The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1905-08-12
INTERESTING HISTORY OF I'm
coin COUNTY INES
As Carried on in That Section
Since the Year Of 1850.

The RuidOsO, Eagle and BOni-
to, running streams. head in the
White mountains, flow east and
form the Hondo river. The Rui-
dosO on the south is about ten
miles from the BOnitO on the
north, and six miles from Eagle
in the center.
In the early days, prior to 1870,
the whole of the mountain range
of country, stretching from the
Mescalero Indian reservation
Just south of RuidosO, nOrthward
to the Jicarilla mountains, dis
tance of about so miles, was
known as the Sierra Blanco re-
gion.
Many old ruins were noticed at
the time Of the first prospecting,
of which but little is known of
the former inhabitants. Tradi-
tions of the Indians and Mexi-
cans have it that these ancient
people worked rich mines of gold
and silver somewhere ID the Sier-
ra Blanco; the location Of which
at the present time is unknown.
About the year 1867, the Sierra
Blanco lode was located.
THE PARSONS DISTRICT.
At Parsons, on the head Of the
Bonito, is a mountain Of low
grade ore which is now being
worked successfully. AS a mat
ter of fact, this property consists
Of a mountain ofOre. The noun
tain side is blasted down and
conveyed in trucks to the mill.
THE NOGAL DISTRICT.
North Of Parsons, about seven
miles, is what is now called the
Nogal district. In 1856 gold was
discovered in Dry ,Gulch, near
the village of Nogal. In 1882
the Rockford mine was opened,
the ore running $50 per ton. In
1888, M. M. Gaylord & Co. erect
ed a Rockford mill with Cornish
rolls, and in so days cleaned up
So, 900; and in eleven months
time thereafter two men work
ing in the mine took out $28, 600.
In 1885 this property was sold for
$25, 900. This mine has yielded
up to 1904, $4,000.
No mines in the Nogal district
are better known than the Helen
Rae and Cross Cut. VIM. Rae,
the owner, pounded out with
mortar and pestle from $1O0 to
$500 per day. and one pan Of dirt
yielded $1,000 in gold. This
property was sold to Rolla Wells
mayor of st. Louis, for SIC, 900.
1t is now owned by the American
Gold Mining Company.
WHITE OAKS.
Some twelve miles north Of
Nogal, in the Sierra Blanco re-
gion, is what is now known as the
i White Oaks district.
In the fall Of 1870 fabuloisly
rich gold ore was discovered in
Baxter mountains. In May,
1880, the town of White Oaks,
on the east side and ct the foot
Of Baxter mountains, was survey.
ed. The North Homestake was
located and sold for SAB and q
pony. Shortly afterwards Jas.
i M. Sigafus paid $4,000 for it;
and IN twelve months the mine
returned the purchase price and
| earned profit Of $4,000. II
was stated that this mine yield.
ed @85, 600 from rich pockets il
two days. It's total yield to Jan.
uary, 1904, was $525, 900.
! The Old Abe, near the Home
stake, has yielded $S75, 600 Il
January, 1904, and is now being
pr0fitably mined. The maiT
shaft is /, 400 feet deep and per
fectly dry. It is the deepest dry
mine il the world.
i The North and South Home
stake, Little Mack, C0mpromisl
and Old Abe, oil lies in 4 small
circumscribed area on the eas
sslOpe Of Baxter mountains.
The South HOmestake ha
yielded 5000, 900 ; the Little MacI
! aEO.O 900. Beautiful specimens d
nuggets and wire gold have beei
taken from the Compromise.
Placer mining has been carried
? ON In the Jicarilla mountain
since 1850. Captain News.