Gold Hill Cemetery, Grant County, New Mexico *********************************************************** Submitted by: Ray Page Date: 07 Feb 2002 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** According to "Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico" by James E. and Barbara H. Sherman, Gold Hill was a mining camp based on a gold strike by David Egelston and two partners, Robert Black and Tom Parke. They located the Gold Chief Mine in September of 1884, and by 1886 a post office was established there. The town existed for about 20 years, the post office being discontinued in 1906. The Gold Hill Cemetery is found by turning south off New Mexico Highway 90 between mile markers 10 and 11 on Forest Road 841. This dirt road also has a white painted wrought iron sign "WD Ranch Road". Travel south on Forest Road 841 for 5.7 miles, to the junction of Forest Roads 841 and 840. At this junction, there is a third road that turns sharply to the left down a sandy wash. Approximately 3/8 of a mile the road will come out of the wash, to the top of an open ridege. The Gold Hill Cemetery is about 100 yards to the east of the road. Geographic coordinates are W32°26’02", N108°31’33.4". Frankey F. Cobath Born Oct. 28, 1891) Died Nov. 11, 1891) These two are back to back on the same gravestone Luther L. Cobath ) Born Dec. 25, 1881 Died June 19, 1897 Infant Son of W. I. Neil, Died 1889 Nettie B. Williams Born Nov.13, 1879 Died Oct. 29, 1893 David Egelston (The name only is scratched into a metate to which a short piece of chain is attached) James Patterson 1833-1892 He is not dead but sleepeth Harmon D. Wright Born Apr. 18, 1868 Died Apr. 4, 1902 There are at least two other unmarked graves in this cemetery.