnu IN the an,sAanatn.. ri
coal zone so near at hand.
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.
Crossing westward over the main ver-
OF the Rocky mountains many
evidences of coal are found east OF EN-
In southern Taos county and be-
the Rio Grande. In Rio Arriba
In the Monero and Lumberton
regions, Is another vast coal field which
has as yet scarcely been touched, al
.hough a number OF companies have
been working there for eighteen years
more. Here the veins are 3 TO 6
In thickness. Thence toward the |
southwest coal groupings are found for
OF miles, and no doubt ex-
end through to the Gallup fields.
ON THE SAN JUAN RIVER.
on the san Juan river and In the vi |
unity OF Aztec are perhaps the largest
richest coal areas yet untouched in
he west. The veins are from 6 to Is
In thickness and the coal is OF a
Ugh grade Of bituminous. said to be
lrst class for cooking purposes. As in
ANITA Fe county several veins of nat.
lral coke have been encountered in
Juan county.
soCoRRo COUNTY.
In Socorro county also south and west
Z Magdalena are extensive coal meas.
res and further east. in Lincoln
ounty' we enter the newly opened de-
'oslts about White oaks ana at Cap
The veins are 8 to 8 feet In
hickness' averaging nearly 4 feet.
When o feel that life is hardly