The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-15
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Former New Havener Writes About
Mining Camp in That Region.
10 the Editor of the Journal and Courier;
Eli2abethtown, New Mexico, Jan. 6,
1897.
Thinking that some of your many
readers would like to know something
about this promising camp, send you
the following facts; We are fifty miles
from the railroad, stage running every
day except Sundays. A good road all
the way. You leave Springer at a.,
m. and arrive here at p M, changing
horses twice. We have three stopping
places and hope in the spring we will
have better accommodations, We have
county ten miles square, and some
ten camps within the square, We have
Ute Creek, Badly, Willow Greek, Grause
Gulch, Humbug Gulch, Big Niger
Gulch, Mills Divide, Ponil, Sulphide,
Hematite, etc. There have been some
400 claims recorded and assessment
work done on all within eighteen
months, and claims located every day
| We have some eleven mills, mostly all
working. This has been one of the
richest placer mining camps in The
| United States. There has not been
much lead mining done up to 1895. Last
year there We're some good finds OF
| float, which led to the prospecting and
| the result is wonderful. There never
We're better surface indications in any
gold camp in the United States. There
never We're so many veins of ore found
! for the work done in any other camp
in this country There is more good
propositions than any other place in
this country to speculate in. Wall
street is in the shade compared with
| this gold camp. This camp presents
more good chances to double your in
vestment than all the stock markets
i'll the country. There are more prizes
here to play for than any other lottery
/ knew of. The mountains are full Of
them and no one is barred out, even
minors are allowed to take chances.
Even young ladies are locating claims
and doing the assessment work. So
you see that all who come take chances
and there Is room for thousands more.
Elizabethtown is the largest place. We
have four stores. three saloons, one
church, one schoolhouse. Living is as
cheap as anywhere in the country,
board being only IS per week. We
| have one of the most wonderful mines
in the country called 1.-THE Ajax" One
man does the mining for ten stamp
mill. The vein as exposed Is thirty feet
wide and twenty-five feet high. 1t is
more like quarry than mine. They
are running night and day and are
saving about SIS per ton. 1t is won
derful mine. The Red Bandanna is
| another good mine. They have Hunt
ington mill and are running day and
night. They have good ore and plenty
in sight The Aztec mine at Badly is
a producer. So could go on with
others. We are about 5000 feet above
sea level here, old Badly being 12,44O
feet. The summers are very pleasant.
II is cold at night, you wanting plenty
of blankets. Good hunting and fish
ing. All the streams have trout. Deer,
bear, mountain lions, foxes and wolves
are common. The place is just begin
ming to feel the results of parties COM
ing to look over the camp and we ex-
pect to see a large number in the
spring come and take chances in find
ing some of the prizes hidden in the
mountains. The battle has just begun,
and old mother earth has to give up
what she has been hiding for many
years, A good many states are repre-
| scented by parties, farming companies
and are developing the property. 1t Is
| impossible to give full description Of
this new camp. Parties will have to
come and look for themselves. Not
ny tol pf fau ft,r hrx =,
mentioned. | say to ALL come and de-
eide for themselves, and ] do not be-
lieve any will be disappointed in what
have written. Yours very truly,
f. Il. BOOTH.