Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-03-31
C0CHlTl MINES.
Items OF Interest Gathered from
Reliable Sources.
WHAT "PRosPtcToR" HAS TO SAY.


From the Herald.
Although the unlimited wealth Of the
Golden Cochiu" has recently been
pretty well noised throughout the
woriu-though newspapers local and
metropolitan, nave from time 10 time
contained interesting articles under
bold head lines relative TO the almost
immeasurabie extent OF the leads ana
the mmense outcrop OF mineral In the
district and the work that was being
accomplished IN the way OF developing
the salne-the writer has failed 30 far
to see anything In print that would
give any very definite idea as to the ex-
tent OF the mineral belt In this famous
district. 10 the uninitiated IL would
seem tha Pine and Cola canyons and
their tributary gulches contain ALI the
mineral that Is worth mentioning or
looking after-that a scope of country
but little over five miles in length along
the belt with width unmentioned, con-
tains the area. From Bland to Abe
marie is all there seems to be of IL, ac-
cording to the most widespread print
ed reports. IL Is true that at the above
places the only Developments of any
consequence are being accomplished,
but this does not discredit the fact that
the mineral belt can be distinctly trae-
ed for a distance OF over twenty miles
of It's length. From a point rear the
head of Media Dda canyon on the north
To some distance beyond Bear canyor
ON the south. and that IL Is from three
to five miles in width. With a few ex.
ceptions the outcrop Is not 50 pronounce
ed in other portions OF the belt as 1t /,
at Bland and Albemarle. but 1t Is ow'
ing to the less eruptlve nature Of tbs
country and does not In any way pre-
clude the probability Of " large anc
rich deposits elsewhere, as the loaf and
smaller outcrops show the same char
acter OF ore and equal yas rich. In tn,
|, Peralta canyon the sixty feet of outcroI
on the Aun Betsy claim exceeds ever
the famous Albemarle, the Lone Star y
Grown Point at Bland, and a consider
= able portion of the Betsy's large bod.
: is good ore.
, In the Bear canyon vicinity the out
: crop Is large for a distance of owe
q three miles along the belt, but tn
country is not eruptive to my grea
extent and probably from this a
"A int uudTlLs HuCH VI Nnl1H 10 LII iikH
in appearance. has failed to bring tn
values to the surface to any great eS
tent so far as has yet been ascertaineC
Though the development that has bee
l. done shows hat the values increas
with depth as Is the case througho,
the belt.
have heard several newcomers Z
the camp bemoan their III luck becaui
they thought they had arrived In n
district after all the claims had bee
" located, and /. myself, was led TO b,
h, lieve upon my arrival here last sun
mer. that everything was taken, put /
~ dint OF considerable rustling n climl
: ing found by personal investigated
j. one OF the best Instructors, that su,
was not the case, n I didn't locate q
TX there wal vacant either, by a jug fu
There Is still plenty of room for pro
pectors in the great Cochiti district al
1t is my opinion, to be taken at 4
~ considered worth, that there are plen
II. OF claims remaining In the district
. be located in the future that are equal
as good as the best of those located
the past. The Cochiti district In nc ma
row. contracted concern, though 50 {
IN. as development goes. Vt Is quite infa
H. tile. PROSPECTOR
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