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s 1 THE ALBUQUERQUE MORNING JOURNAL, New Mexico Historical and Resources Edition TWO. Socorro County Has Immense Mineral Wealth r it it I (Continued from tmge one) 't the silver-pipe lode Just below the liver pipe time foundation and fifth, at the west vein a (unit thirty feet above (ha silver plpa lode. An a whole the ore deposits contain lead. llvir. sine. Iron, gold and copper. The chief ore or thla district are the carbonates and sulphides, of lead and zinc, the deep Working! , showing considerable amounts of sulphide of nine associat ed with sulphides of lead and copper. The ore body encountered In the con tact In the Waldo tunnel consist al most wholly of ihe sulphides of cop tier, lead and tine. Thut the occur ence of theae oret li the result of mct xomallc replacement of the limestone through the agency of heated solo lloiia appear to ho conclusively prov ed hy the mructure, mineralogy and gcm-rsl relations of the deposits. If the theory of the Igneous origin l ac cepted from tl.e structural relatione of Ihe ore depoalta, It Im evident thnt the s-olutlons from which they were deriv ed must have aeeo'mpnnled or followed tl.e Intruilon of the granite porphyry New Building Nicely Furnished Rooms Our Aug. Winkler, Prop. mi Ice Manufacturers OF SOCORRO bounding the ore bodies on the weak From the report from an eminent engineer who had thoroughly- (tone ov er the work, tn a pliamplet issued hy him In mOS the production of the camp up to that time was put at 40 million dollar. He that a It may the actual production of the cunip from the time Mr. Hillings took hold In 11181 to and including 103 the pro duction nmounted to I8.7IMI.OOO. Ac cording to I!. 8. Cieological reports the ramp produced from thnt tlnni to dute ax follows: 1304. $707. 7l: JltOf,, 19.14. 322; 108, fl.CIIO.GlM; 1S07, fl.- 4M.K7: isox. iir.7.n:ii; iso. fi.ooo,- 000: 1910. 11. 2.10,000, (estimated) for 191 1 . the production emeeilod thfc production for mid hut at thla time no IlKure are avullnhle. For the man looking for mining Investment here are a few straws thnt show which witv the wind blows, flmt, the largest Zinc mining company In the I'nlted States (The New Jersey Zinc Co. thrnuKh Its wertnrn branch the Empire Zlnce company, nfter mak ing a very thorough examination hy Its aide corps of experts nmde Its Ini f Good Service Is Our Motto t Elegant Electric Lighted Rooms i: Headquarters for Commercial Men Free Sample and Bath Rooms HOTEL THE OLD RELIABLE Table, the Best in the Market Established 1883 by mmiim company Formerly Hammel Bros. & Co. to 1887 L v ,' - h v ' j( V. ja; L BOTTLERS BEER AND SODA tial purchase In 1907. From that time to the present day they have appar ently followed a well thought out plan, buying up every claim that could be had reasonable, paying cash, never developing .anything, .refusing at the same time to sell an acre of their holdings. Second, the largest uer I nthe Unltnd Stales of sine oxi des. The Khcrwln-Wllllams Taint com pany, camo into the district in 1S01 and have since acquired an Immense acreage, systematically developed their Holding, fully oquipplng mime with modern machinery und likewise re fusing to sell Third. Mr. W. It. In gels, editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal. In an article upon the sine resources of the United States ap pearing in an Jssua of that paper lait trimmer siild In substance: "fh"re are only three lurgo sine districts in the Itocky Mountain region. Kelly. New Mexico, ladvllle, Colorado, and Ilutte, Mont, Fourth, according to an estimate bv the I'nlted Stales tieolo glcal Hurvey the total production In precious metals Jor the territory of New Mexico during the year of 1910 I 8 Socorro, N. M. If Wm. G. Hammel t . i sT NEW . r fffil U m fin fiff. amounted to about :!.r,0(l.000, a little over tl,sr0,0oft, or more than one third of the total production clime from the camp of Kelly alone. Fifth, as the ore occurence is closely con nected with the fault system of tho mountain, and this faulting resembles gigantic stairway, the ore chambers running from one fault to another. It will be noticed that mining here Is as safe as mining can be. The population of Kelly Is about 1, 000, 350 men belna unon the pay roll. It contains two large mercantile liiKtilutiona, two churches, two school bouses, a number of smaller business houses, a good water supply and Is an Ideal place of residence with towering mountains as a background, as clear an atmosphere and as bright sun light as exists anywhere upon earth. New Mexico Is well named the "Sun shine State" and those of us who know her well love her best, capable of supporting three times her present population, and In an Ideal climate we extend a greeting to our Sister States and ask them to send their representa tives here to share our happiness. - V -a;. ' ... .. . ,A MT. C.VItMF.ti WHOOU Conducted lu hitters of Charily. Brewers MEXICO M . . . i- ' .:".V- . ...... ,..ef. f SCIKK)!, OF MINTS AT SOCtlltKO. Magdalena a Busy City; Mining, Stock Raising and Farming All Contribute to Its Trade. (Hy A. If. Hilton.) Twenty miles west of Socorro at nn altitude of 6,506 feet above sea level, lit the headwaters of the l-a Jinsu draw on a Hoping treeless, plcuteuu, which fifty year ago was Covered with a heavy growth of pinon, juni per, live oak und oilier mountain shrubbery, aits the pretty little city of Magdalena, one of the best busi ness towns in New Mexico. The cen sus giveg Magdalena only 1,100 peo ple, but there ore fully 2,!i00 living within four miles ul the t-iiy, and more it you include the mining town of Kelly, only three miles distant, now employing In its mines und re duction work more than 300 men. It makes no difference when you visit Magdalena; Its location und beautiful scenery make you always glad to be here, in the summer or winter. It Is surrounded with a country which forms an ideal camp ing ground fur the summer months, beautiful mountain ravines Including Hop Canyon, five miles out, fed by springs front under the crest of Mount lialily which Is covered with enow most of the year round. Were the scenic and climatic attractions of Magdalena better known, hundreds of recreation und health-seekers would visit it, where only one comes now. Magdalena Is eully accessible, only two hours ride from the ftinla Fe main line at Socorro. Hinee the completion by convict labor ,f the splendid new Klue Can yon road throuifh Socorro mountain. Water canyon on the east side of the Magdalena mnge or flop and Mill Canyons on the western side may ha easily reached by auto from Socorro In three or four hours. So It is pos sible to make the round trip in a day from Socorro and still have five eieteteitMei A"' Edison Phonographs : and Records W. D. Crabt mimmmimmmi'm DEALER IN ill! Fischer Ave. - A S" t or six hours In the heart of the moun tains. MugduleiiH is hemmed In by mountains; on the north by Hear mountain, on the west by Jaralosa, on the south by the iiiiiln range of the Magdalena. Tho. most interesting spot for the tourist is Mount Alary Matrdaleiic, half way to Kelly on the main road. Its crest towers some 2,000 feet uliove the city; and the romance surrounding it, and from which the ranKe and town get their name, takes you back three and a half centuries to tli.- time when Alvurado and his comiuistudores, the padres with a cross In one hand and a sword In the other, fought their way past ho.ttlle Indians up Into New'Mexleo in the fruitless search for the far-famed Seven Cities of Cibola, of which the town of Zunl In McKinley county. ;)00 miles from here, Is said to lie the only survivor. It was Fray Marcos le Niza and Onate nccompunied by a few native Indians and a negro who preceded Alvarado's army by on? year, leaving Sun Miguel de Culiacun near the city of Mexico March 7, 153 , passing up through Sonora and Arizona via the San l'edro river, through th- AioKollon moun tains and over the vast San Augustine plains near the present city of Magda lena at what was known as I'ticblo Springs. It was while In camp here that the friar discovered on the side of the mountain the curious and startling image of th- Magdalene, formed by nature with the aid of rocks and vege tation, an Image at once grasped by his Castilian imagination so that ho immediately namm! the mountain Mount .Mary Magdalene. ' It tan be eally seen by the pas senger on the stage between Magda lena and Kelly. Today the writer viewed Mount Magdalen as well as the whole Mag- ;i.ij:x. MiH T l Lumber, Sash and Doors, Paints, Glass and Builders' Supplies - " miMIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIII" dalena range covered with nf flrlisteniiicr snow. Mnim T2ia.. l'e spark- iiiiB cvrr uiio a nun us me clouds lift a and sank as with a robe of diamond? mantled with snow of virgin narii from base to sky piercing summit calling the Jungfrau as viewed fV.. Interlaken. ro" liuckcd by mineral wealth totullin unnumbered thousands of dollars Jni as the only railroad shipping ' nin, within on area extending from So'orrn on the .-a.it to the Arizona line on th west and of a lenmh more than e-ii to this width, all of the space l,i n given ver to sheep raising and rer culture. Mufc-ditlon-i has in its loeaii,. the basis of a sound prosperity. nK . 'Kress within the past few years h? fully Ihed up-to these Indication, Mr.l:il"!ta h known for beiiijr th railroad shipping point for more 'th-in a million pound of wool F,h year for la uib shipments each spring th it last for ihr.'e months, just as runid'lv as the railroad people ltn .,, handle theni, and for cattp. sliiim,,.,,,' thut come from far off Arizona l0 loaded. As a city where ranch supplier nr sold. 11 tuifcs easily ttie first plai e tlte stale, became of the g..;it :ir,.a tributary to It. Magdalena is ihe gut,.', way to what is really the last uliiin.-. hold ol the cattleman i.f t. growing west of the old days. The city of Magdalena W. in Socorro county, at the end of a I'd-inili. spur line from Socorro, on the Santa .y, ii:nln line. It is a thriving, hustling town, and Is known throughout Uk state as n 'live town.' The em ire place is prosperous, everyone Is making , money, ami nearly everyom. is readv to spend It, for the faith in tin n sonrce of the country lx so large. Unit no matter how much may be lost, each man always believes ho can malai more the next day. The county surrounding Magdalena is one of the wildest, in places, lo lie found in the) slate. It exemplifies better than any other portion the country of the old times when entile barons ruled and beef was Ihe chief output of the community, though It must not he understood that civiliz.i tion und progress have left this sec tion behind in their onward march. The country still exists in a stale ifp proximating that of the earlier era because of the lack nf railroads ami consequent sparse settlement. Iirlven across the country from an ns far off as Springerville. Ariz., frum the valley of the Mine and tho Husli. at Alpine and Nutrioza. in the sister stale .the cattle are annually brought Into H tgdalena for shiment. The ranches that raise these cattle huv their supplies at Magdalena. Is It any wonder that, not considering for the moment the multiplicity of other resources. Magdalena should prosper wonderfully ? Hut cattle are by no means the only stock interest. Sheep and lumb run the cattle industry hard for first place, If indeed they do not hold It In point of dollars and cents value to the community. Tributary to Magdalena, in a commercial sense, are all the ranches which dot the San Augustine plains, such as the great lliihhcll ranch and the ranches of the Fuller ton brothers and others in the Datil mountains, beginning at I.unn, N. M the stock growing country as far down the valley of the Itlue ns fifty milea nil sends its stock to Magdalena for shipment. On the north side. In the Hear and" Gallinss mountains, alnni! the Kaladas and .Almancita creeks, there are many cattle and nheep ranches whose product Is handleil through this city. Near Rurley there are extensive cattle Interests, west nf Burley there are quiet settlements In the American valley, only ninety milei from Magdalena. northward there are the Immense ranges where the Na tions' ranch and I-ouis llfebl sheep grase. all commercially tributary to Magdalena. (Continued on page throe) n vcree. SOCORRO, N. M. l