Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1907-06-07


Jc Dam his expoiaons hadru on camp which
pospcoi camp which had been attacked by the Indians
wn ne isa ~ md i was deedsd - inveseato
day the meeting He described the destroyed
the fat hgou and first guch the east Of the
fat h bend of which be had found two human skeletons THIS
guch Immediately gwen the of Skull and Bones gulc
called present day The meeting for the formation Of
ning the election Of o0ce held at night and
The results put by the light Of ahpg camp fire. which
kept brightly bog with pnon and oper wood dnring the pro-
Paomas Mining District the
pee for beauty of the park in which Hermesa
situated the suggestion Of the fitting name for the place tq
J. II Ro4ch, at whose suggestion it was named
which had been found the mountain to the north OF
river we're carbonate character
composed Of lime called Carbonate HILL the mountain to the
oG ~ q ! ana we - u II - b cajd Cone Peak lanes
Moody president and Ii NJ White secretary OF the dis
m and the meeting adjourned townse meeting with the same
1t was Joyous crowd aerthe shouts
laughter and udugd in and went ringing through
each seemed have lost whole tribe psces ard
be ready hunt for them the morrow J @ Dranl
Investigate the camp discovered by the former and see II
prospeos or the place where Victoria had mped
ak their samples them have them asayed started for
and Dam proceed by direct route to the
was party halted the trail at the point where it
leaves the Dry Fork OF the Paomas IN the sSna ney
with bis shoulder and the other with aomhlng
he orsy these proved o be a sack bones clothing
two scalp They undoubtedly indian and We're
buried b side Of the trail and the march continued to Chloride
CHAPTER ~
When boughtby the Hermosa ong nine to Chloride
caused great rejoicing for the assays
and productyeness bad been
discovered all from the surface or from
oen cuts bottom shafts In returns the aomas Chief
Az t6 Aha dverdged 81 The Jose Hlda and
Hero which subsequently relocated the Pelican and the Aba
40 G lead and 10 to 40 ounces IN sill
YER to the Massive and the Nourse subsequently relocated as
the FLAG and Fgtef returns Of 10 and 9o ounces
silver Chloride which afterwar perfected 10 location as
lthe Embote, returned 80 and l32 ounces IN silver
The news richness Of the district spread Chloride and
the surrounding mining the important discoveries made at
Sun, Of April 8 1851 headed article:
rmosa New Camp Bright Future, calling attention to
m new and rich made by tho ong nnc The publication OF
his article qna boom for the district In spite OF the
made Apache chiefs Mana Geronimo
aud expected in this section M any time with their
band o cut hroats and robbers
At this buo soldiers the colored troops were called
commander Col HATCH and hls suhataus were
looked npon conemp by the Indians well as by the settlers
the country the officers being noted for drunkenness and
gambling courage the field attention 10 duty The
merely acted guards Indians when they returned from
apng robbg and prevented the outraged communities
the hevng and murdnrng Apaches to their reserya
there doing just vengeance on them Tor their crimea Inc
troops thus only oyerawed the awbdng citizens
and as q foil to these red outlaws
under nch state OF affairs that the black ange country
county settled by prospecos and miners n those
days from for pail of water or to stick OF
wood be carried hand and if prospecng he looked
twice For Indians for float boomroc outcrops 1t
mi vigilance vigilance the fullest extent by the "long
nine which safely the early days without the
their number which caused the Indians 10 rue
day they attacked Hermosa
MANY propositions made the ong nine in severay and
collectively discoveries the Rio Paomas and finally two
dnt Of and little ready cash. succeeded ID
properties with the exception OF those
and Crooks Dam White and Case This
ent poved most afterward turned out for the wei
and sale did not out their
men contributing the small amount OF from two to live hundred
between these extremes furnished IL
tools and suppies-eevng the Jo Hda Hero Mas
sve Nourse n cam do their development work