Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-01
COAL MINING
IN NEW MEXICO
Abstract of Report of u. S.
Inspector Sheridan for
Fiscal Year
MORE THAN 100000 TONS
Production Steadily on Increase
With Colfax County as
Leader.

The coal MINING iudugtrv in Naut
Uextco during tho mast esool vaor hoc
continued the onward and nrosnarnns
stride or tho so,,.r ,,rooo,iir,, ,,.,,-
The gross nroductton of tha tarritorv
was 9e2 i9G II tons. a,norr+ nsod
IN oneraring mines % 90 +o,s. on
pr0yimate amount of n,voshod s1onr,
ard coal sDnt fo coi.o ovors coo c-c
tons. net tonnage NJ coal sbi,nod n
market . 422 72q as IONS. oetir,o+od
value Of net product at the mines 60.
500 ,904.l. These figures show an in
crease 0, gross production Of 512 39G,.
SO tons, or 1S.i2 per cent over the
preceding fiscal Year The increase
of net product of coal shipped to mar
ket was 4SG, G,G6S55 tons. or 24.99 per
cent. The increase n value in net
tonnage of coal shipped 0 market was
S744,47S.G6. In addition to the coal
shipped 397.1O2.1 10 tons Of coke were
shipped the value of which was s11Sa-
gG5 60 making the total value nj coal
and coke Skinned 81 eq2 $50 52 an in
crease in valua over tba nracading
fiscal vear of s-75 75S 20 or 10 % nor
1900
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w ~ U0ppoi
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me ueinanu ioI codl from the Nal'
i"p neiu }" Ne" -"eAioo was les'ilcIeu
iCiiS i''VU'oVV 'oIS ny me ooiiipe'i.ioH
u l"el oiI from Ndiilo'nla' "hlch has
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''lol '4i"" l'oVo Hiiles Vi iaillodu' anu
anu III ma iui'o'"ii iii5 1iio u ie' anu
ioL uoHleStlc use oii the Faoiil' Co"S.
i"ei 0i' VI INC llu'nn
80
NAM '"' lo"l ''ol" l M W - =
s.., 0.,-No - '- ls ~ s
-,
=, 49, s.,
a. stJrrr,z Irnp
plants of Arizona and Mexico
During the last four or five rnontbe
OF the fiscal wear the demand for New
Mexico coal was further curtaiIed bv
the attempt Of the Mexican Govern
ment to onerate the national railroads
with coal from Mexican mines This
attempt was first made during the nre.
ceding fiscal year. but the Mexican
Central Railroad was not DIaced under
instructions until the earlier months
of ION Whom tho order wac o;vap
~ uso or,v N5avicon f,o, nm tho nax.
ican Central Railroad tho rood had
ouite largo stock of coal IN resarve
This resarva has haen drawn unon ;r
.dd;+ior n tho nrodro+ion from, NIax
oon cool r,i,or ,,,+i, nou, tho r.sorroa
,ro axboustod and tho INABILITY of tba
Maxican mines tn furnish sufficient
coal for the railroads of the Republic
has been determined beyond a doubt.
! Already agents of the Mexican Cent
raj Railroad are casting about to FIND
mine operators who will supply the
road with coal in case the threatened
shortage occurs The prospect is
bright for large demand for New
Mexico coal from Mexico il the near
future
Strikes at the coal mines of the
Middle West and Oklahoma have tend.
cd IN keen nm the demand for New
revico coal +bronphc1t the summer
months hrt tho rand deyelopment of
New Meyico and Arizona is also fur
nisbing hotter market for the fuel
and . market thet will he permanent.
The increased production and con
slant operatio. of the mines are bet.
for indicatfons of the prosperity of
the coal mining industry than any.
thing +hag might be written on the
suhiect
| I,ho, co,c,.,o,
r,,ono haa hoou s,;oht aoou.,
,,,aars 81 ,nost of tho 10 90 ooa1 Nina
80 49, romr;to u 80 ootos
| ,,,o. ~, n,iana ,,,, 80 80 - -,
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