Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-07-03
Leads in Number Of Original Homestead
Filings Since January /,
1908
CuMATE AND SOIL SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO AGR|CUL LTURE
Santa Rosa Largest of Several Rapidly Growing Towns
Livestock Raising an Important Industry
...Various Crops Can Be Grown.

| 1908, the assessors returns show 81,
100000, or more than double the as
sessment of the previous year. This
alone is positive proof that this coun
! ty has been improved and that the
population has more than doubled
during the past two years
Along the Pecos Valley, north and
south of Santa Rosa, the county seat
are fine irrigated farms and orchards
Apples, pears, peaches, apricots
1plums, cherries, alfalfa, chile and veg
etables are among the crops that &c
well. The county is noted for its fine
large, red apples and luscious pears.
There are many natural small reser
voir sites in the county, and many
|acres will be put under irrigation with
the flood waters this way. There is
plenty of juniper, cedar and pinon tim
Der for fuel and fencing Fine building
stone is in abundance and a good uual.
ity of brick is made in the county. A
good grade of lime is also made while
some mineral and oil has been found.
mines are being developed and i'm.
mense quantities of copper ore have
been discovered.
Good Flow Of Oil Near Santa Rosa
The Oil Exploration company con-
trolled by Bisbee. Arizona copper
kings. began drilling for oil last fall
land including rigs and tools, spent ov.
er $4,000 on the Perea grant, located
|aight miles to the north Of Santa Rosa
where splendid indications of oil in
paying quantities have been found
The finding of oil means much to San
Ia Rosa and Guadalupe county. The
Bisbee company has so far drilled to
la depth of one thousand feet and has
penetrated three oil stratas While
there were some indications of oil in
the form of oil saturated rock at the
surface a flow was not struck until
the drill had penetrated a depth oi
$50 feet. At 7S0 feet a stronger flow
OF oil and a good showing of gas wera
encountered. At between $50 and 1000
feet there was good flow of oil and
the promoters of the enterprise are in
deed very much encouraged and feel
confident that the Guadalupe county
Ioil fields within a short time, will be
equal to the famous Glenn Pool field
| in Oklahoma, and the Beaumont field
! in Texas. This is not the first time
Exploration has been made of the oil
fields known to exist in the vicinity
iof Santa Rosa. Some seven years ago
an Ell Paso company sunk few holes
and found oil, but their capital was
limited and they had to discontinue
the work.
All government lands in townships
eight and nine north, range 20 east
and township nine north, range TWEEN
lty-one east and township nine north
range twenty-five east, were, in April
luoC, WlluuIdWu lIOuI 1lI lOluS VI GIL
try except mineral entry and thess
lands have been located by those in
Iterested in oil.
The oil field lies on both sides o.
1.-THE Pecos river south Of the Ell Pas6
and Southwestern railroad and in
clndes the sites of Los Tanos and San
ia Rosa.
Santa Rosa is County Seat.
| Santa Rosa, the county seat o
Guadalupe county, lies almost in thu
center Of the county, at the poin
where the Chicago, Rock Island ant
Pacific railroad crosses the Pecos riv
er. Although plated about fifty years
ago, it is really only about seven years
old Starting from the days of a rail
road construction camp, 1t has devel
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