The Socorro chieftain. [volume] (Socorro, N.M.) 1902-1959, 1905-12-23
Memories Of Former Days Will Be
Refreshed by Incidents in
the Gem City,
AS TOLD BY THE SOCORRO SUN
A Copy of Which Has Been Pre-
served by sam'l O. Meek Of
This City.

the posSeSsor of an interesting
and valuable relic of the SoCorro
of 25 years ago. This is "a opy
of the Socorro Sun, volume enc,
number six, dated August Z,
1880. The paper is four col
umn, four page weekly, owned
and edited by Conklin & Curtis.
The copy referred to is in a good
state of preservation, though
yellow with age, and glance
over its pages recalls some inter-
estiug facts i'll regard to the So
corro and Socorro county of a
quarter of a century ago.
For instance, the leading orti-
Gle is on the Mogollons, a New
Field for Socorro Enterprise. "
The district is located and de
scribed and the best means of
reaching it from Socorro is point
ed ont. Here are the significant
words of one paragraphs: Dur
ing the last year the prosperity
of the district has been seriously
effected [sic?] by Indian raids,
in one of which Capt. Cooncy,
the leading man of the district,
was killed. The miners are nov
all we'll armed, and are constant
! " prepared and so have no fears
of further trouble, especially
since Nictorio has retired into
Mexico" Another paragraph
says that Capt. DorSey's party
which came in last week crossed
by the trail and then took u di-
rect route across the plains to
Patterson's ranch
The Sun clips several int EST
ing items from neighboring pa
perS. For example, from the
Las Vegas Optic, these; "ME
w. A. B. Berry. better known in
Las Vegas as "the baby check
clerk y has disposed of his
transfer business in Santa Fe,
and will set his bark afloat in
lager beer, figuratively speaking.
He will handle Wainwright'S St.
Louis beer in Socorro." Also,
"Socorro, the next important
place on the railroad after leav-
ing Las Vegas, is now attracting
considerable attention. 1t is sur
rounded by agricultural land and
is a supply point for several min
ing districts. The Silver City
Chronicle says: "On and after
August /, Silver City will be
placed hundred miles nearer
Chicago, via. blackboard to So
corro." From the Las Vegas
Gazette is quoted this: A one
third interest in the Torrence
mine in the Socorro district was
recently sold for 100000. Verify
our mines are commencing to be
appreciated" Also, The Frank
lin Mining Co., has located quite
number of mines in the Socor-
ro mining district, some of which
are known to be very rich. Mr..
Franklin went to Socorro early
last winter and was one of the
first to make the wealth of that
region known
Editorially, the Sun urges that
the streets be opened to the site
selected for the depot before the
rush of business commences, and
says that it is now impossible to
reach that site without making a
trip OF two or three miles, be-
cause of the fact that the big
acequias have not been bridged
and the low ground improved.
1t is suggested, also, that the
site for the depot is fixed directly
on the line of the street running
east from Juan J Baca'S store
and in all probability that will
be the main business street of
the town. There is an editor
ial plea for harmony, too, among
the business men of the city and
an apt statement of eternal truth
in words, THE men who wish to
make trouble are usually men OF
no means and no character, who
have nothing to lose
In an article About Our Mines
occurs this: The tunnel at the
Terrence mine opened into the
incline some days ago and is now
nearly to the working shaft.
Mr.. Bsrtleson, who is in charge
is pushing the work steadily for
ward. Some days ago il was es-
timated that rock to the value Oh
$3.50 was on the dump and the
amount has since been largely