Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-30
COAL INDUSTRY IN NEW MEXICO

T 0c cOai ucluS OI gNcW hcxlCO eIu brace an area of more than 1,00o,00t acres, and the available quantity oi coal is more than 5000. .o0o, 900 tons of which about 35 per cent is within the boundaries of Colfax county, 2' per cent in each of the counties ot Mckinley and San Juan, and the re maining IS per cent Is distributed fl the counties of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba Lincoln, Socorro and Sandoyal.
 During the fiscal year ended June 30. 1906, vast strides have been made toward the development of the mines and in Colfax county the Dawson Fue company has opened three new mines and has built z50 new coke ovens. This company anticipates aI increase In production of the mine. from the former output of 1000 ton, per day to sc0o tons per day within the next two years. The St. Louis Rocky Mountain and Pacific compan, Is opening new mines at Kohler. { new coal mining camp on the St Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacifi, railroad The railroad Is being bull from Elixabethtown, Colfax county, tt Des Moines, Union county. seventy eight miles It will connect with ths Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail road at Raton, and with the Colorado and Southern at Des moines.
 The Yankee ,FHei company and as soclated companies have opened ex tensive coal mines on Johnson ant Barela mesas in Colfax county. The Santa Fe, Raton and Eastern railroad has been built to the mines and give1 laf e. hn fhx Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail road. The Santa Fe, Raton and De. Moines railroad, now under construc ton, will make connection with tn, Colorado and Southern railroad. AT extension of this line, the Santa Fl Liberal and Engiewood railroad, alsC under construction, will have lengti of 231 miles, through Kansas and Ok lahoma, and will open up new mar kets to New Mexico coal and othel products.
 The American ruei company, a Gallup. has made extensive develop ment upon the Weaver and Heatol mines, and has large reserves of eoa ready for extraction to supply the Pa cific coast markets, as well as de mands of the southwest nearer hom' during the winter months.
 The mines of Carthage, Socorrt county, have been reopened by th' Carthage Fuel company, and the Ney Mexican Midland railroad, a road | miles long, has been built to trans port the coal from the mines to thu Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail road at San Antonia, New Mexico whence 1t is shipped to the variou towns of the southwest.
 During the past fiscal year ther were directly employed at the coa mines 2290 men and 64 boys, an in crease of PAT men and 12 boys owe the preceding year. Indirectly fou times that number of men are en ployed in the operation of the mines cutting and hauling timber. maintain ing hotels, boarding houses, and mer cantne establishments st the mines and in the transportation of the coa to market by railroad.
 The gross production of coal in tn past fiscal year was 1,794,228 shor tons; amount used in operating tn mines, 67,4e0 tons; net product shir ped, 1,72e,72s tons; value of net pro duct of the mines, $2,279 ,910. The if ShSaoC oA tuc ucl piOduStACh WI en preceding year was 254.e36 tons, o 17.29 per cent.
 That the coal and coke industr will grow in importance for man years to come is evidenced by the fac that the demand Is always in excea of the supply. So great has been tn demand for coke that thousands Q tons have been shipped from Conneli vile, Pa, and from Australia to tn smelters of California, Arizona an Old Mexico during the past veal About 800 new coke ovens are i courss of construction and 800 nor gre contemplated. To operate thes ] ovens would necessitate an increase production of coal amounting to per csnt.
 A large are of the coal lands rs gently withdrawn from entry by th federal government Hes within Ne, Mexico. Just what disposition fh government Is to make of these land reserved is not known, but 1t Is prs sumed that they are to be held b the federal government to assure th people of the country a permaner coal supply. How rich in coal thes lands are is not known. Their wealt has never been explored; but as the lie within the great coal belt of Ne Mexico 1t is fair to suppose that the contain much high grade fuel as th lands adjacent to them and situate within the same region. held by pr vate corporations.--H. ]. Hagermsl Governor of New Mexicc, in the Mil