The old Abe eagle. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 189?-189?, 1893-07-13
GOLD! GOLD! GOLD!

We give below the experience of
the miners of Eagle county, Colo,
to show how true is the saying
that gold is where you find it,"
hoping that it will be the means of
causing our miners and prospect
ors to make a more careful search
for the yellow metal by both pan
ming and assays. Almost all of
our prospecting has been tested
by the pan only. This is not wise
and no one should be satisfied un-
til an assay is made.
Colorado is one of the most thor
oughly prospected states in the
Union, yet the past year has shown
that the mining industry of that
state has only just nicely started.
And what may we not expect of
New Mexico; and particularly of
Lincoln county, with our vast sys-
tenn of mountains extending thro'
the territory from north to south,
hundreds of miles in extent, and
all of which contain more or less
mineral! In this county, which
produces more than one-half of the
gold in the territory, we have over
100 miles of the eastern spur of
the Rocky mountain range where
there are known to be more than
a score of rich gold mines, and
where there has, after a fashion,
been only very little prospecting.
What must the future be?
From Fulford Signal, Eagle county, Colo.
GREAT GOLD STRIKE.-A strike was made a
| few days since, and a sample taken to the assay
office, with the result that it was found to con-
tain one hundred ounces to the ton. The
owners could not believe that the assay was cor
rect, and went over to the property and brought
back seven average samples. The assay gave
the following returns: No. 1, gold ozs; No. 2,
gold ozs. No. s. gold OF. No. 4, gold 2ls ozs.
No. 5, gold IL ozs. No 6, gold 1870 ozs. No. T.
gold 159 ozs. The samples were taken across
| the vein at verious places in the outcrop. The
formation is lime and porphyry and quartzite
and porphyry. Location, on west side of Lake
Creek, just south of Byrita cabins. Men anc
women who had claims located in that vicinity
rushed over to see that their location stake.
were in place, and that the necessary assess
monts had been properly done. The town was
practically deserted. Every pick and shovel in
all the stores were brought into requisition, ant
the hills swarmed with prospectars All nigh
specimens were brought in, and the assayer
were kept busy. OF all the samples tested, non,
of them were blanks. Twelve assays, takeI
haphazard, gave average results of sS.5 ozs
gold per ton. One sample OF spar from Younl
America gave 3s ounces. Two samples from TIN
Fort Strausburg, Is inches under the surface
gave respectively ounces and 54ls ounces gol'
per ton. The history of the discovery of thi
gold bearing ledge is the history of one of thos
peculiarly lucky accidents that have in man
instances startled the mining world. Crippl
Creek was tramped over and prospected man
years before it was discovered that the noun
tains we're filed with riches. In the presen
case prospectors had made locations on til
ground, for the simple reason that near by wer
good silver leads, the formation was lime, an
! the prospectors were hunting for silver. TIL
ledge of brown looking rock had often bee
noticed but supposed TO be brown lime an
no particular attention was paid to IL, until
few days since when one Of tho owners of til
Young American broke of a piece Of the rocl
and noting that IL had a quartzy appearance,
asked his partner II he had ever had any of
tested. The partner replied that he had not
that he did not think II worth test. The nes
day the matter was again referred to but IL wa
, not until the third day that a sample Of the roc
was taken to the assay Office and gave the star
ling returns Of I59 ounces gold per ton. II
r owners could not believe the assay was correc
= and another piece of the same rock was teste'
| together with ak other samples taken fro
along the outcrop for 100 feet 1t was the
samples that gave the returns which started d
present excitement. The name Of tho lucl
r prospector is Thomas Morrow.