Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-04-29
SAN ANTONIO
A COAL MARKET
Mines at Carthage Are Being
Worked and Merchants
Reapine Benefits.
OTHER INTERESTING RESOURCES

Special Correspondence.
San Antonio. y. ~. April 22.--That
which imprcsses one most at san An.
tonic Is the large number Of ~. mule
teams, which come into town dragging
great wagons loaded with soft coal
from the Carthage mines. These
wagons come with frequent regularity
ane the presence 81 them gives the
one street of the city a live and ami.
mated appearance This Is the whole
lie OF the place a. this season OF the
year. The rancherF being busy with
their crops and the shecpmon sway Ia
the hills caring for their lambs. The
bcgrimmed mulewhackers. who come
into The city pcrched upon the front
end OF the coal laden ~NEOns. and tho
"dcscascadOrcs snloaders, are the
chief customers OF the three large
stores Of san Antonio.
Each Of these wagons brings from
$4,000 20 10000 cwt OF coal and tho
hauiers receive a. n ton for the haul
ing. The "deseascadores" receive 10
cents q ton for unloading Il. AT the
mines. the coal IL let into the wagons
through shoot. thus relieving the
haulers from any oxertion In loading.
Tho stores Of the town are the Nc.
Intyre Mercantile company. Allaire.
Miera a Co, and A. n. Hilton. The
Hilton store Is probably the largely
patronixcd az present because the WI.
ton mine. owned by Powell siackhousc
n the only mine under operation.
The Allaire mine u cayed In and
because OF the little profit obtained
from the product after the mining and
frelghting expenses are paid, there II
no immediate prospect OF Il opening.
The railroad situation. too. In rs
unsettled state. has much to DO with
che Inactivity of the Carthage district.
Tho circumstances, which prevail, are
quite thoroughly understood through
out the country. so there il no need OF
recOuntlng them The Victor Coal
company and the powers represented
by Powell stackhOuse Of VI pas0,
are engaged In n legal hattie over the
possession of the old santa Fe grade
and right OF way 10 the district and
until tSe courts make settlement
the conditions az Carthage are likely
20 remain unchanged The Chappolle
crowd, the Victor Coal company peO
pie. however, seem 90 have the best OF
the argument 50 far In that they have
possession OF part OF the grade and
material on the ground 20 complete
the road 20 the mines.
The Victor people. also, continue "a
prospect the district and Il II under
stood that they have bought the Nc
Intyre mine. which rs known as ths
Old Government mine. Two drills ars
Uss mat MHf
owns them and what they have dis
covered In their subterranean explora
tons Is not made public. The sup
position Ia that the drills are operating
for the Victor Coal company, as the
other crowd knows what they have.
The Stacknouse crowd purchased
the Hilton $40 acre tract and mines
paying. e Is said. 100000. The sale
was made by a. o. Bursum and judge
ID. n. Mcmillan. the former Of Santa
Fo. and the latter OF socurro, and
~ said that they received f23.O0U Gael
a. their profit
The sheep prospect. az well as tht
crop prospect, In the neighborh9od Of
san Antonio. 81 very flatterlng. one
sheopman had the audacity 10 claim
that his sheep would bring 200 pei
cont VI lambs. This man, however
only cwnod one eve and u hrou
forth two lambs. But others claim
with sincerity that their sheep would
raise. with no unlocked for misfortune
100 per cent Of lambs A large number
OF the smaller owners have sold IN,
apring clip OF wool for i7th cents q
pound The large owners are holding
for higher prices. Alfalfa promises O
large crop. and there Il prospect OF
large fruit crop
n the railroad Is built into Carthage
san Antonio and Carthage win become
lively places.