Lost Gold Mine .... Captain Mountains Roswell N.M.

jeff of pa · May 8, 2018

Albuquerque morning journal. (Albuquerque, N.M.), 07 March 1911.

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...mine&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2

arizau · May 8, 2018

Interesting story. Roswell is some 40 to 50 miles SE of the Capitans but that area is noted for it's gold deposits. One of the closest towns is Lincoln, N.M. where Billy the Kid participated in the Lincoln County War before he was killed by Pat Garret near Ft. Sumner, N.M. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/murder-ignites-lincoln-county-war.

Native New Mexican so familiar with the history.

jeff of pa · May 8, 2018

I see 2 Leads in the Story. The Gold & the Old House sites.

arizau · May 8, 2018

jeff of pa said:
I see 2 Leads in the Story. The Gold & the Old House sites.

Those and small communities then and still now. Lincoln for example was the site of one episode of a tv metal detecting series. I can't remember the series name but they did find some spent bullets, etc. dated to the L.C. War period.

UncleMatt · May 15, 2018

No historical mining claims that I could find there, only recent ones (newer than 1980). I wonder what ever happened with this site.

PSD · Feb 27, 2022

UncleMatt said:
No historical mining claims that I could find there, only recent ones (newer than 1980). I wonder what ever happened with this site.

I've been aut here it's not hidden, but it's still looks filled in

russau · Feb 27, 2022

PSD WELCOME to the site for your first post ! ENJOY

Clay Diggins · Mar 3, 2022

UncleMatt said:
No historical mining claims that I could find there, only recent ones (newer than 1980). I wonder what ever happened with this site.

Federal files for mining claims only go back to 1976. The area does have mining claim history but you will have to visit the County Recorder in Carrizozo to find claims prior to 1980. They do have a minimal online recording search function but it doesn't go back as far as this story. Carrizozo is fun (if you like lots of wind and bad water) and very remote so plan on a few days to find the mining claim records.

I've spent months in that area at the Carrizozo recorder's office and prospecting. Nice people and good gold area but supplies are very far away... oh and did I mention the water is really bad? :thumbsup: