Show POWER PLANT STARTED A special from cerrilos cerritos N M says the great areat electric power plant belonging 11 to the cochiti mining 1 company turned on the current last saturday which is to operate the mines of said company in cachita camp about thirty y two miles distant from the power house located at the madrid coal mines this is perhaps the largest and most complete camp in the west the present capacity of the plant is horse power capable of being increased to 1600 horse power the power plant is designed to operate the gold mines of the cochiti mining r company it will furnish power to run the compressors pres sors work the hoist drive the mills for crushing ore run the pumps and light the mines this power will obviate the necessity for fuel and will require but little water as compared with steam power in fact it will cheapen the cost of extracting extraction the gold rold from the mammoth reefs to the minimum minimum and notwithstanding the great areat cost of this power plant the stock stocks s of tle the company are at a bi big premium while this work of establishing the electric light plant has been going on the mill at the mines has been turning out from 7 00 to 1 1000 per day |