Hunting Cabins Raton New Mexico Raton, New Mexico
Kaiser Steel Company owned a large tract of land in Raton New Mexico. This property was part of Kaiser Steel coal holdings in the Western United States. The mines at Raton were operated as an open ore extraction excavation and the second element was deep mining sub terrain extraction operation. They were moving a hundred car coal train to the east coast every three days.
Monte Rial, President of Kaiser Steel wanted us to upgrade existing and design new hunting cabins that were to be used as a retreat for Kaiser Clients who liked to hunt. The Raton area is a beautiful part of New Mexico and our site visit included covering a large portion of the property. The property adjoined the property held by the NRA, so you can imagine how fine the area was for hunting and game.
Our guides were two of the hunting guides and they were like a Hollywood producer would have cast them. They were quiet, rugged, big men who knew everything about hunting and their environment.
In addition to the cabins, we were discussing doing something with an old deserted town that was still standing and in fairly good condition. It was about two blocks long and full of Western character. The climate in Western N M is mostly dry and building and terrain deterioration is very slow. As noted, the conditions of the buildings had changed little as well as the natural environment. On our landing to Raton one of the guides pointed out the scars on the landscape below running east to west the Santa Fe Trail. The guide noted that it was used as an alternate to the Rockies. However, it was probably too rocky for most wagons. I was amazed that would still be evident under any environmental condition. Yet there it was.
TWB
Kaiser Steel Company owned a large tract of land in Raton New Mexico. This property was part of Kaiser Steel coal holdings in the Western United States. The mines at Raton were operated as an open ore extraction excavation and the second element was deep mining sub terrain extraction operation. They were moving a hundred car coal train to the east coast every three days.
Monte Rial, President of Kaiser Steel wanted us to upgrade existing and design new hunting cabins that were to be used as a retreat for Kaiser Clients who liked to hunt. The Raton area is a beautiful part of New Mexico and our site visit included covering a large portion of the property. The property adjoined the property held by the NRA, so you can imagine how fine the area was for hunting and game.
Our guides were two of the hunting guides and they were like a Hollywood producer would have cast them. They were quiet, rugged, big men who knew everything about hunting and their environment.
In addition to the cabins, we were discussing doing something with an old deserted town that was still standing and in fairly good condition. It was about two blocks long and full of Western character. The climate in Western N M is mostly dry and building and terrain deterioration is very slow. As noted, the conditions of the buildings had changed little as well as the natural environment. On our landing to Raton one of the guides pointed out the scars on the landscape below running east to west the Santa Fe Trail. The guide noted that it was used as an alternate to the Rockies. However, it was probably too rocky for most wagons. I was amazed that would still be evident under any environmental condition. Yet there it was.
TWB