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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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 IN 
 
 PRINCIPAL OFFICE: 
 
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