New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-14
a1,or.f. 1,,c New Gold Mines.
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AErQUrU, N. ~, Nov. %. 1867 observi,, i.
your Issue Of the 9th ult he notice oS III
parture OF company Of miners from This uIace IN
quest OF gold, and inferring from that article Won
mele 2t az that time, IN possession Of all the facts
m relation to the Sierra Laplata rnines I take
the liberty of placing at your disposal sneh III.
ditonai facts as may be interesting to yourself and
readers. N
/ reached the Sierra LapIata range early in IuIv
after having traced the great central G1Id heIf,i
Tor over three hundred miles. But slight ini1iea.
tons OF this belt are found between the Rocky
Mountain Range west Of the head of the Arkansas
river and the Sierra Laplata range. The interven-
| ing space OF two hundred miles being covered
generally by heavy secondary formation The
! quartz leads leappeared upon Lake Fork Of Gun.
hisoA,s river, ana near where IT flows out Of the
n "uhtaiils' Ems stream, contrary to representa-
o OF map makers, takes its rise in the far west
n, a, Sierra Laplata range, and for the first fifty
aes '|s nog gaG hs parallel with and near the
~ n,1,e, and adjacent streams. win he fo,1nd
1,n ,,s s1n!rssh. gold mines ~
A5Tor sr,a,s g some time upon these streams
ascen5esE I,aSss ork to its head, and crossed the
hange e the ass flows south into the Ro San
.Jnon tassing ;ts rfza far north in the mountains
From the same monntal Is, ana the same immedi-
ate vicinity, Cow Lake y " " Uunh'sohs river,
Geyoo creek Cedar cree tho d. ~ ~ pan
Aguel river, the Dolores e is.o oe las flhas
The mountains are of fmmeDs. eraltuue, Te'ainhs
upon their SUBMITS perennial SHOWS. IN these
on the waters of the K. ue los Anlfnos
are the gold mines discovered by m, sen and parry
IN August last. They extensive queues ana
bare dggings and believe them to be elcner than
any mines hitherto discovered to the non heast OF
them very large percentage Of the me anf 5al
in the vicinity of these mines Weld quartz OF Cali
fornia down to dark brown chemically decomp osed I
and decomposing, in quantity. and / believe, in
quality, s1ficient to give profitable employment IT,
all who may come, to work in the mines. This belt
of leads trav&ses the mountains from the point of
intersection about one hundred miles, running due
southwest, having an average width Of about fif-
teen miles.
Much the greater part of the gold belt, and
nearly all of the tllable land is upon the southern
slope of the mountains, and not accessible from
the North. Hence, early in October I arrived at
biqulu with small party, in order to determine
,ome central point ON the frontier of New Mexico.
n the absence OF Mr.. a. II. Ffeiffer, the Indian
Agent met with cordial reception from Mr.. H.
iercure. who kindly furnished me with all neces-
ary information, and in ten days after we reached
he mines, about one hundred and sevenly-five {
niles sdistant from ISbiquiu over the onl,j good
PRACTICAL road to this district of eonntry-.organ-
zed in accordance with the usual mining customs
,lamed town site in beautiful park in the center
" the mining district, and organized IT, Having !.
accomplished the object Of our mission and the J
aillng snow and scarcity Of provisions warning US
If the necessity of departing a portion of nv |
men returned directly to Abiauiu few others ]
md myself went to San Miguel river thence to !
he Dolores and Rio de los Marcus. Here learning
NAT Mi. a. H. Eieher had Kindly consented to Z
accompany Capt. Dodds company in quest of me- :
found them upon the Rio, de los Animos stopping
It the base of the mountain in consequence of the
alling snow.
On the Rio de los Ammos, at the mountains, and !
It the upper margin of magnifcently beautiful
alley of great extent, is located Aninos City, at ;
present containing population of from three to !
i've hundred men. At the Pagoso (the great Boil :
a1g SPRING. is claimed and organized the city Of
'agoso. in the vicinity of which are many very !
me agricultural valleys On all the tributaries Of
he Rio San juan and upon the Rio San Juan it. !
elf is to be found large extent of arabic lands.
There will be not less than twenty-five thousand )
Americans engaged in mining and agricultural |
pursuits upon the waters of the Rio San Juan
within year from the present writing, and per-
laps double that number. Justice to New Mexico |
eqnres that the Territory should be the direct
beneficiary of the development of these mines, ]
md learn with regret that movement is already
N foot to divert the travel and commerce to a
more northern channel, movement alike preiu-
icial to New Mexico and injurious to the mines.
f you desire the city of Santa F6 to be mining
metropolis and a point upon great national line
IT commerce, you occupy the natural position,
'ut prompt and energetic action is necessary to
ecuve it. Iou have to compete with capital
Energy and men familiar with these things n