Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-10
A RICH FIND.
A New Mexico Man in Kansas City
Who Tells OF the Lost Adams
Mine.
It is Believed Gold Nuggets Are Lying in
Wait for the Picking Up-Endesvoring
to Organize a Company.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 9.-Mr. L.
s. Goroon of Wingate, n. NJ. is in the
city on a peculiar mission. He is en-
deavoring to organize company for the
purpose of opening the Navajo reserva-
ton in New Mexico, for the sole reason
that he is certain that he has a clew to
the famous Lost Adams mine. His story
is very interesting, and is told freely,
leaving out the manner IN which he OBJ
tanned his information and the location
of the mine. One day several years ago
an old miner walked into the town and
tried to interest local capitalists of that
place i'll story he told of a mine of won
derful richness which he had discovered
while on prospecting tour through the
NAVAJO reservation. He showed speci-
mems of ore which he had brought out
with HIM and it was the finest ever seen
IN that locality. 1t bore evidence Of
having been picked from a fissure vein.
1t was free gold-bearing quartz of the
finest quality, and samples of it would
run hundreds of ounces to the ton. His
tale was that he had been prospecting for
years, and, like many other miners, be-
lieved i'll "mother vein, which If
found would be of incalculable richness.
He followed lead after lead, and all
pointed directly to the center of the
mountains which ran through the Navajo
reservation. At last he became so con-
fident he had the right clew that he de-
termined to brave the dangers of the In
dams and go into the reservation to find
the ''mother vein.
After much lodging of Indians he
reached place in the mountains which
appeared to be the converging point of
many valleys, and here he began sys-
tematio search for the vein. There was
any quantity of rich float in all direc-
tons to lead him on in his search, and at
last he found an outoropping which,
when broken, uncovered a vein that
fairly made his eyes water from its rich
ness. The pure white of the quartz was
crossed with free gold in countless d.
rections, and it looked as if it need only
TO be crushed for the precious metal to
flow out. He worked diligently and Sc
leoted a quantity of fine specimens with
the intention of quietly getting out of the
reservation before he was discovered by
the Indians, and getting an organization
to open the country to whites, for he
knew that nothing could be done with the
Indians holding the land.
Just as he was ready to start band of
Navajoes came upon his camp and took
all of his tools and firearms and escorted
him out of the reservation, threatening
him with death if he returned. He man
aged to secrete few specimens of the
richest ore in his clothing, and these
were what he showed to the people of
Wingate.
He gave his name as Adams, and the
peculiar twanG of his voice gave him the
title of ''Yank,' by which nickname he
was called by the miners. Many efforts
were made to get him to divulge the Sc
cret of his mine, but he steadily refused,
and said he would only tell the company
which he expected to organize.
One morning Adams was found dead in
his cabin with evidence of having been
choked to death in his sleep. 1t was
supposed that he had been murdered by
some of his associates who thought he
had plans of the mine and descriptions of
the route TO take to get to it. If such
was the case it awaited the murderers
nothing for the Navajoes would let no
one enter the reservation and many
bitter struggles were the result of at
tempts to do SO. Searching parties have
been organized many times but all have
been unsuccessful as the Indians and
soldiers have kept the prospectors out of
the country. The tales of the great
richness of the mine grow with each
succeeding year, and now it is freely be-
lieived that gold nuggets are lying on the
ground scattered about ready for the
picking up.
Mr.. Gordon does not think that it is
quite as good as that, but he is confident
he can lead party of men TO the right |
spot and find the mine just as it was left |
by Adams when he was escorted out of |
the reservation by the Navajoes. He is |
desirious of forming q company with |
sufficient capital not only TO find the !
mine but to influence the government in |
opening the country to the white settle |
ment.