Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-10
GOLDEN DIS,nlJT.
A Resume Of Operations In a Good
District North OF City.
the OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE.
Special Correspondence.


no excitement to speak OF. The 3.d
year Of 1902, for the first eight months,
was very prosperous for the district
There has been plenty Of work for
everybody residing In the district, be.
sides giving WORK 10 hundreds OF pee.
pie outside OF the district. The new
year is not so prosperous as 1t might
have been, although .he indications
are that before the year Is out 1t will
bring more prosperity &c the miners of
the district The many owners Of
claims in camp have not lost faith, and
every claim in the district had the as
sessment work done on 1t to hold II for
the next twelve months. The many
new discoveries of copper made in the
last year is very encouraging, and they
will be the making Of a large boom
hen the warmer days Of the year will
enable the prospectors to commence
shipping the ores to some smelling
plant. The Cerrillos smelter, which
has been enlarged. and Is a first class
smelling plant will he the means of
opening very large scope OF country
that lies north of Cerrillos. which has
been waiting for the smelling facili.
ties 10 treat the large bodies Of lead.
silver and zinc ores, of which the dis
trict has been so famous. for the past
twenty years. Several claims have
been opened up and development work
done on them shows large bodies OF
ore. Every owner of claims has in the
last twelve months applied for patent,
and are keeping the same clear OF any
law suits Taking everything into
consideration south Santa Fe county
will have a very prosperous year in
1903.
while in the Dolores district no
heavy development work has been
done in the past year, yet some very
large contracts were let on sew
eral mining claims, which have devel-
oped some large rich bodies OF min
eral never before found in the district.
and the day is not far OFF when the
Dolores district will have a reduction
Of the mountains Of the old Ortiz
ant. One company alone has mined
enough ore TO supply fifty-ton ca.
pacity smelter and keep II grinding or
smelling for a hundred of years. and
as the owners OF several claims in the
district are men OF capital New Mexico
will see another large plant in opera
ton before many months have passed
in the vicinity of Dolores.
The prospects of the Albuquerque
Eastern railroad coming within few
miles of the new placer district is one
of the greatest needs of the present 10
enable the miners to put their ores in
the several places where shelters are
in operation and which can handle the
lead as well as the copper ores of the
district.
The town of Golden, being situated
as IL is on level country between the
Ortiz range of mountains and the Tuer
10 mountains. where an abundance OF
water Is found at depth Of twenty
feet. and only six miles from the Una
Vie Cato coal fields, is the coming town
Of the new year for Santa Fe county
and while the population is now only
800, IL looks as II before the year Is out
IL might reach 1000. The Santa FL
Central railroad and the Pennsylvania
Development company are enough I,
assure better times for the camp
While the town does not expect I,
have direct line into Golden, they d
expect that a spur Of the road will b.
run close enough TO help boom tn
camp.
The lay Of the country. from Star
ley. on the Santa Fe Central, to tn
Una de Cato coal fields. has been a
easy grade all the way between tn
two mountains, and the abundance {
water viii be one Of the main point
90 have the spur run close to Colder
The Baird Mining company, the II
1ustr.al Placer mining company an
the Interstate Placer Mining compan.
who own all the cement beds east
d Cato, which deposite are extensiv
~ large aud carry some fair values
placer GOLD. Ali OF these compani'
have done assessment this year al
several small plants have been built
test the cement and find out II possib
the cheapest way Of treating the or
The Baird company have been kee
Ing the whole country busy hnishiI
this years assessment, and the thirt
stamp mill on the company's grour
IL now ready to run, The well whi'
was sunk last year viii supply all Il
necessary water 10 keep the mill ru
ming day and night
rst. Get. Il. Gold aud Hnupar rnl