Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-04-14

acisni In itself 10. that IN the other can
yous everything is already taken. ], 10
nc, N b. suppc.sd that everything Il
value therr has b-en found. bu, every
thing has been ',stsksd "a" regardless.
II whether anything has bcrn discov-
cred or not. We saw miles Of land
stsked Of as "piaccr clsims," while there
N No, . shadow cf evidences 10 show that
,her~ IL single foo, ~ placer ground In
all th. claims r-ferrvi ,o. az coarse,
such . claim will me-, hold the ground,
and has M legal fnrce. bu, u serves N die
oourAwr pro-Irc,ors. i-causc men do nv,
want W ~ into con,e-, II they can avid
II. aud n th. district association docsn't
do something In stop such indiscrimina,s
"hogging" u will greatly retari the de.
velcpment ~ the camp. Men hsv. =
RICH, under the Law N take NJ every
claim upon which they hud mineral, but
the cmdi,ions upon which such claims
are held should H. s,rc,ly -nfnrce'i. To
ie, men at the dog In the manager 10 al.
ways had for the camp
WHAT IA raE caAScsi
Hundreds 81 people inquire. "whA,
chance would there In Tor me Ia set goui
claim, u I should ~ there A" Tn. three
canyons abou, which most has h.en hcari
up To- this time-p Pine. Cnya AMI peralta-
have been yearly all taken up. Except
IN few places, tn. prospecting has Jeea
II very superficial character, and II is
n", Improbable that the finds yet Ia
come will b. jus, as gusl and just aa nu
uernus a. ia. discoveries which have al.
ready ls.en made aud which have gwen
the district iis reputation, but they will
''c upon land already clAim,sl, for aa We
hav. stated. nearly everything has been
"S,aked ofr" The policy pcrsued by
These In the camp seems Ia have been ,o
claim everything first, and prospect az
'rrwarl. and abnt the only chance to get
b. claim In those partitions Il the district Ia
tn make u trad. with some one who In al
ready IN. hut there are plenty IL chances
nf this kind, The law governing "assess-
,nent work" requires that to make claim
valid you must sink u shat, ON the vein,
Ia tn. depth of ten feet, within ninety
lays after posting your discovery notice.
aDi Ia most II ihose persons who are nav
holding several claims each. this IL prac-
ticaily impossible since the sinking II =
hole Ia that depth. through such material,
!, signifies the expenditure u quite con-
= | "a Ia.
u majority of those who are holding from
. ten IA twenty claims each, have neither
, the disIns tion Ia work themselves. nor
;. the money tn pay others, but they know
4, generally willing Ia trade on a literal
!, basis with those who will undertake to do
=, II, The rule is Ia give half for the Hs~ess-
=. ment work. and that In perfectly fair. II
John p- has two claims. he will give you
=. one IL them, provided you will do his a.
=, -.ssrnent work on the otber--snd that 10
an arrangement that In usually very ad-
vnntag-ous Ia both parties. After the
work il all done the chances are about
:, even that you will Rnd neither VI the
;, claims ,o lie worth the powder that II re-
=, luir-d To blow out the holes. nevertheless,
tie II great deal easier and cheaper for a
i, man in town IA pay the hfty To hundred
, dollars that u will cost Ia sink = ten foot
. hole on claim for somebody else, than "a
i. stand tue time aud money IL would COG,
!, hlm /" 20 there and hnd . claim for him
:, self; and bcsnles the chances are many
times greater in favor Of finding something
4 in claim located by - practical prospec-
tor. who has trampcd all over the hills,
:, aud who knows "rock" when he sses u,
- than in one located by some inexperienced
, man from the city, in the limited time thai
he would be likely 10 give to the work
So II you wan, = claim in Cochiti, your
bc-,. cheapest and easiest way 10 get Il ID
IL Ia trade with some prospector. who ha,
y more claims than he can work-And Their,
II are plenty IL such chances
LAyAaA AND REAR.
>, South Of PersltA canyon. there IN still .
good deal Of "new" country, but that
\, ton. Ia rapidly filing up. The most O
those who ara entering this portion Of The
:. district are miners and prosp-c,ors fsou
:, Colorado. who have come down ''ovel
land" frpm that state, and finding every
thing from Perslta north taken up Ar
pushing out into new fields. The most q
them are men who have had experiences
in the business. aud " there 10 anything
ther,e they are likely N 6nd H. 8eyera