Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-22
A Turning Point in the History of
That Town Toward Prosper
GUS Future.
TWO Big ESTABLISHMENTS
The smelter Will Soon Start Up and the
Electric Power Works Will Commence
Operations In March-Business
Is Good,
Special Cor. New Mexican.

CerrilloS, N. M, January N.-W. Ii.
Ashdown is in charge of the smelter
during the absence Of the recent pur
chasers, the Messrs. r. B. and A. G..
Thomas, who are at their Hardscrab bible
mine near Magdalena. Tomorrow or
on Tuesday r. B. Thomas, the general
manager of the new smelter company,
to talk to the miners of the Cerrillos re-
gion regarding the buying and treat
ment of their ores. This IS a bit of great
good news, which some of the croakers
may perhaps try to discount, but the
New Mexican representative knows full
ly whereof he speaks in the premises.
and can again reassure the good people
of Santa Fe county that Cerrilos is
strictly all right.
To-day, through the courtesy of H. C.
Yontz, the jeweler here, an excellent
photograph of this splendid smelter
plant was secured, and ere long the
New Mexican hopes to present in its
columns a good picture thereof.
NEED A BRIDGE.
The increasing traffic between Ger
rllos and the surrounding busy mining
camps now again serves to call atten-
ton to the urgent need of bridge
across the Rio Gallsteo at this point.
Tax payers of this whole region of
Santa Fe county are now agitating the
matter and will insist that the county
commissioners do the right thing by
them. 1t Is estimated that $1,000 will
suffice to construct the bridge,
with the donations of labor and money
which can be raised here and at the
mining camps. 1t Is probable that a pc
tition on the subject will be presented
the county board at an early date and
it is hoped it will receive earnest and
prompt consideration.
THE BIG POWER PLANT.
Scores of visitors took advantage of
the spring-like weather to go out and
at Madrid today Although it was
Sunday, the construction work was in
full blast The main building is en-
tirely of steel and asbestos, the dimen-
sions being 75x1O5 feet As feet in height.
The smoke stack will be 140 feet high.
In about sixty days the big wheels will
be set in motion. Consulting Engineer
Hart is "a young man who halls from
Denver, but as am electrician. he is
surely ION to his job"
THE O'MARA COAL MIME.
Major Fred Muller's O'Mara coal pit,
twelve miles east Of Cerrillos Is now
producing 250 tons of coal per month,
mostly supplying domestic demand
here. W. P. Gould, the lessee, has just
received assurances from the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe freight department
to the effect that rate will soon be
given on this coal, which will enable him
to market 1T at Santa Fe, Las Vegas and
Albuquerque.
THE GYPSY QUEEN MINE.
w. W. Robson, of Colorado Springs,
and strong company Of associates. are
pushing development on the Gypsy
Queen mine, fourteen miles out from
here which they recently bought from
Chris Wiegan and other Las Vegans.
By the time the smelter is ready to
start Mr.. Robson states he will have
| fifteen men knocking down ore in the
mine. It Is fine smelling proposition,
and the ore will be among the first lots
brought to the plant here for treatment,
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Juan Romero y Montoya, Of Santa Fe
his employed here as clerk in Gerdes' gen.
| eral store, and his son Robert is assist
ant In Khedive Koury's popular estab-
lishment.
! A whole lot Of new people are as
sembled about Madrid since the Co)ora-
do Fuel and Iron Company took hold
| Cerrillos citizens are much pleased with
them as neighbors, and extend to them
the glad hand.
United States Coal Mine Inspector w
j. Fleming Is putting in several days al
the coal mines He and Manager Elliott
| drove over to the O'Mara coal district
this afternoon.
J. Ross Forsyth and family are new
arrivals here from Toronto, 0. Mr.. For
syth has opened new drug and sta
tionery store opposite Kinsell & Clos
sons. He is a man of attractive person
ality, thoroughly alive to the fact tina
a bright future Is in store for Cerriflos
and is building up most satisfactor,
business. A supply Of blank books am
legal blanks Of all kinds. furnished b.
the New Mexican Printing Company
, will be put in by him this week.
M. T. Wright. Of Canyon, Tex, is o