Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-10
GOLD PROSPECTS IN
ZUNI MOUNTAINS
A Writer Makes Comparisons
Betweea Certain Gold
Bearing Sections.
PREDICTS MUCH FOR COppEprOR

Special Correspondence.
Copporion. ~ s.. March LII was
IN the year 1888 that 1ames Marshall
was diHaing a mill race at Colomn.
Cal. whom behold. 90 hla aatonishod
gaze he saw some pieces of me yol.
low ana precious metal. lie was very
much eletod, and very sure thp' he
had made a discovery Of great import
ance, unaware that IN few short
months thousands and thousands
would ho Rocking 90 that country.
who're everything else is abandoned
ior the gold pan. rocker and shovel
Where Gold is Found.
Ia studying the geological formation
OF minerals, we are Jed to believe that
the original position Of gold must have
been On great depths, and ifom those
depths, by the uphnaval OF the granite
rocks and along with quarts veins
The quartz rocks are not granaiic nor
aedimeniRryi bat are supposed 80
have been In n liquid form and thrown
no through assures and crcvlcos in
The granaiic formations and carrying
along with o gold 80 more or less
quantities.
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outcropa Of rusty and brown quartz
fragments are found that contain gold.
sometimes In very iine particles, that
q Invisible without the use Of Tho
lens. and sometimes 80 dlacolOrcd by
the pyriies that has been exposed 20
the weather IN such q way az 90 do.
ceive almost any one
These facts should bo kept IN mem.
DRY by the prospoctOr for beneath
Just such outcrops as this there has
been discovered some OF our most
valuable gold deposits.
When such quartz is found Il must
not be- considered OF no value. but
ke' and tho place whore found mark
90 for future Investigation.
Nov we have right here IN the Zuni
mountains great deal % Just this
SAME brown lran-ruEty quartz 10 ia
principally found IN what we call the
Iron dixie. This dixie Is some FIVE or
elk miles IN lonEth and from 200 feet
20 500 feet ln width. and an through
intorsoctod with these quarts veins
from one inch TO four feet N width
and quite a number OF assays have
been made running from ~ 10 $40 in
gold What better prospects DO we
wantf when we have something good
we are never satisfied
We can never realize what the hon
est prospcctor has Ga 81 through witn.
day after day trampinR over tho
rough mountains with n slow ana
measured tread. with downcaai vie
Ton, letting noi one single fragment or
piece of rock escape bis practlcod
eye, now and then picking one up 10
examine it more closely then casting
Il away. 90 De forgotten forever. then
choosing one. and using tho familiar
expression. "thia looks good. then
reaching Boz hle pocket for the lens tO
examine Do more infinitely. and carry
ing % to bis lonely cabin and placlue
&c with perhaps 300 or 800 more nut
90 the az important subject once more.
Surface lndioationa Nothing.
The surface Indications Tor mineral
ln tho Zunl mountains certainly sur
paHscs anything mat ! ever saw az
ans other location. Why you can.
not travel any distance moro than ouo.
half milo without seeing good ore
ON the surface principally copper
bearing rock fragmCn,a, called float
and sometimes lodges cropping out
We have no paying mines. but J think
/ HAT AMY one having means 40 oxpeud
in prospecting can find no better hriuH
/ IN existence than the famous Zunis
We all feel confident that there viii
be- quite r. rush M here az soon aH
/ spring opens so that the prospector
/ can get Oui ard see what there D.
| Following up one gulch and down an
other, looking for noat or out-crnn
ping veins thar have been cut by the
forming of favlnos loillng day after
/ day 40 discover something for the
benefit of mankind. ono thing Is sure
and that ls that he world owes the
sturdy persistent proaDcci0r moro
than d viii ever pay him.
When capital comes Ia and doycl-
ops oar country. We want men that
have made their money ln mining. and
such ones that are not afraid to spend
%. Then, and not until then, will our
mines Dee developed
/ ana satisfied that lf wo could alui,
SOME shafts on the iron dixie 200 0r
300 feet deep. Thar We would ind
some very rich sold deposits.
Then when the precious neral o.
struck aud wc know that u o. the yel.
low metal and the whole country
from ocean 10 ocean rosounda with
She enthusiastic cry of gold. gold,
gold while the ranch "a loft unplant
ed. the dwelling house half built. and
an Join in Use mad rush TO that c0un.
try whore fortunes are made IN "a SIN
gle day, and everything % neglected
but the manufacture of picks show
cls, gold pans, and the means Of trans
noriaiion to che sd Dorado.
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