El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

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Perience in bungalow designing
: before the famous gold discovery IN
California in 1S4S. The state produced
( S1,172, 600 worth Of gold III 1914 anC
has in its time added something like
500, 100000 to The nations stock OF
that metal. Silver was produced To
the extent of s1,730, 900 worth in 1914
OF copper. New Mexico produced last
year 65,6O0,00O pounds, placing it high
in rank among the states Of the union.
Zinc production last year amounted to
1S,SO0,00O pounds; lead, 100000
/ pounds.
Produces Much Coal.
As a coal producer. New Mexico has
been steadily increasing its output,
I the production last year having been
1854, 2I7 tons of coal and 4O5. 127 tons
! Of coke. San Juan county has coal
veins 40 feet thick
The supply available is estimated at
10000, 0O0, 900 tons.
Mineral Wealth in Every Comfy.
There is not county in New Mexico
, without its mineral indications. From
gold placers to marble quarries, from
iron deposits to coal veins. from noun
tains Of lime to beds of clay, from
inexhaUstible copper resources to
mines of precious turquois, the world
hardly yet realizes the extent of the
Sunshine States mineral wealth.
Manufactures.
There are in the state 500, 900 horse
power Of untitled water power: il
has the material for making cement
glass, chlnaWare- Its supply of gyp-
sum and lime is almost limitless. II
has the ores and the fl1xing materials
for shelters. iron and steel mills. II
thas the hide for tanneries, shoe and
glove factories; the wool for the wool
en- mills; raises sugar beets Of the
highest percentage of purity and sugar
content for beet sugar mills; has cot
ton for the cotton gins and mills. cheap
fuel transportation facilities, and
proximity to great undevelOped mar
kets. Only a small beginning has been
made in manufacturing and therefore
, competitive pressure is absent. Labor
conditions are Of the most adyanta-
geOus.
Has laundering Wealth.
New Mexico has 5000. 600 acres in
national forests, 100000 acres more
in private timber tracts or in timber
or state lands. In other words, an
area twice that of the state of Mary
land is covered with timber. This has
resulted in extensive numbering opera
tons. Under the forest regulations OF
the government. the industry is now
placed upon g. self-perpetuating basis.
Large timber areas are still on the
to let contracts on advantageous terms
for the cutting Of billions of feet of
matured timber.
oldest Trail in America.
The Oldest trail in America. that
from Vera Cruz. terminated at Santa
Fe. So did the famous Santa Fe
trail, and at Santa Fe started the first
trail to California, The amount of
traffic started over those early trails
was enormous Since 1880, the rail-
roads have supplanted the caravans,
and the automobile the OK team
But New Mexico is still on the great
transcOntinental traffic arteries, the
Santa Fe, the Southern Pacific and the
Rock Island systems. In addition, it
has a complete system of local rail-
roads and feeders, the total mileage
exceeding 5000.
Many Miles OF Good Roads.
New Mexico is building good roads
as rapidly as its financial resources
permit. The past year a million doll
lars was expended by the state, coun-
ties and the federal government As
rule, when the weather is fair and the
climate of New Mexico is such that
nine of every ten days are fair. the
thousands Of miles of wagon road are
in splendid condition for automobile
travel
The state is building roads in ac-
GOrdance with modern engineering
roads that are links in the main high
ways from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from Canada to Mexico. FL Ca
mlnO Real biseCts the state from
south to north and is part of the Old
Trails highway. The Southern Trails
highway crosses the state as do the
Panhandle and Gran Quivera highways
Thus the mOtorist from the east and
the north is offered the choice OF roads
20 the west and the south, each of
which has attractions of its own and
all of which are Travelled the year
around, because of the open winters of
this latitude
IL Summer and Winter Resort.
New Mexico is both g winter and
summer resort 1t is In addition land
OF a thousand wOnders-scenic, his
tOrical, archaeological. No other state
has such, tourist attractions. It's mis-
sion churches are $50 years older than
those Of California, and many OF them
are ahrines for worship to the pres
emf day.
cave and cliff dwellings number
tens of thousands and are relics of
culture thousands of years old. Indian
pueblOs are as quaint and mysterious
as any of the ancient habitations of
the Orient.
Indian dances. such as may be wit
messed in New Mexico, and church cere-
mOniais. are more interesting and as
fun of poetic and symbolic meaning as
any of the Greek mysteries. New Mex
leo has been the meeting place of sue
cessive cultures, of many races and
tribes and each has left its imprint;
each has its survivors. making the
land treasure trove for archaeolOgtst
and ethnOlogist.
Nowhere else in the United States
can be found so great n variety Of
sights, glimpses Of old Spain
and of scenes that bark back to pre-
historic times. 1t is Egypt and Baby
lonia. Spain and Mexico, Colorado and
California, Switzerland and the Orient,
combined.
Captivating variety OF Scenery.
Stupendous mountain masses. the
loftiest peaks more than Is, 900 feet
high are accessible by easy trails al
most to their very pinnacles; shadOwy
flower spGngled mountain
meadows. picturesque waterfalls. pine