Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-24
New MeXieo'S
Mineral Wealth
Undeveloped Sections Of a Territory Rich In Hidden
Treasures--A Place Where the Prospector and Cap
italist Will Some Day Reap Abundant Harvest.

In Grant county there is a greater
activity, but there are still sections
awaiting the advent Of capital and en-
terprise. Several well equipped estab-
lishments are now working and turn
ing out large quantities of gold, silver
and copper. One of the leading enter
prises In this couny is the Silver City
Reduction Works, which draws its ore
supply from all parts of New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah, Colorado, California
and Mexico. From Mora county, also,
ONE the cry for more capital and for
properly directed energy. Here there
are gold bearing ore, iron and galena
awaiting exploitation, and the intelli-
gent work Of the prospector and miner
to show their extent. Coal of a semi
anthracite character has recently been
discovered In apparently inexhaustible
measures. which are Of sufficient thick
ness and of such excellence as to estab-
lish their commercial value beyond all
peradventure. When railroad trans
p~ortation has been provided, Mora
county will become known all over the
west as a strong competitor in the
black diamonds" market.
Mckinley county, of which Gallup
will be the county seat when the county
is fully organized next year, is located
in the rich coal producing section of the
territory. Nearly the entire county Is
underlaid with coal and will no doubt
in time be one Of the richest counties in
the territory. The day Is not far distant
when the extensive coal fields of Otero
county will begin to supply large
quantities of cheap fuel for Ell Paso.
Here, as in the other sections. capital Is
the only requirement. In at least a dog
en- places along the line Of the Ell Paso
& Northeastern railway. in Otero
ty, deposits of superior ore, suitable for
the manufacture of Bessemer steel,
have been found. Cheap coal and coke
will place the iron industry Of this coun-
try on a plane with other localities, and
then New Mexico, Texas and the whole
southwest will be supplied with the
home product. The iron ore has been
tested at some of the largest steel works
Of the United States, and Is shown to be
superior to the Colorado product. When
! the time arrives for the thorough ex-
ploitation Of the business, New Mexico
will find one of her principal industries
located in this county.
In Santa Fee county is also heard the
cry for the requisite facilities" Gold,
silver. copper, lead, iron and zinc are
stored away in the mountains and hills
around Cerrillos, Dolores, Golden and
San Pedro. and at Madrid, in the south
ern part Of the county. are great meas
ures of anthracite and bituminous coal.
Except for the absence of water, the
stream of gold from these fields would
be immense. Modern skill and enter
prise have partly solved the problem
through the agency Of deep wells, but
upon finally to achieve success in a sat
isfactory degree.
A&AA6S "a
south from Dolores Is described al m
vast upheaval Of mineralized matter.
Cunningham and several other hills of
the range are veritable mountains Of
ore, all of a grade to warrant the belief
that the whole can be p%rofltably
worked when the right kind Of machin-
cry is at hand.
Socorro county. in the central portion
Of New Mexico, furnishes another splen-
did opportunity for the investment of
capital. A number of mines are already
producing, and some Of them are ship
ping large quantities of ore. The So
zorro district will some day in the nea
future, 1t is predicted, be the Cripple
Creek of New Mexico, but it is now sad
ly in need Of development.
In Sullivan Hole district, situated in
the San Mateo range, some promising
gold claims have been located, and a
little mining has been done, but this
district is also in need Of development,
and would furnish a good field for pros
pectors and capital. In Cat mountain
district, ten miles from Magdalena.
there are other promising prospects that
might do equally we'll with develop
ment. Another undeveloped section IL
the Iron mountain district, ten miles
north of Cat mountain. The same con-
ditions prevail in the region of the
Graphic mines owned by c. c. Clark, of
Kelly. The Driscoll property in Copper
canon is a gold proposition of unusual
promise. Negotiations have been in
progress with eastern capitalists for its