Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-05-24
DOUBLE HANGING.
At Silver City Friday, June 7.-FataI
Accident at Santa Rita.
CENTRAL MINING DISTRICT.

Silver City, May 23-Silver City will
have Its first hanging for a number Of
years ON the seventh OF next month,
when Jose Sanchez and Andres Gales
will be hung. Sanchez was convicted
at the last term Of court of killing
Millen, at Cliff, on Christmas day last.
Sheriff A. 3. Goodell has both the pris-
ty of numbering q rancher named Nc
Millen, at Cliff, on Christmas day last.
Sheriff a. s. Goodall has both the pris-
Oncrs confined in the Grant county
Jail and Is keeping close guard over
them. The sheriff will erect a scaffold
on the court house grounds n the
double hanging will undoubtedly take
place on the date set, as II will be
impossible for either Of the con.
demned men to get any signers to q
petition to the governor, and II Is not
thought that any action will be taken
to reprieve them. Gales Is only IL
years old, but the crime of which he
Is convicted is deserving OF the sent
ence the court passed upon him. Both
the condemned men do not seem to
worry over their approaching necktie
party.
Cattle shipments from Silver City
have been very heavy this spring and
thousands of head have been loaded
at the local stockyards. The cattle
men have been able In most cases to
secure very good prices for their
stock, while a number are holding
their cattle for the fall sales. as they
argue that prices are going to advance
in the near future to a much better
figure.
A mining accident happened at San.
Ia Rita the other day I'm one OF the
company's shafts, by the late explo-
sion of one of the shots. The miners
working In the mine had placed a
number OF shots before going to sup
per so that they would be discharged
while they were eating. but for some
cause one of them did not go OF for
about thirty.fve minutes. Three or
the men were down in the shaft when
Il exploded and one OF them named
Pat Welsh had his head completely
blowed of and a Mexican neal him
had one of his eyes blown out, while
the other man was not injured. This
Is the first serious accident that has
happened in one of the Santa Rita
company's mines for some time past.
rs the company has been very careful
10 make the men In their employ and
leasers to take great care In their
work.
The new Baptist church upon which
work will be commenced In the near
future. will be quite an adornment to
The city. The building will cost ST.
100. The minister, Rev. Sawyer, is
1t the present time canvassing the
business men for subscriptions and
Is meeting with very good success.
The Silver City reduction works Ii
making some extensive improvements
At It's works and In several ways in
creasing the capacity OF the shelters
and property In general.
w. c. Porterfeld and w. B. Walton
nave been selected to represent Grant
county at the territorial fair at Albu-
luerque in October.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron com
pany at Fierro have finished the con.
struction of their tramway from their
iron deposits at Union hill just below
the camp and have a large force OF
men at work taking out ore With
this arrangement they will be enabled
to ship 500 tons Of iron ore per day
to their Colorado furnaces
Contractor Laizure has almost COM
pleted the kindergarten school build
ing for the Normal school, but 1t will
not be used until the next term
CENTRAL MINING DISTRICT.
The mining district OF the greatest
geographical and mineral area In this
county is the Central district, COM
prising the camps" OF Central, Han
over, Fierro and Santa Rita. Fierro
s. at the head of this great mineral
region. and in that camp the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron company owns
large areas, and is producing a very
considerable tonnage Of copper and
ropper-iron ores. from the s dykes
u mineral cropping to the surface
These bikes or bodies OF ore carry
/ Gaping OF iron. covering bodies OF
copper, which are encountered as
| depth Is attained. Hanover lies to the
south and west, at a distance OF about
two miles, and Is Il thriving mining
| camp, producin, in addition to the
camp. producing, in addition to the
considerable quantities Of lead and
| zinc. South and east from Hanover,
at a distance of about three miles,
lie the historical copper mines OF
santa Rita. The one OF mineraliza-
ton of this district has its culmina-
ton in this camp. Its mines have
heen producing copper for the last
1870 years, and were operated In h
early part of the eighteenth century
by the Mexican government with con
Wet labor, and the tran Is still point
ed out, running through the Pinos Al
tos mountains. owe which the crude
| product of adobe smelters was packed
| ON burros to the city OF Chihuahua.
Until within the past two years no
attempt has been made In ais camp
at systematic mining On an economic
al and business like basis. No effort
Is being made at this time to force
this camp into prominence as a pro-
Queer, but a large amount OF work Is
being done to develop the ore bodies
and TO prepare them to produce cheap
ly the vast stores OF copper nature
has placed there. and which Will. in
the near future, bring Santa Rita into
the list of great copper districts In
the southwest,
The Santa Rita Copper company ID
developing its new ground through the
leasing system, and Is connecting the
working shafts already sunk on the
old ground for convenience in operat'
ing the ore bodies already developed.
The Clifton Copper company, operat'
ing the wildcat group adjoining the
Santa Rita company's ground on the
south and east, purchased eight claims
in January last from Roach and Ash
ton, since which time the company