Old Mines of Southern California / Desert-Mountain-Coastal Areas Including the Calico-Salton Sea Colorado River Districts and Southern Counties

by William H. Storms; Harold W. Fairbanks

THE LORDSBURG STAMPEDE.

In the month of March, 1892, the report went abroad that rich silver and gold-bearing rock had been found in the mountains north of Lordsburg, 28 miles east of the city of Los Angeles. So glowing were these stories that a general stampede for the new mining field ensued. Farmers left their homes, merchants and clerks in some instances temporarily closed their stores to join in the rush to Lordsburg. Unfortunately the stories proved to be unfounded, and, after three weeks of excitement, all had left the mines excepting a very few, who still had hopes of making a find.