Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-21
Reeaacs Letter.

Reeas6a Letter.
Editor Daily Optic:
R0ciada. n. d.. Dee. 10 M. John
A Burlington. superintendent Of the
lOFing property. reports fair progress
In the crosscut b. IL steadily driving
for the purpose Of tapping the vein be-
low the old shaft The formation Is
taking Oh the pleasant change which
indicates the proximity Of ore and at
The same time encourages develop
ment. Dir Burlington states that he
DOW expects TO eut the vein al any
mnTnent. He IL now working day and
night shifts pushing the work a. fast
40 muscle. stees aui powdo. can
work. and states that when the ore is
cut a shaft an hundred feet deep will
be sunk on the lead.
Spiess. LATra2oin. Martinez & Co. are
al work On their shaft. having begun
active operations last Monday. A con
tract on this property has been let 10
Mr.. A. Barnnm to sink twenty feet
which viii be worked with a windlass,
and when that point IL reached a horse
power windmill will be installed and
the work continued TO a greater depth
which will depend on the quality Of
ore encountered at the depth OF TWEEN.
~ feet. The superintendent, Nr Vi
cente Y. MARTINEZ. thinks that this
shaft will be sunk at least fifty feet.
Twenty now and thirty later. without
stopping for anything excepting 10 In,
stall the within at the completion Of
the first twenty feet.
Mr.. John NJ. Kelly Is stiIl pushing
work on the New Hope. but has not
yet determined the extent OF the ore
which was shot into last week. The
rock In this property 10 very hard, II
being possible to drill only twelve Ia
fifteen inches to the shift In this hard
granite, As soon as the granite 10 cut
there Is much easier ground In which
TO work and rapid progress will be
made to open up the ore which has
just been encountered. The New Hope
Is one OF our best hopes In this camT
and We all hope II will begin to ship
ore In a very short time,
What we need In this part Of tho
country arc three things: Prospectors
capitalists and push. OF these the
greatest Is push" Capital and mus
Gle are also necessary, In the earl,
days the p%rospectors and married mer
were not as bashful as they are now
they were not afraid TO strike out in
to the hills and look for the bidder
trary they seemed to delight In OK
plOring and hunting for mines In thu
hills. We do not know whether The
ladies moving west have scared then
city of bear and deer has made tn
! call of the wild" less interestin!
= than 1t was i'm the early days. II |
: certainly not the scarcity Of mineral
at least In these parts, SO for some
> thing better We must conclude II 4
the ladies', the bear and the deer. with
out giving any details as TO the In
{ crease In ladies. or the decrease II
+ bear aud deer.
II any Of these three things ar
the cause of the scarcity of prospee
tors and capitalists. please let us know
1t and We will do our best to remed,
the matter.
IL Now. IL they think there Is a scarcit,
of mineral, just let them come thi
" way and We will try to prove they ar
mistaken. We have hundreds Of squar
y miles Of mineralized formation wit
> some day must surely add to tn
" worlds wealth In a number of th
" metals which are being sought In a
9 parts of the globe. Send some of you
wealthy son TO prospect in New Me'
leo. Let them combine pleasure
e health and business by packing som
v goat blankets, a gun, and don't TO
get the pick and shovel. for this
the business part Of the trip. Get on
burro and HE away to the hills, Z
not expect to find gold nuggets site
ing out of the ground. because II thel
were We would not be so friend
about 1t, as we could pick them u
Yourselves. but you will find mineri
and veins cropping out in numero,
places and they are worth developin
for pleasure health and bushes
There is lots of unclaimed territol
in the Rociada mining district on bot
the forest reserve and the Mora Ian
grant. Come into the hills.
CORRESPONDENT.
Nadia a. N.~ r.-~