Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-09
COCHITI DISTRICT.
Visitors to the SuIphurs-- Death From
Typhoid Fever,
INTERESTING MINING TOPICS.
Special Correspondence.

NOA l1ANAN go.
Cochiti mining property, spent the
rast week in Bland.
J.. C. Spears. the popular collector
and treasure OF Mckinley county,
passed through Bland on Saturday of
last week. en- route to the Sulphur
springs. where he will spend a couple
of weeks taking a much needed rest.
Mr.. Spears is heavily interested in the
Cochiti district and upon his return
will remain in Bland a few days look
ing after his varied interests.
Tom Goodwin. an employee of the
Whitney Hardware company of Albu-
querque. accompanied by his wife,
came in on last Mondays stage. They
were met in Bland by VIM. Rogers
end driven to the ~latter's ranch, twelve
miles west Of Bland. where they will
spend a couple Of weeks enjoying the
delightful scenery and cool invigorat-
ing breeze Of the mountains before re-
turning to their home in Albuquerque.
Lille Smith. mentioned in my last
letter as being sick with typhoid fever.
after suffering q little yer a week.
passed peacefully to rest at 1 o'clock
CT "Wednesday afternoon. A telegram
was sent to Mr.. Smith. who is in San
Francisco, California, and one to Ben
Smith, the oldest son of the family,
who is in Prescott. Arizona, but Meth
err party arrived in time for the funer-
al, which took place from the M. E.
church in Bland at 1 O'Clock or Thurs
day evening. Little Lille, at the time
Of her death. was aged IL years s
months and six days. She vas a bright
little child, loved by all who knew her.
She leaves a host of sorrowing friends
to mourn her untimely departure. The
stricken family have the heartfelt sym
patty of the entire community.
Will Ments. formerly editor of the
Bland Herald, spent a few days in
camp this week.
A. L. Hall, who for three years past
has held the position of mine foreman
il the Albemarle and Lone Star mines,
left on Friday last, in company with
his estimable wife. for Sonora, Mex
leo, where he goes to take charge of a
mining property owned by the Boston
capitalists. The many friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Hall regret very much their
departure from Bland. but wish them
success in their new home.
Considerable assessment work is
row being done throughout the camp
and it is safe to say that before the
end of the year 500 will have Der
expended in labor on each and every
unpatented claim in this district. A
great many of these claims are owned
by outside parties, principally citizens
of Albuquerque. and the performance
Of this work will scatter quite a little
loose change among the Cochiti min
ers, which to them will be very accept
able. Assessment work on the 7. S. X
group of claims, owned by Albuquer
que parties, has just been completed
The T. S. X. is a south extension of tht
Albemarle and has all the surface indi
cations of becoming, with development
q very valuable property.
T. H. Benson, of the Exchange hote
in Bland, Is doing considerable worl
on several mining claims owned by
him in Cola canyon, and known as the
Puzzle group. He is taking out some
very fine looking ore and hopes soor
to begin shipping to the Woodbury.
mill.
over in Peralta canyon, which is {
part of the Cochiti mining district, thu
miners seem very hopeful of sooi
bringing that part of the district to thu
front and are doing assessment ant
development work, with the intention
Of taking out some ore for treatmen
at the Woodbury. mill. On the DeWe
John Murphy is driving a cross cut o
working tunnel, which is now in 10
feet and has just encountered the lead
Mr.. Murphy first ran a cross cut nea
the surface, which shows this lead L
be t~hirty-hye feet in width, with an aV
erage value Of gold and silver, iron
wall TO wall, Of $3.50 per ton. Tn
working tunnel just completed, er
counters the lead at a depth of abou
seventy feet and from this point a r'
cent assay taken gave a return OF ~
in gold and $40 in silver. 1t seem
strange that with the surface shown
TO be found in Peralta canyon, tn
part of the Cochiti district should nav
been so long neglected, but the eyes
men with capital have recently bee
opened to the TACT that here is TO
found a place for safe and proftab
investment and your scribe expects D
fore another year rolls by to see Pera
It. canyon the center of great actlVlt
The mine owners OF the Cochiti al
trict have not forgotten the fact tn
because of their not taking hold
the matter in time and in the prop
spirit they permitted the Black Ran
mining district 10 carry off the prl
for the best exhibit Of mineral at u
last territorial fair held in Albuqu'
que. and your scribe wishes to notl
the citizens of the aforesaid Bla'
Range district that if they imagi