Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-17
Snecial Corresnondence.

least in the past ten centuries, have
given such fascinating themes for poet
ry and prose as the fabulous discover
les of gold and silver made by the
Spanish adventures, who in proof of
their assertions, sent to Spain bullion
and nuggets of enormous value. The
shipments represented but a 1.-THE of
the metal found, for the shrines and
affairs found in the new world appar-
emily had first claim upon this wealth,
and today they still give evidence OF
the almost pagan splendor of thei
magniicence during the eras of con
quest.
Volumes and stories without num-
Der have been written of the lost
mines The bare facts of these treas
ure houses of wealth began with the
historical coming to America of the
white man and his reception by the In
sdians. The latter had strange and won
derful ornaments worked with marvel
Gus cunning into flagree gold and sill
yer baubles. Why the a~borigines used
these two metals is very easily ex-
planned. They attached no intrinsic
value to them further than that they
were extremely ductile and especially
suited to the making of the ornaments.
But with the Spaniards it was diff
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an entirely different standpoint. They
at first wheedled their new found
friends into parting with their wealth
in exchange for glass beads and other
gaudy trifes and later tool it by force.
The location of the sources of wealth
was at first freely given by the In
dams. This information at length
proved to be the curse of the tribes,
for no sooner did the Spaniards reach
the streams far to the nerth or the
Mexican capital than they made slaves
of their informants and compelled
them to toll for the wealth which was
at once appropriated without return.
The archives of the Mexican capital
contain a document which throws con
siderable light upon the location OF the
mines. Dated some years prior to the
uprising of 1850 the paper contains a
request from the governor at Santa re,
(now in New Mexico), to the wee
royal at Mexico asking that an armed
escort be furnished for the transporta-
ton of a shipment of gold dust, valued
at over 81, 900 900, to h Mexican cap
ital, from a point which is now bellev-
ed to be the famous placer diggings of
Gold Gulch, Grant county, New Mex
leo. But the spirit of the red men
could not long. endure the tortures and
wrong of slavery in the mines. The
end came with a general uprising,
which resulted in the almost ota ex-
tinction of the Spaniards living near
the mines. Then the Indians knowing
the cause of their troubles and torture,
tried 20 obliterate all traces or the
mines. the pits and shafts were hlled
with rocks. covered with earth, then
seeds were sown over the surface, SO
that with the lapse of a decade notn'
ing remained to tell the white men
what had been found beneath the sur
face. Not all the mines Were totally
lost. however Among those which
have been recovered by careful pros
Meeting are the Ladrones, in Socorro
the Montezuma, near santa re- the
Golden Wonder, in San Andres; the
famous copper mines OF santa hita
and the placers and lodes OF COLO
Gulch. which is now attracting consid'
cradle attention on account of the rich
GOLD strikes made of late in that vicin'
itv. The placers of Gold Gulch have
been worked for the past 300 years
hut the source of the gold which form
ed these rich deposits was a secret
buried by the Indians centuries ago.
II remained for a pioneer ~prospectoI
IN uncover the mother lode OF the dis
trict which was accomplished by A. n
Hamilton, after years OF search ano
toll. Only a short time ago ne sue,
ceeded in discovering the source OF
this great wealth and today the Hamli
ton mine is a steady producer OF mgr
grade gold ore. The ore is increasing
in value and quantity as depth Is
gained: three shifts of miners are KEEP
busy breaking ore, and the Hamilton
mine bids fair to become IN OF tht
great gold producers of the southwest
At certain points along Gold Guich are
enormous dumps of shale, mined man!
years ago, which give returns OF IRON
50 to $40 per ton in gold.
The surrounding country Is a net
work of gold bearing lodges and veins
few of which have been p~rospected
The formation closely resembles tina
of Cripple Creek, the same porphgy
schists and phomolite occurring her'
as in the great gold camp. The Veln'
are true assures and only awaits TN
coming of men with modern methous
and machinery, to develop into produo
ers. The field is an inviting n 10
the p~rospector. as il is easy OF access
there being an abundance or Watel
and as there is a large portion o. IN
ground still open to location. AS
field for investments, Gold Gulch ofer
splendid inducements; its location
superb, a railroad station is situate
only one mile from the gulch; SAINT
Rita is only two miles distant, wher
all the necessities OF life a be Sc
cured at reasonable cost.
Since the discovery of the Hamllto
mine a large number OF practlcal NH
ers have gone to work and many neN
locations have been made, but there
plenty of room for the capitalist O
prospector. and the writer predlct
that in less than six months, that COL
Gulch will develop into n OF the hes
mining camps ever discovered IN I'd
great southwest.
LOUIS l.. OSMER.
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