Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-17
MEXICAN TELLS OF MINE IN
 S|ERAS
Fear of Remnant of Apache Kid Gang Prevents Him From Attempting to Work It andHe Holds Secret.

Away back about the end of the 79is, there were some United States adiers on the GiIa river near the I..outh of the San Pedro. north of henson. Some Apache scouts accom- panied them, and few Mexicans in the quartermaster's service. An old Mexican who was one of these re- gently told the writer that he learned then of a very rich placer in the Sier- ra Madres, but had never been able 10 outfit and go to hunt it. fearing also the remnant of the Apache Kid gang which, as a matter of fact, still numbers five or six in the heart of the Sierra Madre near the headwat- CTS of the Bavispe. the Bonito and the Hueveraehi He said one of the scouts had his squaw with him at that Gila camp, and that she wore on one wrist bracelet of gold mug gets, bored and strung on deer sinew.
 Talking with the old Indian one day after having with some difficulty succeeded in getting on pretty friend ly and intimate relations with him. he asked the source of the nuggets and vas answered about as follows:
 starting from San Carlos l once went to the Sierra Madre and got this gold and a buckskin bag of gold nuggets beside, which I traded to an American on the Chihuahua side for a gun and ammunition. 1 went thrclgh the Chiricahua mountains. across the upper San Simon valley, through Skeleton canyon and over by the big cienega. Here l turned toward the Big Hatchet and went into Mexico through the Espuelas and past Carretas near and eastward from Ba- vispe, thence up along the foothills in front of the pueblo of great fight CTS" Here the Mexican interrupted him and asked him whether he meant Bacerac, and he said: ''Yes, Bacerac, that's the name.
 Having passed settlements safely we entered the box canyon by the Ba- vispe above Huacinera and with some difficulty from much water, bad box es, houlders and canebrakes, reached where the valley opens somewhat Here we took a right hand canyon and followed 1t up to a waterfall in a gorge where even man on foot can not pass. Here is a big. deep tank of clear cold water at the foot of the fall many feet in depth and full of catfish We retraced our path until we saw that there were indications of an old trail out to the right. This we took and it led us to the very top of a high peak, but cut downward again from that point into the same canyon of the falls and we went up 1t a short distance to where I got this gold in a little side canyon with not very much water"
 This story, which is told substan- tially asthe old Mexican gave it to the writer, has a corroboration in this point, that as a matter of fact an Am erican at Janos, north of Casas Gran des. did about this time trade guns and ammunition to Apaches for nice nuggets and afterwards had to skip when the authorities there learned of it Furthermore, the story is sub stsntially corroborated by an old Mex ican woman who was many years captive with the Apaches and who trsyeled in the Sierra Madre. some times with the Indians. and who bore tkem several children in her captiv- ity.
 Now some prospectors, who would Ike a nice hunting trip and who do not longer care to hunt the Adam s Diggings. Pegleg and Tayopa. might give this a round Should they not completely load their burros with dust cross over westward and work out to- ward the new strike northeast from Nscari Chico and they will get into fine prospecting country anyhow.