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By Aurelio Sanchez
Journal Staff Writer
The wind whistles eerily as apparitions slink through the blacksmith shop in Old Hachita, a ghost town near Silver City.
Phantoms are likely to be in force during the 1st Ghost Town Gathering, Nov. 7-9, in Silver City.
Friday will be frightful during the tour that leaves at noon from
Silver City to the neighboring ghost town of Mogollon, and in the
afternoon, to Cooney and Cooney's Tomb.
Saturday will be scary during the Ghost Fair, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,
sponsored by Silver City/Grant County Chamber of Commerce at Gough Park
in downtown Silver City.
The fair will offer up to 60 vendor spaces for arts, crafts, food, rock climbing, jumping balloons and live music.
Linda Harris will sign her newly released book, "Ghost Towns Alive,"
and will also feature a photo exhibit from the book in the Silver City
Museum. Author Drusilla Claridge will sign her book "Peacock Ore."
The tour will leave early Saturday to nearby Pinos Altos, home of the
historic Buckhorn Saloon and Opera House and the infamous Hearst Church.
After a trip through the winding roads of the Black Range in the heart
of the Gila National Forest, the tour stops at Kingston and then in
Hillsboro for lunch. The tour will continue in the afternoon with trips
to Gold Dust and Lake Valley.
On Saturday evening, the tour goes to Georgetown for a real ghost hunt,
featuring investigations by the Southwest Ghost Hunters Society. Sunday
it will head to Old Hachita and Granite Gap before returning to Silver
City.
For information or to make reservations, call Tom Nelson at (505) 715-1333, or visit www.ghosttowngathering.com or www.ghosttown-tours.com. For vendor information, contact Laurie Pankey at the Silver City Chamber of Commerce, (505) 538-3785.
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