Gilmo has been tough for several years,…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

word that Gilmo was at Phoenix and he at once telegraphed Sheriff Montgomery to make ar- rest. On Tuesday he received word that Gilmo was in jail at Phoenix and that the Mexican who had accompanied him to Phoenix was in the vicinity and would also be probably ar- rested. Gilmo has been tough for several years, and whether he is guilty of the crime or not, there are many here who think that he is none too good to make the attempt. ( 99 ) From the October 23. 1891, Issue of The Enterprise GOLD MINES Tradition has woven a web of mystery and a glamour of romance around the Chucklo and Carrizo mountains. As far back as ’69 parties from California attempted to invade and ex- plore the Carrizos, whose fabulous wealth has been measured only by the anxious miner. The Adams party left a legend that three days’ travel from Wingate with pack animals they found gold for all and graves for most of their party upon the Navajo reservation. Again, by a party from California, consisting of twenty- seven men only two of whom escaped to put the fact upon record that gold and death are inseparable companions in the Carrizo Moun- tains. MYRICK’S ADVENTURES