New Mexico Territorial Bureau of Immigration Report as to Socorro County by Fischer, M. & Abeytia, Antonio Y. A - 1881

Socorro, NM: Socorro Daily News Office. Good. 1881. Softcover. Softcover pamphlet with tied binding. Wraps are soiled with minor chipping on edges. Pages are toned, with very light foxing and minor chipping on edges. Fischer and Abeytia were Commissioners, of Socorro County. Report provides information on the county, including population, climate, game abundance, timber, water, railroads, and mineral resources. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 8 pp .

Socorro, N.M.: Socorro Daily News Office, 1881. Soft cover. Good+. An unnumbered pamphlet of the New Mexico Territorial Bureau of Immigration. Though considered rare, we have acquired multiple copies thanks to our purchase of an estate. 8vo, stapled paper covers; good+ (covers soiled and waterstained; crease to front and rear covers; edgeworn; bound ends worn; pages toned); 9pp.

Socorro, N.M.: Socorro Daily News Office, 1881.. [9]pp. Original printed wrappers. Light creasing and wear. Very good plus. A scarce and early New Mexico imprint, singing the praises of the west-central New Mexico county and its resources, especially mineral. With brief descriptions of topography, population ("The native population and the immigrants from the States move together hand in hand..."), mineral wealth, and general good prospects. "...Socorro County can proudly claim a place in the foremost rank among those portions of the earth on which nature has lavished her great wealth." STREETER SALE 477.

(NEW MEXICO). FISCHER, M, and ABEYTIA, Antonia. New Mexico. Territorial Bureau of Immigration. Report as to Socorro County. Socorro, NM: Socorro Daily News Office, 1881. 9pp. Orig. printed wraps. A near fine copy. NUC cites only the Huntington copy. "...covered with timber, teeming with game and rich in the noble and baser metals... Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun.