The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1911-02-04
THE NEW STATE; IT'S HISTORY
AND ITS OPPORTUNITIES


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less than $2.j0O,0O0 worth of apples,
which will be- accessible to the market.
Alfalfa i grown In every county In
the territory. In the northern counties
usually two or three crops are cut year.
ly. while in the southern part of the
territory rs high NJ Eve crops are pro.
duced annually from each acre. The
value ~ the alfalfa crops j, something
almost beyond comprehension.
'Thc timber ON our mountains j. not
"a be despiscd. II is estimated that
there are approximately fifteen million
acres of forcs, hearing land In the ter.
ritory. On this land the mcrehautahlc
timber is now hcing cut from ,rncts
which comprise less than one.half mil.
lion acres in extent. The largcs, lumber
mill Ia the territory j. that Of the Amcr.
lean Lumber company located at Al
buqurrquc. This company manufac
tnre a0O,O0o feet daily of white pine
lumber from it. holdings ~ lands 10
the territory. aud the products Of II.
mills are shipped ~ far as Cape Town
IN south a ~. Mexico. England, and
ali points IN the United states. Other
smaller plants are In operation at Ala
moeordu. In O;cro County aud Ia ColfaN
county
New Mexico is fortunate in it, min
eral resources. The largest coal area
in the United states. IL not in the world
nre known 20 exist within our borders
IN ColfnS county alone nearly two au'
one half million tons of coal are nov
bcing mined annually, while new miuc'
which are now being opened In that
county will bring the production In an
other wear up 10 between four and fy,
million tons annually. There i no rca
son 90 doubt that II the market il
found aud ears are supplied 10 get th'
eoai to the market, Colfax county alon,
can annually produce 9i.oOU.000 tons o
coal. Large bodies of coal are al~'
found in San Juan county, some of The
WINS NfAhh wv ~ WV NN'-T
while large quantities are mined in Ne
kinley county and Lincoln County. i
j. estimated by scientists and prove
by investigation and survey that Their
are in the territory OF New MeSic
aver thirty billion tons Of markr,abl
eoal. 80 that IL New Mexico produced
one hundred million tons per year ,h
supply of known coal within our bord
"rs would no, bc exhausted for thrc
hundred ycars to come. Aside fror
coal there are great bodies IT low grad
ore In the territory.
immens" mines II copper are uo'
being developed In Grant County, Nc'
Mexico. II il said that the Chino Coz
per mine which j. located ~ Santa Riti
near silver City IN Grant county, ha'
through use Of churn drills, develope
pay ore amounting 20 some thiryfv
millions of tons. This company il m
~ th. strongest IN the United state
aud j. now investing large amounts d
money in railroads, trans aud redu'
iion works, and IN the course Of a ,hoI
time IL will begin to produce the r.
metal. other large copper deposits az
found near silver city. und II is cont
IDENTIFY expected that in q very shol
time that section ~ our territory wi
bccome the largest producer Of copp'
~ any district in the United States.
Mines producing precious metals ~
heing extensively developed, especial
in western Socorro county, in what a.
known as thr Mogollon mountains n
operation on these properties are heir
vigorously pushed and i, will be- bl
short time before they ar. turning o'
large quantities Of gold and silver.
Iron and lead are found Ia imm"n
deposits IN many parts ~ the territor
and some ~ the largest known bodi
81 merchantnble marble exists in I.uI
"oun,y.
The pastoral conditions in New Me
leo are ideal. The number Of catt