El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-04
RIVAL THE
GOLDFIELD
DISTRICT
Noted Mining Expert, Dia-
mondfield Jack Davis,
on Camp and Prospects.
MINES OF DISTRICT
ALREADY VALUABLE

New Mexico reminds me much OF
Nevada in it's mining history. Both had
a Big silver boom in the early days,
and when silver declined each got a
cl2ck eve among mining men, most
t.njustly I think Like Nevada, the new
state IS coming again 10 the front In
mining circles and to stay. This time
1t VIII be a great copper and gold pro-
Queer, says "Diamondfield Jack Da-
vis.' as everyone knows him in Nevada
and the Pacific coast, who is It the
St Regis hotel, from Stems. n n. and
FL OrO, the new gold camp just four
miles north OF that station. There are
some OF the richest gold belts along
the western line Of southwestern New
Mexico on the American continent" he
says 1t rams from north TO south from
the rIcn producing camp OF the MOgOl-
Ton r'Ountains. south through Steepls
Rock, Twin Peaks. Apache Box, Twin
Peaks and the PelOlclIO mountains aC
Mexico, where the famous district OF
FL TiEre is situated. following the high
ccrdillerO o. back bone OF the continent.
III can be traced clear down into Sin
alOa- In 1898 Jim Chandler and 7 fol-
lowed that range clear down that great
belt
New Gold Camp OF Ell Orc. y. n
i have selected the camp OF FL ORC
as the most promising portion of THAI
LelL which 4 nave seen Tor operations
he continued 1t is only six hours ride
westward from this city over the
Southern Pacific railroad. There ara
az INC new cam W -Ae-A- l1AEA EAlAGA-
ties with better showing, for the
amount OF Development, than had any
mine in GOldIield In 1898 and in Grip
pie Creek in its inception as late as
1888. have been following mining and
prospecting since / was a boy only
years old and have been in the early
rusnes re a good many gold and silver
camps Tor over 80 years all over the
west I have made seven fortunes in
mining and think my judgment is en-
titled 10 some consideration in making
o. rn 1rrz fnF Hi
For instance, I went TO the rush TO
the gold discovery at DeadwOOd. Da-
kota, in 1873. with my older brother,
ana arLerWard to those OF Leadville
Breckenridge. Lake City, Ouray, Sill
Fcrton- Rico, Telluride, Georgetown,
Creed. san Juan, Cripple Creek, Butte,
Nlehart Narysvill (Where the Drum
4 L InInOnd mine Isl, ElkhOrn. Wander
DllJs in the Soda Lake district. south
ern California OWyhee. where the dia
nond ueIds are Cwhence I got my
nlckname}, near Silver City Delamar.
Ic2hoi Keystone district. where T. NJ
S4IJOn, OF r.. PasO. afterWard SUPER
intended the big keystone Mine: Rabbit
springs on the present site of GOldffeId
New White HIS the excitement OF All
lOnas ana also TO Black RANGE and
aLOsOllonS O-.NeT Mexico i have been
~ = 7oIlmo-a, south America, and old
AleAlco- on the ground floor OF many
or those camps when they were new
and / say without hesitation that We
rave mere IN western New Mexico more
permanent gold district than in anv OF
those have named. not eNceptin.r
either Cripple Creek OF GOIdffeId
. was IN Rabbit Springs long before
L was named GOldfield and found GOLD.
euI IL was then far off in the desert.
~ miles rom railroad, and without
s alter, At that time Nevada didn't
nave halr the bright outlook that New
Mexico now has Indeed IL one spoke
men favOraDly of Nevada every one
. .,ll him cray The same has been
49, ee alh0 Ss mlnlng men about New
AeNlcO Tor the past dozen years In
ne near future every one viii be try
Hs 20 Set mines ln western New Mex
co, and then IL viii come into its own
VIII outclass GOIdffeId.
1t may take two to five years to
10 tne necessary development work to
ring IL out but mark my prediction.
ne great cOrdilerO system in western
'eW Mexico viii show Up camps thar
= III rival and excel the famous cauDs
Z Cripple Creek and GOldfield. And
Z IS a Tar more cOngenial country to
We ana mine In than any other Of the
'reat camps fOT its climate. accessf-
llUy ana nearness TO railroad all CON
plre 10 make il an ideal mfnfDs- conn
~. have gone there to cast nv IOr
.Itn supreme confidence. / am nOt
8 ur-ug on what I did in the past b1t
n wat 4 expect to do in the future
mace over S2.OoO-O00 in the CzOldrieId
com days from 1903 to 1908. as is well
nOWn- and expect to more than du-
ncate II In Ell ORC camp in less time.
2 Iact 1 expect 10 make more IN that
amp than did in all the other camps
have mentioned. / am an cptfmfst-
OF a pesinlst, Only Optimists make
honey, pessimists never.
am not alone in this optimistic
plnlon on the new camp. for every
I cllcal mining man and engineer
no mas seen the new camp has the
anne favorable opinion Of it, such men
S I'd Bevis OF RhyOlite, New John No
julien and John CoOgan. Operators ana
NPerienced mining men, of GOIdGeld.
ripple Creek and OF PorcuDina Co.
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