Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-03-04
GRANT COUNTY
MINES ACTIVE
Central District Is
Scene of Much
Activity
SOME RICH PRODUCERS
Expert GeorgeH. Utter Says
Future of Silver City is
Very Bright.

Among the visitors III Santa Fe at
the present time is George n. Utter,
mining engineer of Silver City, who
years ago was located in the Capital
He is in the city for a visit of few
days in company with his wife and is
renewing friendships here formed
dating back to the time of his arrival
in New Mexico quarter of a century
ago.
When a youth fresh from college
MIR. Utter was induced to locate In
New Mexico by General Lew Wallace
who was then Governor of the Terri
tory. He came to Santa Fe and open
ed all assaying office in the Old Palace
which was at that late day still uti
lized as the residence and Office OF
the Governor. Through Governor
Wallace's influence in his behalf he
soon found himself possessed of a
thriving business. In 1884 Mr.. Utter
served as fiscal agent of the Territory
and while in that capacity placed the
original 100000 issue of bonds fol
the erection of the first Capitol build
ing. It was that transaction that gave
New Mexico its first credit in the
financial world and Mr.. Utter onl.
succeeded in negotiating the loan af
ter six months Of persistent effor
among the moneyed men of New York
An Expert Mining Engineer.
Mr.. Utter is an expert in his pro
fession of mining engineer and his
services as such are always in de
mand. His field of operation now il
confined mainly to the mining dis
tricts surrounding Silver City t
which place he removed number o
years ago from Santa Fe. Inter
| viewed by reporter of the New
Mexican regarding mining activity il
that locality he said:
Grant County in general way j
in highly prosperous condition AM
particularly in its mines. Severa
large mining companies have becom
interested in the various groups Il
che vvYnty including the Santa Rit;
| people wfrU rU---o-r-----te0 odd claims
and are identified with the grea
Standard Oil Corporation. The SAINT;
Rita concern has large concentra
tor at Santa Rita and it is BIZ
money making enterprise.
"The Hermosa Copper Compan
which is controlled by capitalists a
lied with the General Electric Con
pany of New York, a corporation
with the enormous capitalization O
SS0,0O0,000 owns a number of proT
; critics and is doing great deal Q
development work.
Large Daily Shipments Of Iron.
"The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany is shipping 1000 tons of iro
daily from its mines at Fierro, a cam
only a short distance from Silver City
to the smelters at Pueblo. This Is n
eyaggeration of the output. | happe
to know and there is no secre
about it.
"These mining companies just mer
toned are the principal operators i
/ what is known as the Central minin
district. There are dozen or NOR
other companies and syndicates ope
ating in the same district and nearl
, all of them are producers. Many otl
ers are getting ready to commence az
tive operation.
IN the Pinos Altos Mining Distri'
|nine miles northeast of Silver Cit.
considerable work is being done
the Comanche Mining and Smeltin
r Company which has large smeltt
and concentrator at Silver City, an
operates its own railroad from thel
to Pinos Altos. This company hi
t over forty claims in the Pinos Alto
: district and daily shipments of OF
: run from 100 to 175 tons.
! Another Railroad to Be Built.
: "The Comanche Smelter peop
will soon build another railroad
!. the Burro Mountain district whel
: they have mining properties whie
they are working. They are carryin
e on extensive development and wi
y begin shipping from the mines thel
t as coon as the railroad to transpo
the ore Is completed.
a THE Forest Queen Copper Compan
S which purchased my mines known
t the Cleveland group, a year ago,
i carrying on system of developmer
s by tunnel work and drifting on tn
J. west side of the Burros mountain