Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-22
NEW MEXICO COAL FIELDS
Nearly Every County is UnderIaid
With Coal Beds.
VAST DEPOSITS UNpEvELoPED.

The coal fields of New Mexico lie
chiefly in the northern part of the ter
ritory. Only those parts adjacent to
railroads have been thoroughly ex-
plored. The great value of these fields
is in their proximity to an extensive
region in Arizona, Texas, southern Cal
ifornia and Mexico, in which very little
coal of value has beer found. h
Ration district in Colfax county Is the
southern end of the Characterization
district. and extends from the state
line forty miles south to the Cimarron
river. and fifty miles east from the
Rocky mountains. The workable coal
beds vary from 8 to 6 feet in thickness,
and produce a good cooking coal. The
main line of the Santa Fe crosses the
field near its center. The San Juan
basin extends south of the Colorado
line into the northwestern corner of
the territory, and the La Plata district
of Colorado is found in both San Juan
and Rio Arriba counties OF e Mex
leo: but there are no mines OF any
magnitude in the New Mexico part of
the district. The Mount Taylor district
lies in Valencia and Bernalillo counties
northeast of Grant station on the
Santa Fe and north of Mount Taylor.
The two beds produce a Ignite coal,
but no mines are in operation. The
Gallup district, in Bernalillo n Val
encia counties, lies north and south of
the Santa Fe road for more han sew
enty-five miles, and forms the south
ern end of the San Juan basin. The
mines of Gallup and Clarkville pro-
duce semi-bituminous coal which finds
ready markets for domestic and manu-
featuring fuel as far west as Los An
geles, including the United Verde
smelters of Jerome. Ariz. The Los
Cerrillos district of t~hirty-ive square
miles lies in central Santa Fe county
twenty miles south of SAINT Fe. The
three coal beds. varying in thickness
from 2R to Z feet. produce good an
thracite at the northern end of the dis
trict. the coal toward the south passing
into the coking and semi-coking varie
ties. The anthracite is sold from Den
yer to San Francisco. The TETON area
covering about t~hirty-fve square miles
lies a few miles southwest of the Los
Cerrillos district. There is one worka
BILE bed of clean, semi-bituminous coal
but no mines are in operation. The
small Jarillosa district, twenty-five
miles west of the Santa Fe road, OF
the line of Socorro and Valencia coun
ties, contains only one Deu u
excellent coking coal. There are NJ
mines in operation. The Carthage
areas consist of a number of isolated
patches, of about sixty square miles IL
extent. in Socorro county. eight miles
east of San Antonio on the Santa Fl
road. Only a small amount of coal il
mined. The White Oaks district II
Lincoln county, extends north fort.
miles from Three Rivers, and include
the Garlic and Nogal mountains. TIL
five beds, from A to sly feet in thicli
ness, produce coal ranging from sem
coking and coking to anthracite. Tn
small Mora county area is in extrem
northwestern Mora county, n cut OF
by a desert; and the small ella rive
area is in northern Grant county. an
was formerly mined to supply h mir
ing camps around Silver City.