Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-04

southwest. The expression, cuisines
in dull.' too often heard q. o,hc
sections of the territory seems to h,
unknown here. The business mon
"i the town all wear the glad smil,
mat baspeaks prosperous condition,
ana " there Is any poverty here 4,
!" not in evidence.
'hero IL very good reason for the
prosperity that IL s.cn on all sides
mere silver city II the heart OF ON.
"i thc richest mining regions In the
southwest. viii let NJ. W. Porter.
hcld. one of the veteran business men
"t TINS town. tell the story of tn,
treasure vaults OF this section. He
mas given much attention To- the min.
INK interests Of Grant county and
"hat NJ says in the following inter
WOW can be relied upon IA authentic
Ia every particular
silver city "a Mining Center.
MI Portcriicid said.
Thc hiils and mountains surround.
ing SILVER city hold treasures and
HlN'ofi's oi treasure vaults which
nave not only contributed To- tn.
W."lth ANA prosperity of that city and
u me territory. bu, the recital ~ the
'h'hS valuable "hndS" and rich
sr'hrs give To- the place a roman.
'i' charm which adds To- the present
interest ana Eliminates It's past.
'h' region embracing IN. mining
camps tributary To silver city, prc.
SCENTS u diversity OF mineral products
rarely surpassed by any area of aim.
iiar extent. In this connection IL will
-" remembered tina, the mineral cx-
mint from this locality at III. Louis.
iaha Purchase exposition was award
"a the gold medal for the greatest
variety Of minerals exhibited by any
state ur country at the worlds OK
hibition Nearly al of thu metals of
commercial Importance arc pron,nb,y
mincd here ana many rare minerals
oi value also are found Gold. sii.
Yer. copper. lead zine and iron mines
c"ntribut" 10 the wealth of this min.
IN. center ~ well - "a The vhoIe
world 10y their continuous production
90 Ties" staple metals. 10 this a..
N"rsity of products IL largely due the
almost uniform volume 81 busin, 81
ana gradual growth of thi. business
center through all the changing vici-
STUDIES of markets and financial con.
price or demand for one product
prevents II being p.oiitably produced.
Il Is compensated for oy q good de.
MANI Tor som. of the other products
'h"re Is always something doing
IN addition 10 tn. metals mentioned
are The turquoise mincs Of the Burro
mountains which have produced t1oi~
millions ~ valuable gems These gem
deposits have yielded their treasures
I" another and cg'licr race of pcopl,
a. iS evidenced ny the extensive ok.
'asaiions and the crude Implements
i"und In these d,tosits. and also by
the turquoise ornaments found IN
thcir gravcs and in the ruins of their
habitAtionN
The Mogollon and Plnos Altos
camps have Seen the priulpaI gold
producers Of New Mexico for "A num-
Der OF years. While there have been
many sensational bonanzas when
have made fortunes. the very large
Ncins of rich commercial ores havs
d"V'sopcd into Tho great MINES which
rnatinu" To enrich the world bt M ~
hundreds of thousands annually T,t.
~ notably ,rJc of the Mosollon dis
ulct whcrc u number Of @ironr com
r"ni,s are lpN operating nnd have
mmons, tonnrg" Of high g,ad. ores
developed AMI with Nor cluiDncd re-
ducti"n plants are yielding handsome
tciurns ana tIorC ave- other val.-
able properties end prpsp, IT'S being
developed which win ada "a the IA.
iurc greatness of that distri =
The camps watch ihold records
Tor silver production a." Black
Hawk. Camp Fleming Georgetown
and Chloride Fla ~, richness NJ
thcs" camps are a part OF the history
Of the southwest. large share Of
In" governments stock of silver for
many years came from the mines Of
those camps and many fortunes have
been taken out Of their famed treas
nfc vaults oi almost pure silver, fire.
puenily encountered IN the workings
Before This part of New Mexico
belonged To the United states copper
VAS mined at santa Rita. The great
deposits of pure metallic copper were
worked oy the early spaniards, who
transported the product ON pack
mules To the city Of Mexico for coin
age. tines" mines hav. been Opcr-
ntcd inicrmittingly for three centur-
les. and are today being operated by
on" of the strongest companies IN the
copper business, who have nineteen
million tons of proven commercial
ore. ana are spending millions equip
ping their property with reduction
works, steam shovels. railroads and
pumping plants. with which 10 mine
the vast deposits Of ore At the rate of
3eoo tons per day Santa Rita and
the Burro mountains Vie with each
other for the first plicc rs to tonnage
ut commercial ores Tte combined
properties Of the Burro mountains
have perhaps greater number OF
tons of proven ore Ia their credit. and
the vast soft porphyry zones of dis
dominated ores make the possibilities
of the Burro camp almost limltless.
AS lead and zine are usually
found In combination the Hanover
deposits ere a notable exception.
There the zinc ores are free from
lead. Cooks peak Is perhaps IN.
most noted lead district and has she
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