Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-12-31


md from the tipple TO The station
't Ayfes is good wagon road with
! slight down grade. only two miles
ong The property il developed
)y a tunnel or "stope" 500 feet
ong This IL connected with an
,iher slope 400 feet long. which |
furnishes ventilation and good air |
Most Of the coal mined has been |
Iaken out In drifting. and immense
bodies Of coal remain in sight for
when operations are carri.
ed on on large scale. Last winter
the owners shipped a considerable
amount Of coal to customers in El
Paso, aud sold at the mine over
1000 tons TO people from the neigh
horing towns. such AZ Carriznzo
TuaIos and surrounding ranches,
getting S per ton at the mine
scales } ese local customers come
with wak sns drawn by teams Of
from two TO six horses. The coal
is delivered At the railroad for
about 25 c,nts a ton, mud the cost
of freight thence to III Paso Is only
81 so per ton. In this respect the
Willow coal has a great advantage
over other Western GOALS, for the
coat Of freight from the Dawson
snal mines, the nearest rival, is
SO 05 To III Paso The average
price of coal at El Paso Is from SO
TO $40 per ton and FL Paso !, one
( he hest coal markets in the en-
ire West.
In each acre ol coal one foot
thick arc 1904 tons of coal. This
vein is nearly six feet thick II
has been estimated that within the
estate of the Willow Springs coal
nrop'riy there should he over 2s.
600 900 tons Of first class coal
Az The present time there are
only 20 men working. mostly in
development or dead" work This
force will shortly be increased, after
sufficient "rooms' and slopes are
opened and hoisiing machinery is
added
Mr. Ayers Is native Of Virginia, and
was raised in the great coal regions NJ
that section. he noiired the coal signs
and blossoms SOM after his Arrival in the
Card1ozn country and called tie attentiDn
of the people 10 u. But they we're skep.
tical, aud told him that II there were any
thing ~ mer I the big rairond people,
whose engineers had been In ths country
would have found II. So without their
assistance or encouragement he, with
the aid ~ Mrs. Mclvefs. quietly worked
the problem out aud developed nne of
the greatest Goa mines In the west
About 10 miles west of the illow
Springs coal mine In the eastern foothills
Of the Oscuro Mountains. nre wnat prom
ise tO he the biggest depo-it4 of hlghgra e
iron IN the entiic West The iron Is
heInatite and magnetic iron The iron
belt runs In northeast and eouthwe Il
course for distance Of approximately ~
miles, ouicroping width of from GOO 10
l2n0 feet wide II courses ,ip aud down
over hills and under ravines IN its males.
tic sweep through the country. In some
NJ these ridges the iron exposures show A
vertical height Of 200 to 400 feet above
the level Of the plain, and IN the lower
places on the plain Il has beer penetrated
by shaft to depth Of 200 feet in solid
iron
Numerous samples Of this iron have
been analyzed. showing an average OF Gi
per cent. iron, tho VERY lowest grade run.
Ing o. per cent ltis free from phoa.
phorus and practically free from sulphur
The magnetle | on is of still higher grade
The iron l. Of the hest kind for making
steel About II 10 acres Of this iron land
has been acquired by r.. B Thomas Of
Santa Fe. ~ NJ Not long agu Mr. Ayrcs
accompanied by DR.. (irebe. the re ,logist
and expert of the Phelps Dodge interests
to this iron field After a careful exami
nailun Of tho deposits the latter stated
that IN his opinion there were over 80 !.
900 600 tons of this oie In evidence, II
lies favorably for steam shovel minlng In
a manner similar 10 that employed ia the
iron mines nf the Lake Superi1r region.
Tie conjunction " these two immense
deposits of coal and iron IN ich proxi-
nifty into which branch railroad 10
miles lrng can cheapv b. constructed
frnm the main Rock Island Railroad ut
Ayers. suggests the building NJ big steel
and INN plant. aud Mr. Ayers has repnrt.
ed the project 10 s0me New York capital.
lists, who knew him IN Virginia. aud they
are expected To he on the grouni SION
With sufficient capital for deveIt pmeEt
this coal and iron field must rams as one
of the big assets aiming natural resources
n the Southwest and Il IL not among The
imprrbhpilliles M Ayres Station NAV
become Wetsern Pitlsbure or Birlnine-
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