El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19
by w. H. BYERTs OF sOoORRO, n. NJ.

~ W. NJ II Ehle VI SUOUAthos N Ne
"HIS story as handed down by
Adams himself tells OF what are
- the richest and largest gold fields
known to man and they are In New
Mexico. not far from Eel Paso. The
gold mines OF Solomon, the Klondike or
Africa may not be compared with it.
1t is not to be wondered that Adams
spent the remainder Of his life trying
20 find this treasure house Of gold.
This treasure house is surely well hid
den, but compiling facts as given by
Adams and then corroborated by a
number Of others, locates il in only one
range of mountains. and so far, from
all reports, there is but one entrance
into the heart Of these mountains. This
seems to be true, as the indians, who
have always lived there, know Of but
one entrance and that is truly hidden
No man ever talked to Adams but
felt that Adams was man OF strong
character and talked only the truth.
He would give the facts in such a posi-
tive and candid way that no one
doubted his sincerity for moment.
Many many things could be told of
what happened on a trip while follow
ing the half-breed guide into the dig
gins" but they would not add or aid
in finding the mine This narration is
given to help anyone TO find this Won
derful, fabulous gold field. According
20 the history OF the guide tWhom
every man Of the party would swear by
after having proved him truel the vein
must be some 20 miles long. He offered
10 take the party 10 where the ledge
was richest and where the indians
were using the gold for bullets, but
they were so overJoyed with what they
had found and the guides description
OF how to find the balance Of the ledge,
that. considering the scarcity Of pro-
visions they had with them, they pre-
ferred not to penetrate any deeper into
the rugged malpai mountains until
more provisions were secured. so they
cheerfully paid their guide and he took
his departure.
The mine was never found. Here is
Adams's story complete as have gath
cred II:
The Adams story of Gold.
elm the autumn of 1864. while freight
ing through the southwestern part OF
Arizona, was camping few miles out
from the Pima indian villages, and,
while at breakfast. I saw the indians
rounding up my horses, and at great
speed they were making away with
them. During indian times we always
kept one horse in camp. At once sad
died my horse and gave chase to recoV-
or my other horses and I followed them
several miles and soon discovered
was in a band OF indians and turned
back TO my wagons.
ION getting back 1 saw that certain
portions Of the indians had been al
camp had set the wagons on fire ana |
degtroved everything I had, leaving |
nothing but my saddle horse and a few /
things I saved out Of the fire Gather
ing together my few remnants, mace j
for the Pima village While l. was
there. quite a mining excitement broke |
out Men had been coming in with /
ores. and with the use OF mineral I
classes free gold could be seen
Could Load Horse With Gold.
"a half-breed indian native OF Lhe
became very much amused over
the excitement OF the prospectors I
n bout such small quantities OF gold ore,
and explained to them: Why should (
YOU become so infatuated2 Why become /
40 excited over such small quantities i
you can load any animal you have with 1
GOLD ore in one day. 1 know where /
there is a place where the rock Is All /
alive with this yellow stuff Dig 1
chunks Of it. arc in the rocks IKE mems
eCgs. and there is lots OF it-miles OF it
.'The story sounded so immensely big
that af first little attention was paid /
TO him but on further acquaintance
with the half-breed II was found that
ne bore a good reputation for truth /
and veracity, and all who knew him
claimed he was very dependable ana
anv statement Of facts that he would 1
Dresent could absolutely be relied upon
on learning this, the half-breed was
called into the camp diiu aafhtu ~ /
make a full detailed statement of his
wonderful gold field which he did.
drawing maps describing the ledge. de-
Fcrfbing the float that had fallen from
the ledge, and the length of the ledge
as far as he knew.
Plan TO Find Mine.
ssThiE caused wild excitement among |
the miners, yet with the good name
fbfs man bore, most of them doubted
that any such gold ledge Of deposits
ever could exist and cast 1t off as
dream or a vision. Those who did be-
Jieve the story. spent several days in
7yestiRating into the matter, and the
more investigation they gave, the more
plausible the story seemed Again a
meeting was held in which the half
breed was called In to be thoroughly
cross-questioned by the different min
ers All were to have a chance 20 ask
him questions.
After a few hours Of questioning,
his answers were so STRAIGHTFORWARD
and so matter of fact that confidence
was established with ali He made the
positive statement that he was willing
TO risk his life to prove his assertions.
He was asked II he would sign eocu-