The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-19
MOGOLLON PROJECT
WILL GIVE CHEAP
POWER MINES
Lumber and Electric Energy
Business Of Concern Which
Has Just Had Time for
Completion Extended.

Silver city, n. NJ. Jan iS-with
tho news OF the extension Of the time
Tor completion Of the Socorro Power
q Lumber Co.'s project m the Mogul.
Ion mountains comes renewed assu~-
anco that this concern Is soon &c be
furnishing power and lumber for the
entire dirtrict. ~ W Hlls, nag
OF the company. Is quite enthusiastic
over the project.
In building his project many difii-
ultirs have presented themselves, he
said. hut t"esc are being overcome and
there Is . doubt Of the ultimate sue
ccsn Of the plan. As an instance 81
these difficulties. IL took Just 60 days
TO ret a boiler from Mogollon 10 the
head Of Mineral creek Tor the sawmlll.
a distance of six miles. The cost ~
transportation waS more than the mi
tial cost of the boiler.
Tho company completed It's min
some time ~ and has been engaged
In saving lumber for the sluice-wuv
which II is building 60 the mining
camp NJ Mugolion six miles distant.
Three miles ~ this sluicc-way nre nov
completed and the timber for IT, com
'tructiun Is being 0oated down II. II
operates successfully on n grade ~ %
feet o. a mile. Tho sluicc-way Is 10
Inches wide except az the curves when
To Is widcncd out 10 three feet TO pr
init the timbers To take the tangent. Il
Is fed from the water from Mineral
creek, tho compaug having obtained n
waterfall. from the state. II has aiso
ohi0incd 70 timber right from the forest
a4FrfHn uFAI Nh. .N.H.aV .F a..
Is to operate its saw mill in the heart
Of the timber region and noat It's prod
uct IN the sluiCc-way 10 Mogollon. FUR
ntshing the mining companies with
mining timhors and building material
at ono-half the present cost. n Is cx-
pccted To have the ~sluice-way COM
pleted and In operation within three
months
Mr. Hills stated that upon the COM
p%letiun of the work in hand az prca-
cnt. the company would start lmme-
diately ON a hydro-clcctric power plant
90 be built I'm Coonev CANYON power 4,
be transmitted to Muroliou and sur
rounding mines. The water viii have
"a fan Of 1850 feet into Cooney canyon
from the s~addlebnck right above the
mininE Cnmp oi Cnuney. This head
will furnish, 60 is estimated. $50 horse
power which can he sold at "A very low
cost and viii encourage the opening up
OF many mines that are now lying IDLE
In that district ow nE 10 the almost
prohibiti,c cost Of fuel.
Tho company Is composed entirely
o. Guelph, ontario. capitalists who
have already invested many thousands
81 dollars without as yet receiving a
cent In return. But SO confident are
they ~ 10 The success OF the undertake
ms that they are going ahead ana
spending u good many thousand more
IN the power plant and IL Is the opin-
Ton of capable engineers who have
viewed the project that it II not only
entirely feasible and practical but
that It should be q paying Investment
right from the start. Costly lumber
and power have hccn drawbacks 10
full and complete development Of the
MogOllon district one OF the richest
m-ineralizcd zones on the American
continent and the Socorro Power &
Lumber Co.. believe they have success
fully solved these two problems
through tho waters OF Mineral creek
which will float down the lumber thus
reducing the cost Of transportation,
the biggest Item o. cost IN the country,
10 almost nothing and will supply
electric power ~ cheap as Il a ne
produced.