Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-31
WHITE OAKS EXHIBIT
That Prosperous Mountain Town
Astonished the Chamber Of Com
MERGE at Ell Paso.
WERE GIVEN A RECEPTION
A Committee from White Oaks Takes a
Pine Mineral Collection to Be Added to
Ell Paso's Permanent Mineral
Exhibit.
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An interesting meeting took place
Saturday afternoon at the chamber of
The occasion was an infor-
NAL reception rendered the members of
the committee from White Oaks. who
brought down the mineral samples to
be placed in the permanent exhibit in
this city.
The members of the committee were
all present. They consisted of tn" fol-
lowing gentlemen: John Y. Hewitt,
president and general manager of the
Old Abe gold mines; S. M. Wharton,
editor of the White Oaks Eagle; S. A.
| Neid, a contractor and builder of White
Oaks.
The visitors We're received by MEM
| bers of the committee on mining, and
| also some members of other committees
Of the chamber of m There
were likewise present several other rep-
%resentative citizens of FL Paso.
Saturday morning the gentlemen
from White Oaks were busy arranging
their exhibit in a handsome cabinet
provided for the purpose. The location
| selected Is in the south end Of the room.
| The magnificent samples of coal, mar
BILE, building stone and larger pieces of
ore are placed against the wall and
grouped around the cabinet. 1t makes
a most creditable display. and proves
beyond a question the vast mineral re-
| sources of the White Oaks district.
No effort has been made as yet for a
| classified and scientifically arranged
list of the exhibits. This work has been
postponed until the exhibit is more
complete, for it is intended to add to
it from time to time, and It is expected
that at least as many more samples will
be sent here from White Oaks within
the next two months.
What is most remarkable about the
| exhibit Is that it was collected within
such a very limited scope of country.
| With the exceptions of two samples all
the gold, copper and iron ore was taken
from mines at or within four miles of
White Oaks. The same Is true OF the
| specimens of sulphur, marble and three
kinds of building stone.
The exceptions referred to are some
| fine specimens of copper that assay 40
| per cent copper, and a 9O-pound silver
| carbonate specimen from the Gallinas
mountains. These are from claims
| owned by Jones Taliaferro, about forty
miles distant from White Oaks. Mr..
| Taliaferro is a citizen of White Oaks,
| and Joined with his neighbors in col
Letting the exhibit.
AT the meeting yesterday Juan S.
Hart presided on behalf of the mining
committee of the chamber Of mmerce
The chairman made a few remarks rel
alive to the enterprise shown by the cit
liens of White Oaks in being first on
| the ground with their exhibit. The ex-
hibit presented was such as they might
well feel proud of, and the trouble and
effort that had been made to secure the
! exhibit was duly appreciated by the
citizens of Ell Paso.
John G. Hewitt was then called upon
for a speech. Mr.. Hewitt spoke of the
mineral Of the White Oaks
country and the wonderful improve
ment and progress which had taken
place since the railroad had been built.
The development of the country would
prove of material benefit to FL Paso
and add to It's wealth.
Referring to the magnificent samples
of coal placed on exhibition, he said
when they began to operate their gold
mines at White Oaks the question of
fuel was one of paramount Importance.
Finally the Old Abe company secured
the coal mines, and then the problem
was solved. BY mining their own coal
to carry on their extensive operations
the company saved $500 per month. The
coal fields of the White Oaks country
were as yet practically untouched.
There were thousands Of acres OF coal
lands which can supply FL Paso and the
surrounding country with fuel for years
to come. The people Of White Oaks
were grateful to the chamber Of COM
merce OF FL Paso for giving them the
opportunity to show what their coun-
try a produce.
Professor Skeats, of this city, fol-
lowed Mr.. Hewitt, and expressed his
high opinion of the and fu-
ture possibilities Of the White Oaks
country. He believed the Indications Of