The District in General.
Wonderful progress has been made throughout the entire Rio Hondo District, but probably the most gigantic and successful mining enterprise in New Mexico is that the Fraser Mt. Company, which is a short distance south of the American. They have erected and put in successful operation a smelter and concentrating plant of 120 tons daily capacity, and the management is now perfecting plans to double the capacity of their works and to install a larger electric power plant.
Recent advices from Mr. Harlan, President of the New Mexico and Pacific R. R., report rapid progress with the new railroad enterprise. We quote the following extracts from Mr. Harlan’s letter:
“Our present plans contemplate construction on from Raton to Elizabethtown, a distance of a little over 75 miles, but our total trackage will be about 80 miles. Of course, it is not our intention to stop with this little piece of road, but when it is extended to the West, the question will be where to find the most feasible route to cross the mountains. The Taos Valley, the Canon of the Rio Grande and the rolling mesas beyond the Rio Grande, and as this route will be difficult at best, very little attention can be given to present established localities. I mention this to show that even though the road is extended to the West, and we do expect to extend it, still your camp will always be the best served over the road connecting with the railroad in the Moreno Valley.”
By the above it will be seen that we will in the near future be favored by convenient railroad facilities, which will very materially enhance the value of property throughout the District.
Mr. O. H. Stanley, a mining man of six years experience in this district, has general superintendence of the development of the American Consolidated Mines Company property. His long experience in this district, together with his knowledge of the condition and character of the ores, make him a very valuable man and stockholders in this company are to be congratulated on having such a man at the head of its mining department.
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PART OF THE RIO HONDO DISTRICT
TAOS COUNTY
NEW MEXICO.
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