Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1907-05-24
HISTORY OF HERMOSA.
BY Richard Mansfield White.
Black meeting
Hilsboro, Mexic October B. 1895.
CHAPTER /.


P~lomas mining District which Hermosa the pncpa
ard supply depot comprises all that territory from Moouman
range Of the Black kane
the The dovercrs and ocatos OF this district thu
hem being under feet in height and the Others ranging six
feet four inches ha. when they started ont mounted equipped
stranded foreign shore and had take to horses and
instead boats and ships changing their mode
aud ung to the kess pas aud mountain ranges instead OF
The simiude "long Vikings
fold for only these unusually tall bnt they blue
eyed and " empexo only one Of them being buoete and
the Of the climate and to the deadly bullet OF the
the the Pomas Falls and just before the "ong nlne went
to locate the PomaA Mining district the attack upon Chloride had
made by the Apaces and two OF the poSpeo at that place
There enc The The ons AL were "
X they Eiward John 4 Roach Jay ., Dm
William B. Nouse and Richard Mansfield White
johnson and Roach the plains and through the
The on between where ermosa falls the
time and discovered the mines which ths
property the Pelican Mining Company The Indian al
around them and they sought place where they could ecret their
then % for n aR ..o @ ~s ssa sa sy
remained tew days outitng for their return to their lid on the
locate minng district so ha. there would be safety in numbers
working in the part Of the country ndo bnd ssakade Tor
the "ong n'ns and had 1t assayed Tho
g@ but n % s0 d 0uy hy dscra
country such that they formed the which they
ndans Of backmalpg schemes
with wishes for their and warnings against the
of by the from their fellow popecto who had ocat
ed in Chloride.
CHAPTER III.
On March 18TH 1884, the which had been got together by the
description them the country on the Paomas
Roach and had decided explore the country
from Chloride the morning and taking the trail south along
the hills CT
the Black for the
end The Slow the trail in places oveown
the watch for hostile Indians who might
any they had Chloride from the hdes
undebrol necessarily made the march slow
decided make ary the evening than the
reaching the North Fork of the Rio Paomas the stream
south the way, ths dark.
The day early made and the rough country ba
the Rio Paomas cautiously traer
for guches made most advantageous lurking
for country would fill with endish delight
the hevng treacherou muderous Apach who had
successful numbering punderDg raid and
pected back moment.
When the Paomas Falls reached
awhid thong from the limb of large juniper tree, which
upon the Embol mill s scalp OF the
Victoria and fight for here that DR.
commanding the had surprised Victoria aud defeated
routing him completely with loss Two three of the
ong examined little wckyup OF willow bush
hanging scalp passCg Jokes made
the ghas trophy il passed one member of the
porino party bow he would like to bave his hair
papoosaa around dancing and whopng with demonc
scalp left undOrbed swinging the light
brilliant sunlight The prospecting party ees the south
at the southern
reached the long lines OF
rocks broken here and there by fruits which split
.sfea ST }ar side of TIC canyon .F..n
. M .umeous and changes which had taken
portions Of the country rocks the uxapcsi
ton and ntrudg formations told the experienced
that they had reached bearing
whose riches be- diligently exploited become very
pof paused the ridge at the entrance OF the
take both the formation OF the country aud the
the Apaces being satisfied OF the absence OF the
latter they the proceeded camping where
tis' y hcto nine is and s corral stands
fWfs s3 la{s nakfng etH4, &
Vi ft.4l f4rtt Na Htefryn V4s4 e.