W. J. Foley — Watch Repairman and Turquoise Mine Discoverer in Silver City

Card’s hardware establishment, storing them in a box placed among other boxes because he had no safe ^[1]. Thieves stole around $150 worth of cutlery and several watches, but police recovered most of the timepieces after arresting Charley Wing ^[1]. Later that year, Foley visited the *Enterprise* newspaper to share news about local turquoise deposits ^[2]. He reported receiving a letter from a firm trading with Navajo Indians, who claimed turquoise mines existed near Silver City and had been worked long ago ^[2]. Foley then contacted John Coleman, who told him he had discovered those same mines while prospecting in the Burros in 1875 ^[2]. Coleman noted that the mines showed no sign of iron tools or powder, suggesting they predated Spanish exploration by hundreds of years ^[2].