The copper era., 1901-09-12
NEW MEXICO NEWS

principal streets.
 The assessors rolls for the year 1901, Grant county, a. completed shows total assessed value of BIOS, 417.J0.
 A corps of civil engineers is survey ing the route Of the projected Santa Fe Central railway, which will run from Santa Fe to CamclcOn Hill, on the Rock Island, distance of IF miles.
 San Miguel county shows an increase Of oyer d quarter million dollars in its assessment this year compared with that of last year. The total taxable assessment this year is s3, 3,SO5, ,I72, against $3, 3,54s, DOS last year.
 By the overturning Of d sleeper on the Rio Grandc railroad near Chama. two people were killed and many in- jurcd. Harley Mccoy, gambler, and Mother Baptiste, head of the Sisters of Mercy in Colorado, arc dead.
 The total taxable assessment of Der nalillo county this year is S3,Sil ,340, against $5, ,sl5,Sj9 the sum of the re- turns last year. a decrease of almost g. GOO, GOO, only in part accounted for by the creation of Mckinley county.
 After three years of alumber and quictude, Blossburg, COlfax county, is once more d producer of black dia- monds. The rehabilitatcd Blossburg will be larger in population a5 well as in production than the old Blossburg.
 John McCabe left Wednesday for the Indian Territory, where Chase X Me Cabe have several hundred COWS in pasture being fattened, under the charge of r. NJ. Chase. Mir. McCabe will help ship these COWS to market. They are reported to be in fine condi- tiOn.
 Frank Wclch, one of the Welch brothers, saloon men at Madrid, shot and killed himself Tuesday night about | o'clock. He was in the watercloset at the time ana the revolver evidently fell from his pocket and exploded, the ball passing through his body.
 The Colorado X Gulf railroad has completed the survey through san Juan county and the right of way is now being asked for. It looks as 1T the promoters of the enterprise mean busi- ness, as they have already expended thousands of dollars on the preliminary work.
 Murphy, an old time prospector Of Grant county. lost his life August Huh 1901, while bathing in the Sacramento river, California. The supposed cause was cramps. Mr. Murphy was d tire less prospector, generous friend whose motto was, 'Murphys cabin is always open to a hungry man.
 From the highest authority west of New York it is learned positively that neither Deming or Fl Paso will got Il shelter from Phelps Dodge x company at any carly date. Walter Douglass, superintendent O: the Copper Queen mines and shelter at Bisbee and the highest officer of the mining depart | ment of the company, gave out this in formation in Fl Paso last week.
 Lordsburg is to have an electric | light plant II. T. Lloyd, manager of the Southern Electric company has re- turned from an extended trip to several | places in New Mexico, Arizona and | Mexico, and closed the deal at Lords | burg for machinery for the aew plant. It will be one of the most modern plants | in the country and large enough tO | meet the demands there for several | years to come.
 Saturday, after eight months of idle | ness, the machinery of the Bennett | Stephenson mine in the Organ district. | was put in motion to lift water from | the main shaft, prior to sinking 200 | feet more towards the center Of the | earth. This completed, will give d | perpendicular shaft about 375 feet deep, | descending from the east end of a | horizontal tunnel which reaches d | point in the mountain nearly 100 feet | beneath its summt.-Entcrprise
 Saturday night l76 bars of Silver | bullion valued at S245 GOO were brought | into Fl Paso by We.ls-Fargo company | oyer the Mexican Central road from | Chihuahua. The Silver is the pro- duct of Governor Shepherds mine at Batopilas. It represents the output of | the mine for one month. The express | company, fearing ventursome fool | bandits in Mexico might undertake to | get away with the bullion, did not say ! d word until the silver was safely land | cd in Fl Paso.
 Probably one of tho best if not the ] greatest, strikes ever made in the Hills | boro, Sierra county, district has been made in the Fl Gro, mine, operated by the Philadelphia Mining and Milling company, at Andrews. On the 300 foot levels au ore body, ranging from two feet io sixteen feet wide has been encountered, possessing q value of from $S to Sl3S gold per ton. One man alone is Knocking down ore sufficient to keep the mill running The best of this ore when crushed and banned produces nuggets varying in value from few cents to Sj and S.