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of Jansen this sandstone crosses the valley, causing a cascade in the 
creek just east of the railway. A mile farther along the sandstone is 
quarried on the east side of the track. 
There are coal mines at intervals in the slopes, especially to the 
south, in the vicinity of Starkville, where there are several large 
mines and numerous coke ovens. The principal 
Starkville. mine here is one of the largest and oldest in the field. 
Elevation 6,333 feet. The main opening is in a gulch east of the railway and 
Kansas City 657 miles. i . 
the mine entries extend eastward under the-slopes of 
Fishers Peak, emerging at Engleville, on the north side of the 
mountain, 3} miles to the northeast. The coal has been removed 
from a large area beneath the mountain. The coke ovens on the 
east (left) side of the railway present a brilliant spectacle at night, 
for usually 30 or 40 of them are in operation. At a point a mile 
beyond Starkville there is a specially good view of Fishers Peak, 
the summit of which is about 3 miles east of the railway. Half a 
mile farther south the northern boundary of the Maxwell land grant, 
originally the Beaubien and Miranda grant,’ is passed. This boundary 
line is marked by a sign east of the railway. 
As the train climbs the slope toward Raton Pass, the landscape 
changes greatly, for the high slopes present sandstone cliffs and 
clumps of pines grow along many of the ledges. Some of the cliffs 
are more than 100 feet high, notably in the vicinity of Gallinas siding. 
At Morley aslight upward arching of the beds brings the top of the 
Trinidad sandstone and also the Pierre shale to view in the bottom 
of the valley, and the coal bed in the overlying 
Morley. Vermejo formation appears at the surface. There is 
Elevation 6,748 feet. one large mine just east of the railway. The coal bed 
eta oe mies, CTOPS Out a short distance beyond, on the west side of 
the tracks, and also in the south portal of the tunnel 
just beyond Wootton siding. Other higher beds crop out at intervals 
in the next 2 miles. 
1 This grant was one of the many 
concessions made by the Spanish Govern- 
ment to some of the early settlers in what 
provided that the United States should 
recognize these grants, but as the bound- 
aries were loosely defined and in some 
grants were misrepresented by claimants, 
: @ 
The question of the validity of this grant 
was in the courts for many years, but 
title was finally established. It includes 
about 1,750,000 acres, lying mostly in 
New Mexico, and it extends for 62 miles 
along the Santa Fe Railway. The grant 
came to Maxwell through his wife, the 
daughter of Beaubien, one of the origi- 
. Maxwell was a famous figure 
while he was a trapper, but later as a 
scout with Frémont and others he was 
the hero of daring episodes. He will 
perhaps be remembered longest as the 
host of ‘‘Maxwell’s ranch,’’ at Cimarron, 
where he lived in considerable luxury 
and entertained many of the passers-by 
on the Santa Fe Trail. 
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