Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-16
SANOOvAL COUNTY.
II Is Rich In Many Resources, Wait.
Ing Development.


Editors Citizen.
Algodones, N. NJ, April 1.-THE
new county Of Sandoval is rich in nat
ural resources; the county is traversed
almost centrally north and south by
the great Rio Grande, and in the same
| direction by the great Santa Fe rail.
road, direct from Chicago on the great
lakes to the Pacific ocean, N San
Francisco. Combining its stock,
grain, fruit, minerals of all kinds,
building material; and with immigra-
ton, and the vast market facilities we
have, will surely make this new oun
ty one of the richest in the whole
southwest. One-tenth of the wool
| grown in the territory is grown in the
new county. The region producing the
Delaine Merino wool, large herds of
finely bred cattle. The county has a
great future as a dairy county. This
county being the gateway to the Pa
| cific coast. Alone the great oil fields,
known as the A~lgodones oil fields, is
something enormous and cannot be APP
preciated without a visit to them. The
\ kikOuOntS VII NODuDdug NOnblOio dUOut
5000 acres of these great oil fields.
They have a $1,000 plant of machinery
on the ground, and are now boring for
| oil night and day. Besides the great
| coal fields which have been opened up
by the Santa Fe Central Railroad COM
pany. They have at work in the mines
| s~eventy-ive men. This new county
will open up the largest coal fields in
the southwest, and the Santa Fe Gen.
trail Railroad company will be enriched
ten-fold for their labor. There is more
railroad activity in this new county
than anywhere in the southwest. The
new county has the largest tract of
county in the territory. 1t has the most
wonderful, sulphur springs and the
great Jemez hot springs, known all
over the land for their curative prop
critics, also the finest resorts in the
southwest. With the Sandia noun
tains, which are very rich in gold, sill.
yer, copper and lead, only waiting for
the capital to take it out. The new
county will soon have n Of the larg-
est smelling plants in the southwest.
Built by eastern capital at Algodones,
one of the loveliest spots on the Rio
Grande, and the most favorable place
for a large city to build up. The coun-
try around is not without It's scenic
attractions, and the climate is equal to
that Of sunny Italy. There cannot be
found on any part of the globe, such
surface indications for gold, silver,
copper, lead and iron as in the new
county of Sandoval. The oil fields are
certainly the finest surface indication
on the face of the globe, with the oil
springs cropping out everywhere, and
the great amount Of the oil bearing
shale, that is to be seen, Is beyond
comprehension without paying it q
visit. Large two-story buildings are
being built at A~lgodones, and several
more will be built, and several fine cot
tages are contracted for to be built, in
fact the new county of Sandoval is and
will be the most progressive county in
the territory. With its brand new
officials, who are all progressive bust
ness men, they will take pride in push
ing the new county to the front. The
beautiful city of Albuquerque on the
south, with a population of aoout a.
900 people and a distributing point,
only sixteen miles away, and the coun-
tyseat of Bernalillo county, which San
doval county was a part of. The new
, county of Sandoval invites capital to
come and look over the resources,
that is here only waiting the capital to
develop their vast and profitable hid
den treasures, that can only be devel-
oped by men of means. They are here,
and we invite you, one and all, to come