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HISTORIC NEWSPAPER REPORTS OF COARSE GOLD WIRE GOLD CRYSTALLINE GOLD SILVER MASSES COLFAX DONNA ANA GRANT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES NEW MEXICO HARD ROCK MINES

Colfax county, Aztec mine, Elizabethtown, 18 miles SW Moreno , wire gold.
Colfax county, Black Copper mine, Elizabethtown, ore looks pure gold. 1897
Colfax county, Black Copper mine, Elizabethtown, 100,000$/ton looks pure gold. 1897
Colfax county, Bobtail and Senate mines, Elizabethtown, rich strike 500$/ton. 1901
Donna Ana county, Ocean Wave mine, Mineral hill, ? . 1894
Donna Ana county, Mountain Chief mine, Organ district, ore bristles free gold. 1883
Donna Ana county, St. Elmo mine, Organ mtns, Alamo springs, wire gold. 1883
Donna Ana county, Sunol mine, Black Mountain Gold camp, ore bristles with coarse gold. 1910
Grant county, Solid Silver mine, Rose, foot loog native silver. 1892
Grant county, Hobson group mines, Black hawk, native silver in large flakes.
Grant county, Hobson mine, native silver. 1892
Grant county, Alhambra mine, native silver 8,000$/ton. 1892
Grant county, Alhambra mine, Black hawk, extensive native silver.
Grant county, Alhambra and Good hope mines, a few miles NW Burro Mountains, much native silver.
Grant county, Rose mining company, Black hawk, cabinet specimens.
Grant county, Black Hawk, Alahambra, Silver King mines, Black hawk, 60 foot native silver.  
Grant county, Black Hawk, Suprise, Silver Glance, Chicago, Little Rhody,  
             Kent County, Extension, Cornocopia, 8 inches of solid silver. 1883
Grant county, Alhambra mine: 32.7216 -108.5102
Grant county, Black Hawk mine: 32.7252 -108.5008
Grant county, Seventy Six mine, Chloride, 1.5 miles WNW Silver City, very high grade
             specimens hundreds of pounds, 4,000 oz/ton, broad sheets native silver.
Grant county, Red Cloud mine, Blackhawk, 10$/lb silver. 1889
Grant county, Ben Hobson mine, Blackhawk, very rich ore. 1889
Grant county, Owl-Pactolus-Lucky Bill claims, 12 miles NE Silver city, many specimens wire gold. 1904-7  
Grant county, Owl mine, Silver City, fine wire gold 30,000$/car. 1903
Grant county, Owl mine, Silver City, Gold Gulch, rich in wire gold. 1903
Grant county, Gillette mine, wire gold. 1900
Grant county, Bremen mines, Silver flat district 1.5 miles WNW Silver City, fair amounts native gold.
Grant county, Blue Bell mine, Burro mountains, 20 miles SW Silver City, network of wire and plate silver.
Grant county, Last Chance mine, Virginia district, 3 to 8 miles SSW Lordsburg, native silver.
Grant county, Viola mine, near Last Chance mine, but richer in native silver.
Grant county, Viola mine, near Last chance mine, Burro mountains,  fern like leaves silver. 1887
Grant county, Lone mountain district: 6 miles SE of Silver City and 6 miles SW Central.
Grant county, Lone Mountain, richest ores carried curved bundles native silver wires.
Grant county, Ednor mine, Carroll district, wire silver.
Grant county, Aztec mine, Kleptomania vein, 15,000$/ton. 1890
Grant county, Ridgewood mine, high grade coarse gold. 1909
Grant county, Osceola mine, Silver city, ore sprinkled with free gold.
Grant county, Seventy Six mine, Silver city, native silver. 1881
Grant county, Grub mine, Silver city, visible silver in martix.
Grant county, Langston mine, 100' from Pacific #2, 400$ nugget ore. 1914
Grant county, Langston tunnel, 1,100$ chunk wire gold. 1881
Grant county, Langston mine, Pinos Altos, 400$ gold chunk. 1914
Grant county, Langston mine, Pinos Altos, ore half gold. 1868
Grant county, Langston mine: AREA: 32.8479 -108.2431
Grant county, Pinos Altos mining claim: 32.8502 -108.2420
Grant county, Mountain View mine, Pinos Altos, coarse native gold. 1889
Grant county, Pacific No.2 mine, Southwest of Pinos Altos, two shafts the Hearst and Gillette, wire gold.
Grant county, Pacific No.2 mine, 200lbs of wire gold ore. 1883
Grant county, Pacific No.2 mine, mat of wire gold. 1885
Grant county, Pacific No.2, Bell and Wright workings, Pinos Altos, highgrade ore.
Grant county, Pacific Faction #2: 32.8528 -108.2415
Grant county, Silver Cell mine, 2 miles SE Pinos Alto, native silver deepest workings, silver specimens. 1891
Grant county, Silver Cell mine, 50lb chunk native silver. 1914
Grant county, Old man mine, Pinos Altos district, South end Treasure mountain, free gold coarser gold. 1883
Grant county, Old man mine, Silver City, extra high grade gold ore. 1884
Grant county, Old man mine: OK 32.7928 -108.3816
Grant county, El Oro mine, Andrews, lousy with wire gold. 1902
Grant county, Texas mine, Central, wire silver. 1900
Grant county, Jim Crow ledge, Charlile, very high grade gold and silver ore. 1891
Grant county, Pennsylvania mine, Charlile, wire and honey comb gold. 1890
Grant county, Pennsylvania mine, Carlisle, gold in wire and honey combed form.
Grant county, Mitchell mine, Steeple rock, Charlile, gold nugget specimens. 1885
Grant county, Charlile mine, Steeple rock, 1.5 lb gold nugget. 1883
Grant county, Charlile mine: OK: 32.8531 -108.9658
Grant county, x, 2 miles from Kelly, Jordan canyon, netted with wire gold. 1886
Hidalgo county, Cooperative mining company, silver too rich to mill. 1919
Hildago county, Broken Jug mine, coarse free gold. 1909
Lander county, Red Jacket mine, Hopewell, gold chunks to pea sized. 1897
Lincoln county, Old Abe mine, White Oaks, wire gold near surface in gypsum.
Lincoln county, Old Abe mine, White Oaks, leaf and nugget gold, 270$ chunk. 1902-3
Lincoln county, White Oaks, Organ mountains, boulders of wire gold. 1880
Lincoln county, Little Mac mine, White Oaks small wire gold.
Lincoln county, Compromise lode aka Smuggler, wire gold. 1900
Lincoln county, Compromise mine, White Oaks, nugget and wire gold in manganese and iron.
Lincoln county, Hannibal mine, wire and specks of pure gold. 1883
Lincoln county, Homestake mine, frequent small pockets wire gold. 1880
Lincoln county, Homestake Vein, wire gold 40,000$ ton. 1880
Lincoln county, North Homestake mine, White Oaks, 350$ chunk. 1903
Lincoln county, South Homestake mine, White Oaks, much wire and nugget gold. 1902
Lincoln county, Lady Godiva mine, White oaks district, beautiful wire gold.
Lincoln county, Rita mine, White Oaks, E of Homestake mine, more wire gold than ore. 1884
Lincoln county, Rita mine, ore held with wire gold. 1884
Lincoln county, Blue Bird mine, wire gold. 1882
Lincoln county, Rialto mine, Nogal, ore full of wire gold 2,000$/ton. 1900
Lincoln county, Helen Rae mine, Nogal, 700$ chunk- 20,000$ pocket. 1902
Lincoln county, Helen Rae mine: 33.5301 -105.7438
Lincoln county, American mine, Nogal, ore interwoven with wire gold. 1902
Lincoln county, American mine, at Nogal, Eagle company, wire gold-pockets pure gold-5000$. 1902
Lincoln county, American mine, No.1 shaft,  White Oaks, hat sized wire gold, 5000$ in wire gold. 1902
Lincoln county, American mine: 33.5279 -105.7433
Lincoln county, Bonito river, wire gold to 25,000$ ton. 1902
Lincoln county, South Bonito district, ore woven with wire gold 40,000$/ton. 1902
Lincoln county, Free gold claim, Bonito ledge, Captain, pea sized & wire gold. 1902
Lincoln county, Free gold claim, south fork Bonita, wires and pea sized gold, 10,000$ ton. 1902
Lincoln county, Tangle mine, 92,400$/ton gold-only on assay. 1904
Lincoln county, King Rex mine, richest in free gold.  
Lincoln county, x, Rio Bonito, Eagle creek, specimens gold. 1902

SAN DOVAL COUNTY ABOUT 7 REPORTS OF COARSE GOLD AND OR SILVER

SANTA FE COUNTY 25 REPORTS

SIERRA COUNTY 45 REPORTS

SOCORRO COUNTY 15 REPORTS

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