The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-23
GRANT COUNTY EDITOR TELLS
GREAT AUDIENCE Of MINING
MEN OF STATES RESOURCES
Farris ". Bush, in Mining and Engineering World, Writes of
Mines of Red River District and Of State as Whole, with
Some Reasons Why Development of New MexcOs Min.
eral Deposits has been Slow.

The leading article in the Mining
and Engineering World. for the week
uf March goth, ~ by FAris V. Bush.
editor OF the L%ordsburg Liberal. AZ
Lordsburg. Grant cUunty, and carries
the title RED River. Mining District.
Taos County. New Mexico"
Mining and E~nRineering world" Is
one Of the foremost mining and en-
gineering journals in this coutry and
reaches an enormous audience OF min
ing men ali over abe United states and
throughout the world. An article
dealing with the resources OF any dis
trict In this publication has f~ar-reach-
ing advertlsing value. The article In
this magazine II ouy of several sim
liar articles which MIR. Bush has plac-
I'D recently. all In tschnicai journals
where they are likely To be OF treat
cst service TO the stnde. The Mining
World story II finely illustrated with
photographs OF the Red River district,
and rs text follows.
New Mexico has within its bDun-
daries a humber OF mining districts
that nave for suudry reasons passed
through many periods OF activity ana
depression. The low price OF silver
as well az milling problems. with an
occasional district retarded by lack
of adequate transportation facilities,
are tho general reasons for many idlo
camps once prominent IN the boom
days.
standing out c|onsplcuously among
these camps h the Rcd River district
of Taos county, approximately twenty
miles from the Colorado boundary.
This region has come intu prominence
by the entrance OF several large OPP
orators IN 1913 and 1914. and the
prospects FOR 1915 appear better than
ever before since the camp was at the
height OF ~ activity. In the past
roads and trails over the mountains
have been almost impossible, aud the
high cost OF supplies aud transport
ing ore and concentrates has beeu
such that mining was done 90 a loss.
The good roads movement was gwen
impetus during 1914 and comparative
sood ht-Ass.ss Aava haan naiiit
making transportation costs less aud
encouraging miuiug and milling in the
district. Experimental work boz the
metulIurgy uf the ores has also been
successful, and cysInidiug, .tmalga-
nation. lcaehinl and the wet method
viii doubtless ne the means Of profit
ably treating the low-grade ore. This
experimental WORK les being done Ht
the present time preparatory To uTse
scale operations iu the district.
THE history col the He'd River dis
trict is one OF many 0dNuI.itics, the
region having seen It's boom and then
settled down to peaceful sluuhcr. re-
Niylng Jt times. until at the present
time its growth seems substantial.
Like many other districts OF NcW
Mexico. it's hrst mineral production
was boy placer mining In 1870. Later
The rich gold-bcnIiug veins were dis
covered and the usual stampede TO
tho distriC' resulted, Some very ricn
high-grade ore was mined in The early
days. In 1894 the camp Of Red RIVER
Was established ou the banks uf the
beautiful mountain river which bears
the same name. Since hat time u
has risen and ronedrd In metal pro-
duction until u would De q task 70 cs-
innate It's total output. The altitude
is $500 feet anovo sea level
Geology aud M~incraiugy.
The Taos range Of mountains. Ia
which the mineralizcd area OF Red
River Is contained. BIZ In general pre-
Cambrian sranitc. Tho Nciu-b,aring
region. comprised In AN area about
ten boy seven miles In extent, rs made
up Of m%on2onite porphry In which