Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-01-07
Tns .0ID r,ELps.
THE nuSh tontinues. Although Hard
ships are netng Experienced

THE RuHn Continues. although uard.
-h,p- are B~iss Experienced
From strictly relshlc source Iu
Clrllr> iearbe,l yesterday that lho rush
b. the san Juan gold placer tie. Il. con
liuu.-, although great hatdsh,p- are be.
ing experienced by many u"N ou Ia"
ground Nor. than half ~ the ~ ur
more p-Ople that are nov ~ the san
Juan valley are Nltruut suilirlrul ban.
kete, or even clothing, t. keep Themselves
from suffering irJm int"ns. cold Weather,
aud 1t ~ claimed that n sumcthtug ~
not done ~ keep back the rush, that
there will Uc actual starvation amuig
the pane stricken Reekcts after tie
pfecIous metal 90 course there ~ gold
ia the San Juan valley, aud ~ thus.ar,I
accounts have been received, but there
IL not enough tu supply the Lutue ~
mcn nov there ~ contemplating early
trips. THE fIags'aH sun contains the
following article.
lhe rush H. the urW placer ur.is not
WitnHtAudIug It." Cuuihriug teputtr
brought Va HtIii cIu.Iuu,e, hud u IluUH
blJ vii Tor some time tu g. .u.J, ~ ti."
excitement has rpt"Id T. tt.utH.tr, NrN
Mexico aud IhlItu uIn, Hat tie Tar rtrl
hos become Siuburd AI'h tLr gDtd ',,rI
aud parties from New utk ami TIE New
T. lgtHbd statss are nuN uh thrit nay t.
the uew EldutHIu. CuiurHIl uns duuug
past ten dayr ndd-J nbuul lWu mlL,fr
80 the number Who have already started
H. tue god hrids.
hleesrp. John Marshal. llrury Bautn,
aud |, VI. lluus" fetdTuvi tome Monday
from the uIsgiugs HLd are "utLus, si,r
over the lf,AIeC'S - the L-N fields. nlI
they believe That the upper fields. Rb,,s
their ClhIuis ARE located, are riChsr than
tie IucAtIous ~ IT," Ar,f ma a I 'hh
Drve, uplug Company twenty tive mIirr
trpm the mouth = the Sau joan.
lite uppei luraiipus are yrutI tive
miles uP ne tlNrr, ana Hbuut t-u uu-r
below Ban CITY Enrchud, MnfHhnu
aUd BautH aud other Flagstaff pnttIr~
have located abuut tN"uty claims aud
tuh! my claims had U,s,u located there
" hen the party left.
No gold not even specimen nugget
Nae brought back 10y the parties return.
lug. The reason gwen Ii that tn" water
comes ~ tup fact aud prevents WORKING
t. any depth ana It prevents them from
getting down 90 O.u rucK. where the gold
IN supposed 10 b- ia qualities TIE up.
per formation IN sand, Ntile not strictly
quIcksand, pattak.s uf that LHtute lha
sand In fun of the gold and II ~ claimed
that every pan taken shows FROM two To-
three hundred cOlurs, aud varies ~ value
from one cent To three II Iiihrs tnthr pau,
ard til. prospects are tunt wh.u the
gravel near bad rock ~ reached that guid
",l bs found IN quantities that vi, re-.
pay the most eSactlng s,arvhrr Tor tur
yellow metal.
!. VI. House, minernlugist and sury-,
or ~ wide aud hunurhuic reputation, IN
another enth uslAst IN the belief that IT,.
new placers are the best ever yet dIscuv
cred lie mad. I'll" first surveys aud re-.
ports 10 Arizona * Utah developing CON.
pnhs aud upon Tins report part VI the
rceervation lying wrst ~ ia" ION merI
dian north ut ia. Arizona hue Wa
thrown Open. lie ha.- si.D lust tulbl,sJ
the surveying OF CLAIMS IN ia" upper dix
slngs aud h- say that the dirt IS all LAY
from the top down, aud that all to-"
ground can b" readily slulc"d hud nearly
all ia" gold saved, aud that i Nl.l aver
age At least fifteen cents u vHu, Tor al
the dir, IN the river bottom The btacK
sand, as'sy SsD "a gpid g. the ton. TIE
gold, while very tine. can b" saved as the
Dart - full Of u.
&. +. Bpyce. who has wlth Williams
parties u uumt,er u claims \ h L.
district, IL confident that It ~ u good
, pa 'er held aud that larg" amount Il
gold Will b. taken out durlng the rumlng
Year, and there IL ~ fore. ~ men at work
on thee. claims al present.
Tia Above IN one side " the story ~
the richness ~ IT,, camp aud ~ all the
men quoted are reliable, aud their word
cannot be disputed, yet there In as with
everything elise, two sld"s b. the stuty
told about the richness ~ the new f.l.
! dorado.