Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-16
cocH|1I DISTRICT.


Bland. N. NJ. Aug. !S.-l3en Johnson
one Of Albuquerque good natured and
corpulent citizens, who IL interested In
Cochiti mining property. spent the
rast week In Bland.
J. G. Spears, the popular collector
and treasurer II 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 IL heavily interested In the
Cochtti district and upon his return
will remain In Bland 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 ret IN Bland by VIM. Rogers
end driven to the latter's ranch, twelve
miles west Of Bland. where they will
spend 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 n being sick with typhoid fever.
after suffering little over week.
passed peacefully to rest at o'clock
on 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
er party arrived In time for the funer-
al. which took place from the NJ T..
church In Bland at o'clock on Thurs
day evening. Little Lille, at the time
Of her death. was aged 12 years s
months and six days. She was bright
little child, loved by all who knew her.
She leaves a host of Borrowing friends
to mourn her untimely departure. The
stricken family have the heartfelt sym
pathy 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
II: 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 II is safe to say that before the
end of the year 500 will have ben
expended in labor on each aud 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 little
loose change among the Cochiti min
ers. which to them will be very accept
able. Assessment work on the T. 8. X.
group OF claims. owned by AlbuQuer-
que parties. has just been completed.
The T. s. X. is q south extension of the
Albemarle and has all the surface indi-
cations OF becoming. with development,
o very valuable property.
T. II. Benson, OF the Exchange hotel
In Bland. Is doing considerable work
on several mining claims owned by
him In Cola canyon. and known as the
Puzzle group. lie is taking out some
very fine looking ore and hopes soon
to begin shipping to the Woodbury.
mill.
Over In Peralta canyon, which Is a
part of the Cochlti mining district. the
miners seem very hopeful Of soon
bringing that part OF the district to the
front and are doing assessment and
development work, with the intention
OF taking ont some ore for treatment
AT the Woodbury. mill. On the DeWet
John Murphy Is driving a cross cut or
working tunnel, which Is now In 100
feet and has jus. encountered the lead.
Mr.. Murphy first ran cross cut near
the surface. which shows this lead to
be thirty-hve feet In width. with an av.
erage value of gold and silver. from
wall to wall. OF $3.50 per ton. The
working tunnel just completed. en-.
counters the lead at depth OF about
seventy feet and from this point re.
cent assay taken gave return Of $50
In gold and $40 In silver. II seems
strange that with the surface showing
to be found In Peralta canyon. this
part OF the Cochiti district should have
been 80 long neglected, but the eyes Of
men with capital have recently been
opened to the fact that here is to be
found a place for safe and profitable
investment and your scribe expects be-
fore another year rolls by to see Peral-
t. canyon the center of great activity
The mine owners Of the Cochiti dis
trict have not forgotten the fact that
because OF their not taking hold OF
the matter in time and In the proper
spirit they permitted the Black Range
mining district to carry or the prize
for the best exhibit Of mineral at the
In .....tt..,iul fair bsAh In A1huunar.