El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-14
New York WOman's Anxiety
Concerning Husband
And Son.
THE LOST TIOPA MINE
Its DiscOverer, Isaac Newton Fowler,
And His Father Failed To Com
municate With Civilization For
Many Weeks And 1t Was Feared
By New Workers. That Both Had
Been Murdered By Outlaws In the
Mountains And Robbed Of A Larg
Sum Of Money.

Mrs. Ammon Fowler of New York,
mother of Isaac Newton Fowler, the
discover of the famous lost Tiopa gold
mine of the Sierra Msdre, ,swas greatly
alarmed and terrified short time age
and tortured by fears that her husband
and son had been murdered and robbed
by outlaws somewhere in the mountain
de6les beyond Casas Grandes.
Readers of the HERALD will remem.
Der that young Isaac Newton Fowler
and ex-State Ranger Maurice Single
ton of Ysleta discovered what was
supposed to be the famous lost Tiopa
gold mine, while prospecting in the
Yaqui country last spring. Young
Fowler while pursuing wounded deer
lay down to rest near the mouth of the
shaft of an ancient mine, that had been
walled up. He and Singleton removed
the Instructions from the opening and
discovered several crude mining tools
and some rich specimens of ore. From
the best Information obtainable the
two prospectors bad by the
merest accident discovered the lost
Tiopa mine, which was abandoned by
the Spsniards early in the century
when hostile ADaches became too nu-
merous in the vicinity.
The mine was walled up by its own
never sand all trace of it " as lost They
its location in the hands of
priests at Chihuahua. The re-
cords were subsequently lost and
all recent attempts to discover the
mine proved utterly futile. 1t was re-
puted to be of fabulous richness and
the Mexican government to stimulate
the search for it offered reward of
S25, 200, to the finder. The mine was
never found nor the reward claimed
until, Eoular apd Cipolotnn want into
the mountains to prospect.
The story of their discovery
was telegraphed to the new
York papers by local correspondents
and Ammon Fowler, wealthy con-
tractor of Brooklyn, father of Isa-c
Newton) boarded the first train and
came to Ell Paso.
He visited the mine and upon his re-
turn to Ell Paso, communicated with
New York capitalists, who were eager
to cooperate in developing the claim.
A large number of men we're put to
work and it was proposed to establish
a stamp mill on the spot. Two months
ago the two FOwlers left here for the
scene OF their mining operations with q
large sum of money. They promised
to communicate with friends and rela-
tives In New York at the first oppor
tunity. No word came from them for
mhny Weeks anu MIS-. FOWler Oe-
came extremely alarmed and anxious
concerning the welfare of her husband
and son. She dreaded the worst and
after more than q month had elapsed,
decided to take active steps to discover
If any thing had gone wrong with the
two miners. She telegraphed several
times to Ell Pas1 and searching party
was about to be started for the noun
taips to discover the Fowlers dead or
alive when Mr.. Drecker
q prospector reached Ell
Paso direct from the Yaqui gold |
He had met Isaac Newton |
and his father and reported that both |
were in the best of health and spirits |
and highly elated over the apparent |
value of their mine. Not content,
however, with what they already pos
sessed they had staked out many |
claims in the immediate vicinity of the |
old Tiopa mine and denounced them. |
So busy had they been and 80 excited
because of their great good fortune
they had entirely forgotten to send
back the promised communica-
tion.
This news was promptly telegraphed
to Mrs. Fowler 'and her anxiety dis
was PEELED.