The copper era., 1902-12-18

NEW MEXICO NEWS


The magnitude Of the coal fields Of New Mexico Is little understood, and their importance still les appreciated. As shown in the summary found ia the annual report Of !. T.. Sheridan, United States mine inspector for New Mexico, q very conservative estimate places the aggregate area Of these coal fields at 3G5. ISO acres, or 2, I33. .3 sq Lare miles, and the coal contained therein al s l73. siO. OOO tons, an amount more than twice d. great a. all the tonnage of coal ever produced in the whole United States. and which has supplied the wants Oi every nation since its birth. The gross production Of coal for the fiscal year ended June 30, lJJ2, was l, l32.9i4 tons; amount uocd at mines, go, sos: net product, l.lC2,O ,O46; estimated value of net product on board cars at the mines, Sl, ,bOJ, ,oJ5 90. The area Of coal lands in the territory is given approximately as ,36J, ioO acres, aud the available tonnage at S.I73. .slO GOO tons. Mckinley county stands first among the coal producing counties of the territory, showing a production or JGI, ,436 tons, of value of $I19 fs2, 700 men being employed. Colfax county is second with 264 364 tons valued at 32S0, l97, with 467 men and 29 boys employed. Lincoln county is third with l2l ,9O2 tons, with lj3 men and six boys employed. Santa Fe county i7 fourth with product Of lO3,- 4Gl tons. with l17 men and seven boys employed. Rio Arriba county pro- duced %, 600 tons, giving employment 10 46 men and three boys. SocOrro county produced 9,G8l tons, G2 men employed. San Juan county produced ] 500 tons with three men employed. During the year eleven new mines were Opened-nine in ColfaX county, one in Santa tc county and one in So- zorro county.
 Monday morning a couple Of Mexi cans had little difficulty and one of them pulled a fOrty-fVc calibre Colts revolver, and shot the other, the bull let hitting over the heart. The man who was shot knew he was dead, and hoping to get q little revenge before he died, pulled bis knife and slashcd his opponent around the head, cutting him up nicely, but not seriously, before they were separated. The wounded men were taken to Dr.. CrOckcr's office. The man who had been shot declared the bullet had gone through him. The doctor opened his shirt. found an- other shirt with a bullet hole through it., opened that and found an under shirt with no hole in it. The bullet had gone through two shirts, and had been stopped by the third, under which there was a large bruisc. The doctor admitted the third shirt, owing to the length Of time it had been worn, had great stopping ability but was sur priscd to find it had stopped Colts 4j The siX5hootcr was examined and in it wa, found two empty shells of what had been cartridges for q small bulldog pocket pistol, an un-explodcd cartridge of the same kind, and two full grown Colts cartridges. Luckily these two had come last, instead of at first. The wounded man considered his recovery a miraclc.-Libcral.
 The National Gold and Silver min ing company, has been organized with Il capital of S3,00O.OOO. NJ. R. Sher- man is president. S. w. Winu is sec rotary. and Edwin IIeartt is treasurer, all of Chicago. The mines and works are located at Stein's Pass. This com pany was organized to work the mine formerly known as the Beck. Treas urcr HcHrtt, accompanied by his son, F.. c. Hcartt, arrived from Chicago this week, and have commenced work at the Pass. It is their intention at first to devote themselves to develop ment wOrk-Ii liberal