Albuquerque citizen., 1908-02-06
32I SOUTH SECOND

prevent the spread Of disease The
! report continues:
Mining
In coal and copper mining the ter
! ritory has made giant strides forward
! during the past twelve months. In
| the calendar year 1906 there were
mined in the territory 1,964.713 tons
| of coal and the production of coke
amounted to 147.747 tons. The value
of the product at the mines exceeded
! S2600,000. The increase over last
| year was 10000 tons of coal and
| would have been still larger but for
! the lack of men to work in the mines,
! The known coal area Of the territory
! amounts to 100000 acres and o.
/ 600 600. 600 tons of coal are available.
! A detailed account of the conditions
! of the coal mining industry Is given
! I'm the annual report of the mine IN
! speCtor for the territory.
In the production of copper there
was a considerable increase, the large
works at San Pedro, Santa F'e county,
! having resumed operations during the
year after five years of idleness. The
! total production for the year is esti-
mated at 10000 pounds. In gold
! 100000 worth was produced; in sill
Yer over 100000 worth; in lead
J 100000 pounds. and in zinc 1900
! 600 pounds. while in nonmetallic
products such as clay. lime. brick and
! building stone. the production exceed
/ ed $4,000. so that the total mineral
production Of the territory, including
+ iron ores and precious stones, was not
/ far from $6,0OO.OOO. although the eX-
/ act figures will not be available for
( some time. the last official figures
being those for 1905. when the ter
ritory produced over $4,3OO,OOO worth
of minerals During the year "A large
smelter and reduction plant has been
started at silver City. a branch rail-
road has been built from Silver City to
Pinos Altos for ore-carrYing purposes,
and reduction works have been built
at other points.
Manufacturing Industries
Besides the mills for the manufac-
ture of lumber into building material,
railroad ties. boxes, etc, the industrial
plants Of New Mexico include tie
picking plants. woolen mills, scour-
ing mills, cement plants at Acme and
at Ancho. railroad shops. smelters, re-
duction mills. foundres and coke
ovens However. the territory has no
very large manufacturing enterprises
although there are manifest adVan-
tages. such as cheap land, abundance
of raw material-such as wool hides,
: ores and lumber-ample railroad ia
cilities. favorable legislation. cheap
labor, absence of labor combinations
and strikes, cheap fuel ana power,
} proximity to the markets of Mexico
and to some extent of the Orient and
/ a home market that at present is sup
/ piled from a distance. AS New Mex
! leo raises the best beets for sugar
/ making, ii offers exceptional oppOr-
/ tunities for large beet sugar plants.
| 1t offers also a field for tannerles,
! large woolen mills, iron furnaces steel
| works and other industries that else
where transport both raw and manu-
! featured material long distances and
have to deal with the disadvantages
| Of lack of high priced labor and un-
favorable legislation. In New Mexico
some new industries are exempt from
taxation for a period, and towns and
cities are eager to offer free land,
and i'm some instances financial aid,
To manufacturing industries.
Education.
| Considering the poverty ana re-
moteness of many OF the country
school districts, New Mexico is not
ashamed Of its educational system.
! Under great difficulties, especially the
/. difficulties Of two languages. pub
lie school system has been establish
ed of which every citizen has good
reason To- he proud. The estimated 4
value Of public school property of
the territory is $IOO0.O00. while the
bonded indebtedness Of the schools
Is $i39650: the total expenditures
last year We're $4S4,i67, aud the bal
, aucc on hand at close of the schoo
year exceeded 100000. There are
employed 1000 teachers, and the to-
tai enrolment this fall is almost So.
coo ont of 70 public school population
Of 10000 minors between the age,
|of and 2l I'm addition, sovera
thousand pupils are enrolled m par.
ochiaI mission and private schools.
The peuuenuary, the mounted po.
. lice. the National Guard and char
O. liable institutions are given couSid,
cradle space 10y the governor and an
exhaustive report OF each subject i'
made. or public buildings he says.
Public Buildings.
New Mexico has more than 81,
10000 Invested I'm public buildings
p Al santa Fe are the fine capitol IN.
7 territorial pcuiteuuary and the dea
r ana dunn asylum The legislatur,
D that met This year has made pruyis
! ion for building an annex to tn,
J capitol ANA en'arging the park sur
/ rouudiug the capitol IL Congress Wil
F. approve the bond issue necessary rp'
, that purpose. The penitenuary is be
ing managed very efhcienctly ana
70 considerable force Of convicts Us en-
p ployed pushing 10 completion 20 IN,
. lines of the Pecos national forest, th'
so-called Scenic Highway connecting
Santa Fe and Las Vegas.
D He concludes with the fOllOWins