Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-24
IRRIGA
SCREM ME- NEAR
LORDSBURG
CITY WILL BENEFIT BY
RECLAMATION PROJECT
LordSburg May Divide Freight
ing Business With Silver City,
News of Prosperous Mining
Field.
Especial correspondence Morning Sournal.I

Especial Correspondence Morning J0urnal.l
Lordsburg. n. NJ. July 22.-Lords-
burg the fast growing and prosper
GUS mining and railroad center OF
southern New Mexico. is looking for
ward to deriving considerable benefit
from the big irrigation project now
being planned, witch by means Of
water diverted from the ella river
viii reclaim, It II said. some 10000
or 100. 600 acres OF fertile land west
OF here. and which viii be tributary
To this city. II Is understood the
project has been found feasible. and
when executed II VIII be one OF the
most important IN the territory,
Towns Growth Phenomenal
The growth Of the town OF Lords
burg, which Is rapidly becoming one
OF the chief mining centers Of The ter
ritory, Is a sign Of the general devel-
opmont going on In the rich mineral
district around II. over twenty new
buildings have gone up IN Lordsburg
In the past six months. The hotel
facilities especially are being greatly
improved. John Robson H. remodel
Ing his hotel, and Peter Powers, who
formerly ran the Glurleta House at
Gloricta, has opened a first class res
taurant Powers has many friends IN
the territory who are glad TO see him
return
The mining Industry f. on the boom
Properties that have been closed Tor
years are now Ia full blast, paying
producers. working large numbers of
miners The Nellie Bly copper mine,
sold some lime ago for $4,000, has
more than repaid the purchasers Tor
their Investment and Is today a money
maker.
The Superior mine. closed for mr.
teen years. is now shipping the ore
from the old dunn, the last car ship |
ned running 50 a ton The mine VIII
be worked again soon, pending the
settlement 81 some legal complicad ms
now existing
The Last Chance mine. at Pyramid,
was idle for twelve yenrs unitl re-
comfy. The sutton Consolidated MN
ing mpan bought the property
and after going down only six feet
below the bottom OF the old SHAFT
struck 4 large body Of fine copper
ore. ". T. BLACK of Salida. Colo,
who bought the 'EiRhtN-Fivc' group
last January. has stopped shipping ore
and Is devotinR an his attention To de-
vclopment work A now hoist ~ On
the ground and a new mir compressor
h being installed The latest and best
mining methods are being employed
Tho shaft Win be sunk 1000 feet
deeper a. once. superintendent Fitch
SIN has charge Of the minc, Mr. Fitch
being = practical mining man OF long
exporiencp. The company W. now EN-
blowing sixty men and expects TO Don
have TOO at work
Herbert McGrath deputy shetift
and who conducts % livery stable here, }
SAWS that his business has moro thhn
doubled during tho past year NJ W
McGnih. Justice of the peace m
rrnpriotnr ~ tho Vcndomc hotel. also
saws that he has al The business that
he can comfortably attend to All the
time.
A good road is soou 90 be built
from here to Lcopold mining camp
ra that lordshurR win divide some nt
tho huge frcightiuF business with sill
,or city. whence an supplies are now
taken go the Burro mountain district
From Leopold To silver city the dis
De- eighteen miles. and extremely .
hilit While the distance from Lords
O. double. u is down hin nearly
the way From L%ordshurg the ore
could boz shipped over one railway 1t
rect Go tho Douglas smcltcrs, whore ,
Ienpold onceutrates now go 10y
"thr longest way round. II
The prcsont route Is eighteen miles
wsGnu 90 silver city. fttN miles
over the Santa Fo 10 Dcming. sixty ,
mne. over tho southern Pacific Ca 9
Inrdaburp and thence 60 the smelt-
srs Work on the new road. when
VIII cut out this roundabout shipment
ls now progressing n Lordshurg f.
looking forward 60 considerably IN !
creased Importance as a shippihs y
point 4
q " M~oruingstar has opened "a
ufre. Iu Lnrdshurg. and 81 also .
Interested bon mining In this section. i
Mo|rulnrstar comes from Johnson !
hurr 81 NJ Hc o. taking q very lively 4
Interest in Lo%rdshurg's progress hnd .
development 81 the surrounding d
district and be- interesting c~unsidcrahlr
outside capital in mlncE moan hcrc- !,