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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
7
Farmington to Albuquerque corridor eyed for new railroad access. San Juan County Colorado and New Mexico counties Laplata and Montezuma profiled for mineral wealth and irrigation potential. Albuquerque noted as budding terminal with 20,000 residents. Farmington hub for Navajo Reservation trade.
The article highlights Archuleta La Plata Montezuma and San Juan counties in Colorado and New Mexico with strong mining potential. It notes rising ore shipments totaling 2.5 million dollars in 1910, hopes for 1911, large coal deposits, extensive sheep grazing, and planned railroad links to unlock timber, potatoes, and fruit exports. Mancos Cortez and Rico are key towns. Durango ships ore. Albuquerque hosts a major lumber plant reliant on Zuni timber. expansion hinges on railroad construction to El Paso and connections to Santa Fe lines.
Articles filed in the territorial Secretary's office announce the Taos Sierra Nevada and San Francisco Railroad Company to construct a line starting at the western boundary of Washington County Utah. The route runs east through Washington Iron Kane Garfield and San Juan to the eastern boundary of San Juan then continues east and southeast through San Juan McKinley Rio Arriba Sandoval and Santa Fe with a division anticipated.
The document details a feasibility oriented corporate incorporation in New Mexico with principal office in Taos. It lists 800000 authorized capital stock in 8000 shares at 100 each and names incorporators with share counts across Taos Springer Amistad Clayton Dallas and other towns. Directors include Halliday Gill Wannamaker Holland Bushnell Probert Hamm Bidewell Martinez and Clouthier.
An irrigation article outlines crops per acre: onions 400 to 600, tomatoes 300 to 400, sweet potatoes 500 to 600, table beets 309 to 400, carrots 300 to 400, cabbage 6 000 heads, potatoes 100 to 300. It notes specialists’ yields, critiquing ditch lines and advocating one shared high line ditch to maximize land use and market access.
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