Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1907-06-14
HISTORY OF HERMOSA.


regular meeting
Hlsboro New Mexico. October s. 1896
Relic hunters made appearance Hemosa
falls and Bones and
@ hs had
in their fight The little curved walls Of rock built
Donate and Treasure hills and the poiat below the falls provd
productive these relic hunters Of these walls having
Tbs and and Bones "ob
the for ss $ s Sa s %
snaw also from mocan to scalp The buryng place where
the point opposite the battle Geld Visited open
the carried away for and collections OF curious
hps for Boston Philadelphia crank and moraze
over , -
Hetmosa district BY April
plies and mining tools developing heirproper
April they set to work build substantial cabin With soctds
ense stood the middle of Flag avenue,
upon the hill slopes BY aud tested
resistance rife balls The rifles Of theong nine all Of great
70 grains powder they penetrated clean
s % % = @ s
would stop rifle balls with light charges Of powder. Il was recon
The mining claims thus iar located within Of this
eabn which had been built starter for the Of
Hermosa had all they could use-he Rio Paomas
na % Of ss n':s s
had springs streams OF their own from which ample supply Of
development rapidly
ward for few months The ouop the Pomss Chief strip
cuts made and ad begun the west OF
the oucrop all showing The lowest from these workogs
38 the highest 10000 silver
An ad driven the also cut made which
showed running 152 silver and 40 in lead
The Hero and the lda similarly opened and showed
55 lao sies end 20 to
The noble quartz the Silver Brick the Massive and the
Nuse stood above the surrounding country rock promising good
All the bottom dropped OF the those who had
represented themselves capitalists there funds
listened the fir Of the ke capitalists from Kansas and
Colorado, would be hard to find in any mining
At this time there was no road into the camp and the only outlets
BY Of the and the trail north to Chloride The
former trail crced around Palomas falls which dashed through
perpendcuay walled where blasting would be be-
wagon could be pulled down. the latter trail wagon
could be pulled horses pulling
had scratch pull the empty back Without
foolish undertake ship and the deception prAc
upon long decided let
out for Of work. and then relocate the leaving
the OF the men who had obtained b false promises
Of their most bloody raids and the United States soldiers
uu just day two behind n instances while at other
country the prospeco and miners the isolated and small
campo, where there but few men, Of the DAGGER
pec quietly packed and Chloride and assisted foy
guarding that the work OF veopng
the mines at Hermosa ceased @ for the year 1881
The year 1882 opened gloomy for the Paomas Mining District
and Hermo The fake capitalists Of Kansas City and Colorado who
who had gained interests the greater part Of the
promising capital for development still failed forward
with the and supplies to the development
work their of the the larger number the min
ing being and Jumpers
appeal like turkey buzzads lowering dying horse
putting up their location stakes good
already and running the cst
These efforts OF the futile
Of their locations ever bringing them snyhng for tho Hermos
jumping parases The claims nsueht
original ocaos held until the time for relocation
when the claims properly located
However, Paomas Chief and the mining clsins owned
White encumdered with the detrimental fakes who had