Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-21
GIRL HELPS WIN
WEALTH FOR
MINER
N1Hr S=~-A--s Z
Game New Mexico Lass Rides
Horse 16O Miles to Record
Discovery Of Valuable Mine
Recently Located.

Carlsbad. N. NJ. Dec. 1s.-Roman-
tlo circumstances have surrounded
many rich mineral discoveries In re-
mote parts of tho west, but none
more 30 than those that attended the
filing upon ana acquiring tito to
what IL said TO DO the greatest de-
post of potassium nitrate or salt
peter In the world, situated In tho
mountains OF New Mexico, sixty-hve
miles from Carlsbad.
White the news OF this discovery
has created furOro in war depart
mcnt circles In tho United states,
Germany and other countries, the
keen rivalry between several daring
riders and mining prOspcctors to DO
the first to get possession and how
they were putwltted by aid OF Miss
Billie Anderson, 8 famous cowgirl OF
this pert of New Mexico, has probably
not been heard by people OF tho out"
side world,
II wasNby n nero chance that tho
discovery OF this enormous deposit OF
Haltpoter was made.
Several months ago an old-tlme
! prospcCtor known as though Luck
Jim Scny was roaming over the noun
tains searching for outcroppings OF
precious minerals, when his attention
was attracted to "A deposit which COW
cred many acres OF ground. lie ex-
pcrimcnted In II crude way with tho
strange looking mineral and found
that Il would burn with u blush hHmo
when he struck match 10 II. True
tn his pruspcCtur instinct he placed
several samples In his GRO bag ana
carried them around with him for
some time until he finally reached
| Carlsbad.
| Showed Samples a. Friends.
| He had almost forgotten that n"
/ had them when he ChHnCcd ono oven
| inR 10 pull out the specimens when
~ passed around, asking " anyone
knew what the ore was. incidentally
! he told the exact location ur tho place
where he had picked NJ the samples.
one at the men present recognized
iit ~ postassium nitrate Almost
| every man uf the dozen knew the
value ~ sHltpCtCr aud the enormous
demand for II IN the manufacture ot
! RunpOwdCr No sooner had tho words
uf lts identity been spoken than the
men rushed out Of the room and be-
gan preparing Ia strive with euch
other M Ia who should reach the de-
post first and stake his claim,
Mlss Blllir Anderson WAS In town
land the thought occurred to T., ".
Lyons uf queen. s. Nj, who was one
ut tho men To whom Sray showed
the samples. that she would h. n good
person to take along in case extra
hard riding WHE necessary She read
! l!y consented ~ Join him and they
set out together u few minutes later.
nv the time Of their departure most
of the other men had already mount
I'd their horses aud lrit Tor the noun
taina
Miss Anderson was perfectly Jam J.
lar with the country and led Lyons
| ,tsnr uhnrIttt Igull than IpllnWnU
hN the rival prOSpcrtnrs. enabling him
aud her to reach the deposit ahead
~ HIl the others. They quickly StRkcd
out their claim and Miss Anderson
was sent To- Santa Pc, go miles away.
to have the papers recorded, Not
knowing what efforts might b" made
hy the others t. get tu the govern
mrnt Ming agrnc, ah" determined Ia
hinkr the trim ~ the quickest possible
time
IN" rode dn, ana night Tor liO
miles changing horses tWi"p 1T ranch
houses on the route. when Nh"
Reached. the Santa l'r railroad sho
Tagged n passenger train ana rod"
on II for the remaining lUu Mules Ia
SANTA Pc. nrri,inA at the MING Ollie"
nn saturday evening only few nun
uius before cluslug tim" HAD Sh"
| been a few minutes later RIVAL claim
ants To the big deposit would hnN"
had an equal rhunC" with her when
the office opened on MnnddN
After obtaining Iill" tn the property
! Lyons collected many samples from
all parts nr Il nnd had thom n"mS"d.
H." sent samples 10 Washington mnd
received - letter from the Whr depart
| mrnt saving the samples had been
unalNHrd and found Ia contain 6h.Nh
per cent Of potassium nitrIl" az y
! q -
government expert visited tn"
property and h" is said 10 hay" pro-
| nuunroi II one ~ th" most important
| hndy that hdH ever been made ~