The  legislature  of  1898-99  for  the  Territory  of  New  Mexico  by  an  act
created  the  county  of  McKinley  out  of  a  part  of  the  county  of  Berna-
lillo, which  new  county  of  McKinley  will  embrace  all  that  portion  of
tire  county  of  Bernalillo  lying  within  the  following  boundaries:

On  the  north  the  south  boundary  line  of  the  county  of  San  Juan;  on
the  east  commencing  at  a  point  where  the  south  boundary  line  of  the
county  of  San  Juan  intersects  the  range  line  between  ranges  8  and
9  west  of  the  New  Mexico  principal  meridian;  thence  south  between,
ranges  8  and  9  west  of  the  southeast  corner  of  township  14  north,
range  9  west;  thence  along  the  west  boundary  line  between  townships
13  and  14  north,  ranges  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  and
21  west,  to  the  intersection  of  said  line  with  the  west  boundary  line  of
the  Territoiy  of  New  Mexico;  thence  north  along  the  said  boundary
line  between  the  Territories  of  New  Mexico  and  Arizona  to  the  point
of  beginning.
Although  this  new  county  has  been  created  as  above  set  forth,  it
will  not  he  fully  organized  until  January,  1901.  Gallup  will  be  the
county  seat.  McKinley  County  is  located  in  a  rich  coal-producing
section  of  country.  In  fact,  nearly  the  entire  county  is  underlaid
with  coal  and  will  undoubtedly  in  time  be  one  of  the  richest  counties
and  the  most  prosperous  in  the  Territory,  as  it  has  numerous  resources
and  advantages  enough  to  make  it  so.
394      REPORT  OF  THE  GOVERNOR  OF  NEW  MEXICO.
In  the  town  of  Gallup,  the  county  seat,  there  are  located  the  Cres-
cent Mining  Company,  the  Caledonia  Mining  Company,  and  a  num-
ber of  other  large  mining  companies,  employing  hundreds  of  men.
