Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-07
SHOT GOLD FIND.
That Rich Discovery in South Santa
Fe Countryside Per Cubic Yard
5000 Acres Located.

Correspondence New Mexican.
Golden, Santa Fe county, Oct. 5.-The
rich discovery of placer gold six miles
east of here fully demonstrates the theory
that "gold is where you find it," Pablo
Amanda discovered the gold in small
arroyo about one-half mile south OF
where the Lincoln Lucky ore road to Ger.
rillos crosses the road from Golden to
Felipe's ranch and on to Galesteo. He
has cleaned the bedrock for 200 feet along
this arroyo, to an average width of four
feet, the gravel being from one to two
feet in thickness from the surface to the
bedrock, ard very easily handled. The
writer has seen the gravel, taken
out of this space, tested in the dry wash
er, (the gravel being very damp,) and
it averaged at the lowest calculation
TEN DOLLARS PER CUBIC YARD.
The gravel left standing on each side
of the long sluice-like cut is at least two
feet thick and equally as rich as that
taken out.
The gold is coarse, very bright and
clean, no particles of iron or quartz ad-
herring. It resembles with the exception
of color various sized shot flattened and ia
very heavy. Adjoining this arroyo on
the east, and extending from the Felipe
arroyo south for at least one mile is a
hill or hog-back of a peculiar conglomer-
ated formation. The surface at the grass
roots prospects we'll in gold and wonder
full things are predicted by experts from
this hill, which covers a surface of
length named, by about 1900 feet in
width, when it is properly tested.
Nearly all the arroyos in this neighbour
hood, especially for mile east of the
original place of discovery, have been
prospected on the surface only and
EVERYWHERE SHOW GOLD.
With the exception of the test which
has been made in the arroyo where the
discovery was made, and above and below
where Amanda is working, for a short dis
lance, there has been but little prospect
ing done other than just on the surface,
and it is impossible to form any idea of
the actual extent of the rich gravel which
nothing but experienced prospecting by
sinking to bedrock in various places will
satisfactorily demonstrate. But from all
appearances it will prove quite extensive
and it certainly shows, SO far as tested,
to be
THE BIGGEST THING YET FOUND
in the way of placers in this rich gold
section. Pablo Amanda surely has it rich
on his claims and we have good reasons
to believe that there are many acres which
will prove equally as rich when tested in
like manner.
There have been many theories ad-
vanced as to the source of this gold.
Some claim that it was eroded and
washed down from the east end of the
Tuerto mountains, three miles distant to
the SOUTH. Others that it was deposited
where it has been found by an eruption
of some kind, or the ceaseless work of
ages, by the erosion of some now extinct
range in that immediate vicin-
ity which extended far out upon the great
plain to the southeast, the hill before re-
ferred to being remaining part thereof.
Be it what it may the gold is there with
out doubt, and in immense quantities.
But, as usual, the location craze is IN, and
fully
THREE THOUSAND ACRES HAVE BEEN Lo-
GATED.
The whole section where this discovery
has been made drains into the Galisteo
river and the main arroyos enter said
river upon the property of the Santa Fe
Placer Mining com pany, the knowledge
of which will assuredly be beneficial to
said company who intend to commence
operations on large scale this fall.
We will keep the New MEXICAN posted
as prospecting and the development of
this lucky find progresses.