Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-04-10
WORKING LINCOLN
COUNTY MINES
Some Rich Proper
ties Being De-
veloped
OUTLOOK IS ENCOURAGING
Prosperity Abounds Every
where-.-Fruit Crop Dam
aged by Frost.

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be the most prosperous in the history
of Lincoln County. The various min
ing properties in the White Mountains
and Baxter Mountains are being extern
sively developed and worked; stock
conditions were never better and pros
poets for excellent crops of cereals are
encouraging. THE fruit yield this year
will not be as great as last year.. how
ever, as the late frosts have done con
siderable damage"
The foregoing are the remarks in
brief of John A. Haley, editor and
proprietor of the Captain News. a
Democratic weekly published at the
town of Captain and who was yester
day elected treasurer Of the Territor
ial Bureau of Immigration for the en-
suing two years.
Old Mines in Territory.
Lincoln County contains some Of
the oldest gold mines in the Terri
tory" stated Mr.. Haley, in the course
Of an interview with a New Mexican
representative. Continuing, he said:
Among these properties is the ia
nous Old Abe mine, located in the
Baxter Mountains near White Oaks
In years gone by this mine has pro
duced over $1,000,000 in gold. The
property has a shaft 1,400 feet deep
and this is now being sunk to a
greater depth. The property is diff
ferent from most New Mexico mines
in that it is perfectly dry and has
never had to be pumped. In addition
to the Old Abe, the company also has
two other valuable gold claims it is
working known as the South Home
stake and the North Homestake.
These properties are owned by White
Oaks people almost exclusively.
"Another rich property is the mine
of the Eagle Mining and Milling Com
pany on the Bonito, twelve miles
southwest of the town of Captain in
| the White Mountains. At present the
company has six Huntington mills at
work handling the ore These mills
! have a capacity of fifty tons each and
about 200 men are employed The ore
of the Eagle property is easily han
died. as it is quarried out of the side
of the mountain, instead of being
hoisted out of a shaft as is generally
the case with gold ore. The ore is of
| low grade, but as it costs but little to
get 1t out and it is to be had in abund-
ance it is paying proposition. The
company think they have bonanza
and 1t has been predicted that the
property will develop into a second
Homestake mine Eastern capitalists
are the owners.
Carrizozo Booming.
However, the central point Of activ-
| ity at the present time is the town of
Carrizozo, the new division point on
the FL Paso & Southwestern Railroad
Two townsites have been plated, one
by the railroad company and the other
by w. c. Mcdonald, the well known
cattleman. Lots are selling rapidly
and the town bids fair to become an
important business and railroad cen
ter. The recent disastrous fire there
resulting in the destruction of the rail.
road shops has given the town tenn
porary setback, but as the railroad
company has already begun the re-
building of it's shops, rapid recovery
is looked for. The company employs
800 men in the shops and as trainmen
Lincoln County in the past has re-
lied on two principal industries fol
maintenance and advancement. These
have been mining and stock raising
But today farming is being engaged III
extensively on the mesa lands, where
very fine crops of hay, corn, barley anG
other cereals are successfully raised
Corn alone last. year yielded IS to sc
bushels to the acre. Fruit is also
raised in abundance, Lincoln County
apples being noted for their size ant
flavor. Last year approximately 81
cars of apples were shipped to south
ern and eastern markets where the!
brought the highest market price.
During the past several years thu
sheep men have been grading theil
focks until now it is rare sheep tina
does not yield from five to nine pound:
of high-grade wool.
Settlers are coming into the count.
In large numbers and many claims arr
being taken up under the homestead
and desert land laws. These new set
tiers are of a thrifty lot and have
come to make New Mexico their per
manent homes. Taken as whole tn,
future Of the southern part of the Sun
shine Territory Is one to inspire con
fldence"
Mr.. Haley was passenger for hom'
last evening.