Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-10
AMIZETT RUBIES.
More News From the Live Camp in
the Taos Mountain Range.

correspondence New Mexican.
AKrxETr; June 8.-The stage ON Sunday
night brought in full load, among the
arrivals being Mrs. ". W. Follett and
children, the family of the first civil en-
gineer located in the camp, and W. A.
Mabie, Of Denver, who is looking after
his claims in the carbonate belt.
The town for the past few days has
been decreasing in population itself, but
the neighboring hill-sides are having rock
pounded all over them, as the warm, clear
weather has caused the men to move out
rapidly with their outfits for prospecting,
and the siesta Of the gentle burro is at an
end, and every one that could be borrowed
or hired has gone to the range packed
with all it could carry.
Several Of the prospectors who have
been waiting for an opportunity to strike
the range, and who from waiting were
becoming weary and impatient, have
found good leads within the past week
and are now thoroughly satisfied to stay
with the camp. In few days more posi-
tive information concerning one or two
locations will enable your correspondent
to give some intelligent and accu'
rate information relative to one, at least,
particularly good location, which the
little work already done on it shows up
we'll, and, unless several reliable men are
very much mistaken, what is very likely
to prove big strike has now been found
bat until the facts are proven beyond per-
adventure Of doubt it is best to remain
on the safe side and not mislead your
readers by what may prove to be errone.
ous statements, as the people here gener-
ally rely on the New MEXICAN to print
only such information as can be fully
substantiated by the actual facts.
In addition to those who come into
the district by way of Amizett, your cor.
respondent was to-day informed by q
reliable party who had recently been to
the summit of the range that quite a
number of outfits were pulling into the
head Of Red River by way of Elizabeth.
town and other points north and east Of
hero 80 there appears to be a general stil
all around to strike for the Rio Hondc
and neighboring districts.
Prasident r. =. Briggs, of the Rio Hon
t.so G. r. N. company, arrived last even
| ing to remain for some time in order tc
arrange for work on the placer ground.
| More detailed information in regard to
the shooting match occurring yesterda,
afternoon, first news of which was wiret
you this morning, shows up the usual
difference Of opinion occurring between
eye-witnesses of such disputes. Mabie
and his friends say that Benson sho
twice before Mabie drew his gun
while Benson and his friends assert tina
Lattlmore, Mabie's brother-in-law, free
the first shot and Mabie the second be
fore Benson shot at all. There were ir
all about sixteen shots fired, and as Ben
son walked four miles over the snow ant
then rode two miles on horseback
after being wounded, it is readily seer
that neither wound was dangerous ant
the target practice was not upto yer,
high standard of Workmanship. Al
Mabie came down to camp immediatel,
after the shooting and left for Taos tt
procure warrant for the arrest of Ben
son and also the party interested with
him in relocating Mabie's claim, there
will no doubt be an opportunity for tn
court to decide as to the merits of thu
case as we'll as rare chance for lega
luminaries to shed the lustre of theil
lore pertaining to mining rights for thu
benefit of the public generally in cases Of
similar nature.