Prospectus of the new town of Magdalena, N.M. : located at the terminus of the Magdalena Branch of the A.T. & S.F.R.R

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NEW MEXICO
TOWN CO.

MAGDALENA,
N. M.

BANCROFT
LIBRARY

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THE LIBRARY

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THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA

NEW MEXICO.

Located at the Terminus of the

Magdalen a Branch of the

A. T. 6- S. F. Jt. K.

For Beauty of Location,

Natural Surrounding Resources,
Perfection of Climate,

And Growth of Trade,

IT STNNDS MRIVRLLED,

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PROSPECTUS

—OF THE—

New Tom of Magiataa, N. M.

Located at the Terminus of the

Mogdalena Branch of the

A. T. & S. F. R. R.

For Beauty of Location,

Natural Surrounding Resources,
Perfection of Climate,

And Growth of Trade,
IT STANDS UNRIVALLED !

PUBLISHED BY

NEW MEXICO TOWN COMPANY,

Santa, Fe, 2>T. "ML.
1SS4-5.

AZTEC PRINTING COMPANY,

PRINTERS,
SANTA FE. NEW MEXICO.

MAGDALENA.

Its Location, Resources and Advant-
ages for Business---Prices of
Lots, Title etc.

Attention is respectfully called to the
fact that a new town named Magdalena,
has been established at the terminus of
the Magdalena Branch of the A., T. & S.
F. R. R., which is now in the course of
construction, from Socorro, N. M., west-
ward, into the rich Magdalena mining
district. Its advantages, both as a new and
desirable point for the establishing of
various lines of business, as well as for the
investment of capital in real estate, may be
briefly summed up as follows :

AZTEC PRINTING COMPANY.

PRINTERS,
SANTA FE. NEW MEXICO.

MAGDALENA.

Its Location, Resources and Advant-
ages for Business--- Prices of
Lots, Title etc.

Attention is respectfully called to the
fact that a new town named Magdalena,
has been established at the terminus of
the Magdalena Branch of the A., T. & S.
F. R. R., which is now in the course of
construction, from Socorro, N. M., west-
ward, into the rich Magdalena mining
district. Its advantages, both as a new and
desirable point for the establishing of
various lines of business, as well as for the
investment of capital in real estate, may be
briefly summed up as follows :

First — Its Location : At the base
of the western slope of the Socorro moun-
tains, commences a vast, grassy plateau,
which extends westward some ten miles to
the foot of the towering peaks of the Mag-
dalena mountains, and nortrnvard, past the
Ladrone range on the East, seventy-five
miles or more, to the Puerco valley.
Leaving the valley of the Rio Grande at
Socorro, the new road, by a bold sweep to
the West and South, and a series of neavy
grades, passes the Billing Smelter, one of
the largest and most successful in the
Southwest, and, rounding the Southern
edge of the Socorro mountain, traverses in
a northerly direction the aforementioned
plateau for several miles, when it curves
around the Northern edge of the Magda-
lena range, until at its terminus, a distance
of 27 miles from Socorro, it has placed two
mountain ranges directly between its two
terminal points, and attained an altitude of
2,000 feet above the Socorro valley or a
total elevation of 6,600 feet above the sea.
At this point is the town, surrounded on
the East and South by magnificent
mountain peaks, and commanding on the
North and West, a vast and uninterrupted
view of a portion of the Black Range coun-
try ; first the sloping, grassy plain ; then
billowy ridges, covered with a heavy growth

of pine ; and lastly, in the background,
spurs of the shadowy Range — the Miner's
Eldorado.

Second — Its Natural Advantages :

Although rich in mineral, (free smelting,
silver bearing galena ores) the Magdalena
mining district has only just commenced to
be developed, owing to the cost of trans-
porting ores. Within a distance of from four
to six miles from Magdalena, are located
three well-known and flourishing mining
camps, viz: Middle Camp, (or Kelley)
North and South Camps, supporting a
mining population ot several hundred.
The Kelly mine, at the first named camp,
has been for more than a year, and is now,
shipping 100 tons of ore daily, to the
Billing Smelter, at Socorro, by bull teams,
at a cost of $5.00 per ton, for freight.
Other well developed and paying mines in
the district, are the "Iron Mask," owned
by a company in Toledo, Ohio ; the
"Graphic," the property of Hon. W. T.
Thornton, of Santa Fe, and others ; the
"Stonewall Jackson," the recent lucky pur-
chase of H. S. Church, Esq., et al. and the
"Juniata," 'Graphic Extension," "Hard-
scrabble" and "Yellow Rose of Texas,"
(an exceedingly promising copper mine.)
The following recently discovered mining

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district are rapidly coming to the front, in
the mining world, viz :

"Pueblo Mining District," three (3)
miles to the Northwest of Magdalena —
character of ore, copper and silver glance,
running $300.00 to the ton. Largest de-
veloped mine, the "Gutierrez," owned by
a company in Fort Worth, Texas.

"Brittenstene District," two miles
North: Galena and gold bearing quartz,
running about $50.00 to the ton : Vein
practically inexhaustible.

"Cat Mountain District," ten miles
Southwest : Ores, silver bearing galena,
exceedingly rich.

"Ten Mile District" : Ten miles west:
Free milling and galena ores.

Many thousands of tons of ore are now
upon the dump, awaiting shipment, and
upon the advent of the Railroad and the
running of trains, about January ist, 1885.
a fresh impetus will be given to the mining
interests of the whole surrounding country,
and Magdalena will necessarily be the en-
trep6t and shipping point of all the camps.
Vast lumber interests also centre there,
three large steam mills being only a few
miles distant, in a track of pine timber,
covering close to one million acres. As to

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the stock interests, in all. probability, Mag-
dalena will eventually be the largest cattle
shipping poir.t in Southern New Mexico, if
not in the whole Southwest. Tributary to
it is an immense scope of magnificent
grazing country, a small empire in itself,
which when stocked to its fullest capacity,
will represent an immense . amount of
wealth. The question of water supply for
the town, is, fortunately, not even pro
blematical, for the Railroad Company in
digging a well upon the town site, at a
depth of 1 60 feet, struck a vein of pure, soft
spring water, (probably the same one
which comes to the surface at the famous
Pueblo Springs, one and one half miles to
the Northwest ;) and the supply will be
sufficient for the immediate needs of the
town, until the citizens can form a water
company of their own, and at a compara-
tively small outlay of capital, bring it in
pipes from the mountain, or from artesian
wells at its base. The land upon which
the town is located, slopes to the North
and West, and the drainge and other sani-
tary conditions are perfect.

Third — Opportunity for Business :
A good hotel and two or three good board-
ing houses are needed, and will pay well,
as soon as they can be erected and opened,
other lines of business should be in shape

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to open at once. Of these may be men-
tioned, grocery, provisions and dry goods
stores, flour, feed and hay storehouses,
hardware store, furniture store, barber
shop, a well stocked livery stable, black-
smith and wagon making shops, news,
stationery and cigar stands; while the
professions of law and medicine, can be
advantageously represented. Good samp-
ling works, for testing and analyzing
the different ores, is badly needed, and
will pay the owner well. Of course, busi-
ness is bound to follow in the wake of a
Railroad, particularly at its terminus and
in a rich, producing section of country,
and the main object of now calling at-
tention to these needs, is to point out the
advantage of being early in the field. A
lumber yard has already been started, and
fine, well seasoned lumber can be obtained
on the ground, for $25.00 per one thousand
feet, which is $5.00 cheaper than in Socor-
ro. Liberal encouragement will be given
toward the establishing of schools and
churches.

Fourth— Title to Lots : The title
to all lots placed upon the market, is de-
rived directly from the government, and is
vested in Mr. E. Wilder, Treasurer of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Company, Topeka, Kansas, by whom all

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deeds and contracts for deeds, will be
signed.

Fifth — Price and Size of Lots : In

order to meet the demands of all, two sizes
of lots have been platted, viz : 25x142
feet and 50x140 feet, and a scale of prices
adopted, which, is liberal and fair to pur-
chasers. Those lots nearest the Railroad
and depot, are of the smaller size, and
range from $300.00 for choice corners, to
$150.00 and $200.00 for inside lots. These
are all in the first tier of blocks. In the
second and succeeding tiers, are located
blocks containing the larger size lots,
ranging from $200.00 for best business
corners, down to $35.00 suitable for dwell-
ings. The majority of the most desirable
business lots are sold for less than $200.00
and many of them are of the larger size.
Terms: One third cash and balance two
and four months with ten per cent interest.

In answer to the question, "when to
buy?" we answer emphatically, now.
By delay, you will lose valuable time.
Don't even wait for the locomotive, but go
in advance, whether you desire simply to
make an investment, or to locate perma-
nently. It is neither idle talk, nor bluster,
but sound, business common-sense, when
we tell you that this will make a large and

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prosperous town. In April last,, (eight
months ago) there was not a building of
any kind, upon the town-site, nor within
several miles of it ; but a Railroad was
heading for it, and a number of long-
headed, practical business men. taking in
at a glance, the extraordinary resources of
the surrounding country, quietly selected
their lots, and went to work, and as if by
magic, more than seventy-five business
blocks and dwellings (many of them, solid
and handsome,) have sprung into existence,
and three business streets, Main, Elm and
Spruce, are indulging in a friendly rivalry
for trade. And trade is coming, too!
From the mining and lumber camps and
the stock ranches, comes a hearty response,
and the wheels of commerce are in motion!
A newspaper and a private bank, are just
being established. A large lumber yard,
three general stores, a drug store, hotel,
restaurant, five saloons, blacksmith shop,
paint and paper-hanging shop, carpenter
shop and livery, stable are already in ope-
ration, and new buildings are going up in
all directions. Carpenters are paid from
$3.00 to $5.00 per day, and the supply is
short of the demand.

For any information concerning the
purchase of lots, etc., or any further parti-

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culars relating to the town, call upon or
address the local agent, W. H. Patten, at
Magdalena, Socorro County, N. M., or
J. K. Livingston, General Agent, at Santa
Fe, N. M.

The following extracts, are from
interviews with prominent business
men, upon the subject of the resour-
ces of the country surrounding Mag-
dalena, and upon the^Jyjbyflsu**f the
town.

Hon. E. S. Stover, of Albuquerque,
(one of the solid business men of New
Mexico) says : "I consider the mineral
wealth of the Magdalena mining district,
something extraordinary, even for New
Mexico. A tunnel could be bored through
the heart of the main range, from the
Kelly mine to Water Canon, a distance of
more than fifteen miles, and the ores taken
out of it, in the ordinary course of the
work, and carted to the Billing Smelter,
would more than pay the cost of the tunnel.
You cannot sink a prospect hole hardly
anywhere, without finding pay ore. From
the very first, I have shown my faith in the
district, by the amounts I have invested

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there, and have yet seen no cause to
regret it."

CapL John P. Casey, one of the suc-
cessful stock raisers in the Territory, and
the partner of Hon. H. M. Atkinson, Ex-
Surveyor General of New Mexico, in the
• famous "American Valley Ranch" North
of Magdalena, says, in speaking of the cat-
tle range tributary to the town, "I do not
like to speak at random upon a matter
like this, for fear that I would be accused
of exaggeration ; but by referring to the
official land office map of the Territory, it
will be seen that North, West and South of
Magdalena, there is an immense scope of
natural grazing land, lying between the
ranges of mountains, irregular in shape,
but extending to the Arizona line, and
beyond, comprising at a fair estimate, an
area of 200x100 miles, or 20,000 square
miles. Counting fifteen acres to each head
of stock, we find that over 800,000 head
can be supported, or eight times as many
as there are at present upon the range. I
have been over every foot of this country,
and know whereof I speak, when I say
that no finer stock country can be found
on the face of the earth, taking into consi-
deration not merely its size, but the
climate and the quality of [the natural
grasses, as well. As to the water supply,

springs and mountain streams abound to a
sufficient extent to warrant the statement,
that by the intelligent expenditure of capi-
tal, to the amount of one tenth the
value of the stock, not an acre of this,
valuable government land, need go to
waste. From its natural location, Mag-
dalena will necessarily be, for a long
time to come, the principal shipping
point of all this country, and, without an
exception, the stockmen are enthusiastic-
ally in favor of both the Railroad and the
town. I learn that the Company contem-
plate the erection of extensive stock
yards here, at once, and if they carry out
the design, their prompt enterprise will not
go unrewarded, for 100,000 head of stock,
are already tributary to this point."

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The following is from an interview had
with Mr. Bartlett, of the firm of Bartlett &
Tyler, extensive dealers and shippers of
lumber, who have made Magdalena their
headquarters. "I will venture to say that
there are comparatively few people in this
Territory who have any idea of the vast
tract of valuable pine timber, which is
located within a few miles of Magdalena,
our steam mill being only twenty-five miles
distant. The tract covers about a million
acres, and yields about 30,000 feet to the

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acre, and each tree will average one thou-
sand feet. As to quality, it compares
favorably with Michigan lumber, and when
the Railroad reaches here, we shall push
out right lively for trade, not only in this
Territory, but in Old Mexico, and North-
Western Texas as well."

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