Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-08
AlAM0G0RO0 HAS A
GOLD STRIKE
THRILL
Newspaper Gets Out Spe-
ciaI Edition Telling Of Rich
Ore Uncovered in Nearby
Hills.

Business Mems cluD, telllnb ol what
purports to be q rich gold strike in
the immediate vicinity OF the Otero
county town. The exact location of
the strike il not given, but several
men who are well known are quoted
as confirming the richness or the
strike. The special edition OF the
News. which is in the shape Of a
small circular. under date OF January
6, is produced below:
AS a newspaper man we are really
at loss to know what to say about
the present mining excitement in this
little city. We are a little bit sensi-
tive about over estimating it and be-
ing ever an accomplice in an unwar-
ranted gold boom, but we Will say that
we are surprised that Alamogordo
has not long ago been classed with
the Goldfield's and the Cripple
Creeks. The findings which have
been made in the last week would in
dictate that there has never been bet
ter found in the southwest.
The story runs quite like the average
article Of fiction and as n of the
excited ones remarked, it has that
much in its favor. anyway.
There is one thing sure, there is
considerable excitement in the quiet
old town of Alamo, and every hour
sees more men with the gold fever
than did the hour before, The
writer wants to square himself right
now. and frankly confess that while
he thinks he could pick the best f-o-
land-China pig out of a bunch OF u
- A.. lAt,ff lynntI thA first
blooming thing about pay dirt or
tchimneys," and could not tell
whether a sample of ore would pay
80 cents or $50, 600 To the ton. SO
we have made il "A point to inquire OF
some of the leading men and most
experienced miners in the town and
community and herewith give YOU
their words, or at least the import of
their conversation.
The excitement began some time
ago, when an old miner by the name
of Farley, who was working with MI.
Gore, found some groupings which he
thought were good, and following
them up he located a lead which he
began to work ana developed some
mineral. which he insists runs hun
"'N"9 - N''i"iN ~ 49,
II III every WY Poss'p'' ""u w
specks ana lakes when ne "ashcu
OUT We're urea win hlulc aolu anu
stood the test lhey were pou"ur"
flat and still looked the part and Mr..
Farley still says that he has a very
rich find. A little later Mr.. Dunn got
the fever and went to work, fact is he
had the lever peio'c anu was ""'s
taxing a relapse AZ INNS uihe' "e s''
out considerable ore ana hau q num-
Der OF assays maze WhIch run ple''S
good, up somewhere 10 ABOUT slv !"
ton.
Then came Mr. McAdahns' WI"
claims that ne mas an ASSAY oi @i''V'
per ton MADE some pace III Arizona
And on the first day OF the new year
Messrs' Barrett ana ueorse MesSel
found what Is ealled a chlnlhey
NOW Tor rear that some oi
you don't know an! more apou' .
iowou IMAM we uV '"
VIII say that ola miners tell US lna' "
is a little fissure' or crack between
two SOLID walls whlch was lorhleu
there by volcanic acton or upneaV"i'
Inc gas pie" the Wa'S up ana 'nvh
the neat belng so intense peloN' wv
gas kept blowing out anu Whie Wy
other metals We're burned OUT the solu
settled on the walls OF the rock
IL is such "a formation thht ih'at
gentlemen found ana the rock "hlch
FORMS these two waIis Is What Is AT
present causing the excitement III TINS
city. The flssure is beside II Parai-
lei to a bluff which Is 500 or 4oO reef
nigh and Just such a formation Is
to be the richest even round Mon
day of this week JACK Messer Al"
found a piece of float winch came
a ledge a rev hundred teet pc
yond and 1t Is OF these sample Whlch
the following are MADE
j. {. Dunn; nave promoted LOT
months that there would be the ble-
gest gold excitement mere that mas
in h whole country Tor years
II can't help IL; the gold Is there. The
which Messer brough In VIII
run $4,000 to the ion.
George Messer: Don't make II as
as IT looks. for then the peo-
pie will not believe it. have worked
IN mines every place n this IS the
best | ever saw.
J. a. Primo; have mined for forty
years and If that will hold IA like
he sample it Will u $4,000 to the