Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-18
GRANT COUNTY, IHR
TREASURE HOUSE
OF NEW STATE
Handsomely Illustrated Boo,.
let BY Bureaus of hnmigfatIo,
Tells Of Mineral Wealth i
S Or City Field.

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HGfs mt County. New Mexico 4,
land Of the Golden Climate w.. WI
IRE House of the New state i
title of n most attractive bulletin ,u@l
Issued by the BureGu of Immiersa; ~
The vast mineral riches OF the nssVu
county districts, the Mogollons my
Burro mountains, Santa Rita ~
pold, Tyrone. Fierro, Hanover d.
Altos and innumerable other cow aru
are featured IN this publication NIX
numerous interesting photogranb.
impressivelN demonstrating the Mkt
development of the country. silra, |
City's commercial and health aar~n. |
aees are set forth graphically. mnos
space being devoted to the For, pa,'
ard hospital and other sanatoria az
to the various hot springs If Ky
county. Scenic beauties are shown
views along the ella river and in ~
Mpg0llon countr.; the farming anl
timber industries get their share
attention but the various mining Al, |
tricts take up most of the space
This Is one Of the handsomas
county bulletins to date and Will al
wonders in advertising the oppornni
ties of Grant county. The following
regarding the growth of Silver civ I'll
of interest
Silver City. the center of the com. |
mercial and industrial life Of Tho
Grant county region has a presan
population of $500 people. The ban.
ulation has doubled since 1909 AMI
continues To enjoy q rapid growth. nj
IL the county seat of Grant count,
located on the Atchiscn, Topeka Ana
Santa Fe railroad and from 1t radtah |
the several branch lines. the freight |
roads AID pack trains which reach
the rich mining districts surrounding |
IT,. There Is a population OF not les
than 10000 Immediately tributary "a |
the town. Situated az il is, In the
very center of the richest provM
mineral belt in New Mexico and sur. |
rounded by millions Of acres Of graz |
ing ana agricultural lands it has
end g prosperous future.
was the first municipality 10 be b. |
ctl poratod in New Mexico. is abb |
governed and in sound financial con,
diti0n. The assessed valuation Of the |
town for 1910 is S7S0,0O0. 1t has a |
splendid water works system. a SAM. |
tary sewer system Just completed !
electric light system, furnishing both /
day and uiEit current for light and !
power telephone connection with thf |
%tributarN mining camps and all
southwestern towns. It is CONSIDERED |
one Of the most substantially built
towns in New Mexico, brick and stone |
having been used almost exclusively |
in the construction of its fine bus- |
ness blocks, public buildings, schools |
churches ana its many attractive resi-
deutes, II is the largest distrihutlrg |
point IN southwestern New Mexico
there being several important whole. |
So h houses. 1t has two national
banks end a. savings bank. four no. |
tells. q splendid public school system |
the New Mexieo normal school and |
the academy Of Our Lady Of Lourdes |
The Episcopal, Catholic, Baptist
Presbyterian and Methodist churches |
their own buildings. The bank
deposits have increased from $3.50 |
200 in 1905. to $1,000, 600 in 1919
There are more than forty active +
business houses. The smelling and
concentrating plant of the Comanche |
and Smelling company gives
employment to 500 men when in full
operation ana there are q number oil |
,ther important industrial enter
More than 5000 men are en-
Dloyed in the various mining camps
tributary to the town and this mum |
viii increase rapidly as the DE-
OF the great properties ID
he district goes forward. There y
Nothing of the atmosphere of the TYP |
cal western MINING town as eele'
in cheap fiction. Silver CIV
$ law-abidins, the morale Of me
own is high. 1t is 2 town OF home
builders and boasts Of some of the
inest residences IN the southwest y
$ 60 nservatively estimated that up
wards Of $780, 900 have been fN
in home building during ne
last year. Protected as it is on NV
idcs BY hills with its clear, dry az
ncsphere and almost perpetual sun
hine and the blecing air Of an ele,
o. 5000 feet, il is an laeN
lace to live.