Black Range Tales: Chronicling Sixty Years of Life and Adventure in the Southwest
author: McKenna, James A. 'Uncle Jimmie
source date: 1936
availability: public_domain

A classic collection of sixty years of southwestern storytelling by James A. McKenna, who arrived as a youth in the 1880s and spent his life prospecting, mining, and exploring the Black Range, Mogollon Mountains, and Gila Country of Grant County. His tales cover lost mines (the Adams Diggings, Snively Diggings), Apache encounters, mining camp life, and the colorful characters of the frontier.