El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25

, its steam shovel operations in its ore
| beds at Santa Rita The expenditure
I Of this big company tOtaled 5000 000
/ in preparing for its operations.
Big Mining Operations.
Grant county has been the scene of
all the biggest mining operations of the
year and several rich strikes were
made Several new camps were
y months saw mining men building
roads, developing new properties or
putting in new and modern machinery
at old ones. COOney, MOgollon, Santa
( Rita and all the big camps around Sill
yer City received an impetus during the
year and thousands of dollars were
spent upon many of the big mines in
the way of Improvements The state
spent a considerable sum in working its
convtcts upon the roads reaching to the
mines. The sum total represented in
the Grant county mining region for the
year represents several millions Of dol
lars-three at least-in addition to the
big expenditures of the Chino company
at Santa Rita.
Years Production Large
Development work continued to open
up new fields or uncover rich ores
throughout the territory and the year
Just closed has been particularly good
in several Of the new states mining
fields. In the vicinity of White Oaks,
the home Of the Old Abe gold mine, once
one of hte most noted in the west, there
has been much activity, development
ana Improvement, lnCluulnS the install
alton of machinery. There mas been
some development of a steady, conser-
vative nature, in the lead-silver mines
in the Organ district north of FL Paso
in the Chloride and HinsbOro districts.
and some development in the Orc
Grande field, northeast of Ell Paso.
The mine production of gold in New
Mexico in 1912, according to the United
States geological survey, showed in
crease over the output of S762,808 in
1911; the output Of silver an increase
of about $50. 900 ounces over the pro-
duction of 1,354,54O ounces in 1911; lead
an increase of about 100000 pounds
from the yield of nearly 100000
pounds in 1911; and copper an Increase
from 4,057,040 pounds in 1911 to about
% 600 900 pounds in 1912. The output
of zinc made little change in 1912 from
the output Of 1O,237, 1T6 pounds IN 1911.
The increase in the value CT copper
alone adds over S4,599.000 to the value
of the output of New Mexico.
Coal and Timber.
In the coal fields of Ration, Cerillos,
San Antonio and Gallup, while there
have been few extensions, the output
has been steady and continued There
have been no mining troubles, no eatas-
trophies Of Importance, and on the
whole it has been good year for the
mining industry.
northern New Mexico has continued
steady and the Albuquerque. Cimarron
and other sawmills have kept apace
with the1 routput OF 1911, II IhSy nave
not exceeded it
Good Roads Work.
Good roads have occpied the atten-
ton of the state and county officials !
and splendid PROFESS has been made |
upon the territorial scenic highway, !
which is building south from Ration to !
FL Paso, through the, central portion of 1
the state. A splendid piece of good Grad /
has been constructed between Portales ]
and Clovis and good road work has been /
done in Quay county, from Tucumcari /
out to the table rock country. including {
the construction of bridges over 1
streams that are unfordable at certain 4
season owing to the QufckSandy eondi- !
ton Of the beds
Work has been practically completed !
on the scenic auto road from CloudcrOft
to AlamOgOrdo and from Cloudroft. to
the MescalerO indian reservation; work
IS now in progress on a new road be-
tween Las Cruces and Organ and work \
S ready to begin IN Dona Ana county