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- For a small mountain range, the Organs punch way above their weight class when it comes to treasure stories, lost mines, legends, and history. From stolen loot of the bandit overlord El Chato Nevarez, to Padre LaRue and his rich gold mine, and Gorge Colon's silver mine and lesser known things like O'Bannon's 5 Oaks mine, the gold discovered by Demetrio Varela, and even historical recoveries of gold in smoky quartz, the Organs have all that and more. This is a very rugged mountain range, basically splitting branches of the Camino Real around it, and the presence of springs and shelter make this "sky island" uniquely suited to serve as a hideout, and also a hiding spot. Come along as I dip into the deep well of lore and show you a few of the vistas and canyons in this unique little mountain range.
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You are doing just fine. I don't let negative comments continue on my site. If they don't like what I do, they don't have to watch. There are bots and people who are paid to ruin people's day on our social media sites, to encourage hateful behavior to further divide us. It's not worth responding to negative posts. Do what you do. I find your videos interesting. Thank You for sharing with us 😊.
Thanks Grandma. Positive encouragement helps a lot! Glad you are finding some entertainment here.
Rest in peace Snow! Thanks for the videos. Roger snow had some very interesting things to say about those mountains
Awesome dude. I grew up in El Paso and even got both my degrees in geology from UTEP. Very familiar with this. Thanks for sharing.
Been a subscriber for a while...great stuff! Moved here 9 years ago and I absolutely am loving it here in the Hatch area and love learning about the rich history of the surrounding area which includes all that you are into. I like to hunt wild game and it's really hard while out hiking in to stands to keep my attention on game, I always am catching myself looking for interesting rocks or signs of history along the way. My wife and I always come home with our pockets full of rocks, I guess that way, at least I can say I got something!
Ahhh, there's a story about a cave of gold in the hills West of Hatch in the book of folklore by Ruth Tolman. Guys found gold coins but came back to town, got sick and died! Also, long silver bars recovered from the Uvas were supposedly used to build one of the larger two-story homes in town, south of Sparky's and back near the river, IIRC. Hunting up around Tierra Blanca would give you opportunity for game, historical ruins, and old gold and silver mines. I think the TorC rock club has a claim at Palm Park just across the interstate to your East. Lots of quartz and maybe barite and lots of cutting chert and some agate. Glad you are liking it down there!
Great content dude. Thanks for your work. 👍☘️
Thanks for being interested. I love this stuff!
Interesting country with a rich history. I grew up in southeastern ND. That Laurentide icesheet planed us off pretty flat back during the last ice age so I appreciate hilly and mountainous places. Don't get me wrong. I love ND and that glacier left some beautiful places but it's a long walk to see a mountain.
Mountains are pretty and have their share of secrets and of course minerals. Often, I find a lot more signs of human activity and interesting things in more practical terrain - people could not afford to waste calories getting selfies on 14-ers before a couple of generations ago. Mountains are fairly impractical terrain in which to operate. I have not been to ND or SD as an adult. Hoping to get up that way sometime. In the non-Winter of course!
Interesting history! I was up in the eastern Organs quite a bit working as a Cowboy for Rob and Murn Cox back in the 80’s.
Yup, Cox is a name down that way for sure. Bet it was a bit greener in the 80's. It sure was dry when I was down there in the 2000's, but some little springs kept running anyways - quite amazing. Speaking of springs: if you were on the ranch right up against WSMR HQ, then that's the area of "Spirit Springs" that Dunham mentions. I think San Nicolas Springs was to the north of what is now 70. That is on a lot of old maps.
@@lostadamsgold yes, those tiny shaded spring oasis’s were a welcome reprieve from the summer heat. I always find it fascinating to think that many many ancient’s took rest and refreshment in the same place as I.
Thanks AV!
NP, hope you enjoy. Get out there and find some stuff!
I'm going to be out there! 100%
Good video! Nice job! I’m only 3 hours north so the hunt is on!
Cool, that's about as far away as I live now. Make sure to check land status of the area before you go. The Caballos are a bit closer and there's a lot more roads to drive on. San Mateos may be worth checking out, too. I don't have a lot of specific stories from them, but there's gold there and supposedly it was not prospected as much due to it being an Apache stronghold.
If you have more details about these treasure stories. I would be interested in listening. There is a fella doing videos on a book called "Tales of the Caballos". I have quite enjoyed listening to those videos. Would like to see the same kind of treatment given to Organ Mountains if the stories are there?
Yeah, Mr. White's relative I think. Good stuff, I have watched all of them. I will get back to the Organ's again sometime. A good book is Arthur L. Campa's Treasure of the Sangre de Christos. I know there is at least one Organ tale in there. Thanks for checking out the channel!
Please check out the book 'Flight of Passage' by Rinker Buck. Read pages 265 to 272. A castle was supposedly seen in the mountains.
Very interesting. Will do. I heard there was a fortress in the pass at one point going over to WSMR, but I doubt it would have been large enough to have constituted a castle. Old maps show a fortress over on the Rio just south of Rincon, but I don't know of any ruins that match that. There's a neat little fort with gun ports in Palomas Gap up in the Caballos. I think that may have been a toll road at one point.
Did you say Viragate as a measurement??
Not sure, but maybe I mumbled. Can you tell me the time index and I will check and see? "Varas" are a unit of ancient measure. Problem is, Varas could be different lengths in different regions and at different times in history.
@lostadamsgold Viragates are as well..i think i misunderstood what you said..7:17 i tjink you were talking about a gaited horse...not measuring
Doña Ana means
mrs.Ana Doña is Mrs. its what you call a marrid woman and Ana was her name
Yeah, I got you. Problem is, who was Mrs. (landholder) Ana? There's no historical record I know of. Old maps show the Dona Ana mountains originally as the Cerros Robledos (Robledo Hills) which are on the East with the Sierra Robledo (Robledo Mountains) - same as present day - to the West. Pedro Robledo was killed when they camped near Radium Springs in the first entrada. Just like the Fra Cristobales were named for the nose and profile of the Friar who accompanied them. So, since a lot of New Mexico place names are the same as in Spain (Aragon is a good one, but so many others) then it makes sense to me that since there's no Mrs. Ana that I could ever find, that it was a (perhaps later Anglo) corruption of Donana, which is a dry region in southern Spain.
@@lostadamsgold Robledo means Oak wood this is so interesting thank you
@@lostadamsgold Google says Dona Ana Robledo (1604-1680)Her actual name was Ana Gomez Robledo, and she was born in San Gabriel in 1604. She married Francisco Gomez, “who held every office of importance in New Mexico during his lifetime.” Many people referred to her as Dona Ana because of her age, stately manner, and knowledge.Mar 29, 2021
@@luisasantarosa7927 What!? Not sure how I have missed that over the years. I stand corrected, and it is interesting that her last name is Robledo. There must have been more than one Robledo on the first entrada, because Pedro Robledo died on that first journey north as far as I know. There's even a roadside sign - and I _lived_ in Dona Ana for several years. Sheesh. Must have spent too much time blazing past the sign in an effort to stomp around in the hills. I will eventually get around to making a video about Ben Brown's hole and possible ties to El Chato. Thanks for the correction!
@ronniejohn2237 Even better. In old Mexico, I guess the lineages and mixtures and social status were quite complicated. But from what I read, it pales in comparison to Brazil and that region. So many different cultures mixed, and a huge variation in terrain and lifestyles. I read an old book "Seven Keys to Brazil" a while back.