It was in the summer of 1867 I started for…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

dollars may be looked for as a monthly product of the mine. There are no mines in New Mexico, if the croakers tell the truth, but dis- coveries of this kind v/hich this is not a solitary one proves them liars. From ihe September 4, 1891, Issue of The Enterprise AZTEC MINE A Find of Twenty Years Ago. — Two Inches of Pure Gold. It was in the summer of 1867 I started for the famous San Juan country via Tierra Amaria and Abivul, Rio Arriba county, N. M. ( 76 )One night I made camp near the little town of Chama, and to my surprise, next morning discovered that I was minus my horse. The saddle and saddle blankets I had used, one for a pillow, the other for a bed. I immediately looked the ground over and come to the con- clusion that my horse had been stolen. I tracked the horse quite a distance and returned to camp that night after a fruitless chase. Next day I concealed my saddle and blanket and took the trail, leading in a northerly direction, centering the great valley of San Fernando de Taos. I arrived at Taos on the third day, and was told by the people there that a horse answering my description was seen the day before entering a large canyon north of the place. It being late and a drizzling rain falling, I was advised to remain over to next morning, which I did. I started out next morning and soon was on the trail.