Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-12-05
GOLD FIELD NEWS

The citizen today received letter
from Louis W. Cafes, New Mexico
general manager OF the state life In.
surance company of Indianapolis. In.
diana, written from Hillsboro. n. NJ.
In ~hich he says anyone would be
surprised TO sec the new gold fields
OF Sierra county, which in hi opin-
ion WI. prove the second Kloudlke
He states that Judge Parker took 4
tea cup full Of dirt and panned It
down. getting 81 in gold.
So" says Mr.. GALES, you see
they have the real stuff"
w y. Pratt. manager Of the Albu.
qucrquc H7rdware company. of this
city, j. aCw at the diggings. He
writes g. a friend here that Judge
Par told ina personally that he
sfw lc.glc gather up handful of
Day sand, blow the and away and
retain a couple or more dollars 10
fake gold in their hands.
Edwin VI. Bray. chairman of the
+ Paso chamber OF commerce, ana
proprietor OF the general store at the
III raso smvIter, together with G. l..
HU.i cf the Boyt Furniture compa.
ny, same city, were at Rincon when
the fnl was first announced
On their return to III Paso Mr.. Bray
said:
People are going in there from all
the surrounding towns and country.
Ii Is a genuine gold craze and the
field looks good. The field is located
about seventeen miles north OF Rim
con on the Rio Grande and fifteen
miles from Upham, on the west side
OF the Caballos mountains.
Guarding Claims With shotguns.
'rhe discovery was made about
three weeks ago by a family naned
Silva, the brothers OF which family
have been working the field there.
The news OF the find got out only
few days ago aud since that time PEG.
pie have been Hocking there from all
directions. The people who have
claims there just now are for the
mostpart Mexican families, but Amer
leans and everybody else who could
get there have been coming in. 50
far the claims have been taken by
people who sit about on their claims
shotguns in hand. That order. how
ever, Is giving way TO a better way.
and they have about agreed to put
their guns away. They have a sur.
veyor on duty there and although
things are In a chaotic condition. they
are doing everything possible to get
them Strengthened out.
No Prospecting Yet
Now. as 10 the field. | have sale
the tieid looks good. That is advised.
ly, for as vet there is no prospecting,
and on all claims all about there
! don't suppose a hole three feet deep
has been put down for prospect pur-
poses. There are about 800 men on
the site and others coming as rapidly
as possible They have gold nuggets
IN the sand half as large as a grain
OF corn. and by blowing cut a double
handful of dry sand one can obtain a
nice showing of the metal
Here Mr.. Bray exhibited a dozen
or more tlaky particles of gold which
he had separated from a double hand
full of sand scooped up dry at his feet
AS to what the outcome of the
field Will be nc one can say positive
ly. Things are IN such a chaotic condi.
ton right now that | shouldn't al
vice people 20 go there for about a
week yet. by that timpe there will
be some conception Of what the field
may offer.
Claims Taken for 20 Miles.
The claims are being taken from
the river up To the mountain tops.
suppose distance OF Ave mile, Up
and down the river they told us
Gains had been taken for from NJ
teen to twenty milts The men, II is
understood are banding together an
parties OF eight and each party takes
100 acres, or twenty acres to the
man"
Mr.. Bay says that there Is no town
or settlement except those of the
miners who nave come In within the
last few days for miles around, No
stores, or houses. But despite that
there is no suffering; everybody IS
making provision befor going there.
The exodus 20 the scene is in every