The American Consolidated Mines Company Illustrated MINES IN THE Rio Hondo District, Taos Co., New Mexico _THE AMERICAN CONSOLIDATED MINES COMPANY_ _Incorporated Under the Laws of New Mexico._ _3,000,000 Shares. Par Value One Cent._ _To Avoid Excessive Taxation._ _All Stock Non-Assessable._ _Stockholders have no Future Liabilities._ _The Company has no Debts._ _AT ORGANIZATION TREASURY STOCK, 1,500,000 SHARES. CASH IN TREASURY, $2,000.00_ _JANUARY 1, 1903,_ _Stock in Treasury, — 1,300,000 Shares_ _Cash in Treasury — $11,866.82_ _OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:_ _J. SHUMAKER,_ _President_ _O. H. STANLEY,_ _Vice-President and General Manager_ _C. D. WEIMER,_ _Secretary and Treasurer_ _C. P. CAMPBELL and MARTIN WEIMER_ _EASTERN OFFICE:_ _MINERVA, OHIO._ _WESTERN OFFICES:_ _Colorado Springs, Colo., and Taos, New Mexico._ Introductory. In calling your attention to one of the richest districts in the whole Rocky Mountain system, we must say in the first place that the old Spanish and Mexican land grant controversies have greatly retarded the development of large tracts of the richest mineral lands throughout New Mexico, particularly in Taos County; but the United States court of private land claims and the United States supreme court have finally passed upon the validity of practically all these grants, and this has recently thrown open some very rich fields. Among these is the Rio Hondo district in Taos County. This district contains, without any exaggeration, almost inexhaustible bodies of good paying gold, silver and copper ore. In the year 1680 these same Taos mountains gave up millions in gold and silver to the Spaniards, although worked by the crudest possible methods; and now, after lying idle for hundreds of years they are again about to give up their treasures to a few lucky corporations who have secured property in this vicinity. The Rio Hondo District is situated about the center of the county, a few miles north of the quaint old Mexican town of Taos, the county seat. Plenty of mining timber and streams of the clearest water make this an ideal place for reduction plants and the economic handling of ores.