This is COONEY'S TOMB which is in Catron County of New Mexico.  This very small graveyard is found in an isolated 
area east of the town of Alma, NM.  Located in the southern part of the county, in the Mogollon Mountains, it is 
named for James C. Cooney, sergeant of the 8th U.S. Cavalry, who came to Fort Bayard in 1870.  While on duty as 
a scout, he discovered silver-bearing rock, but said nothing about it.  After his discharge, he came to the area 
in 1876 with two companions to work the claim.  He was killed by Victorio's Apaches.  His brother, Captain Mike Cooney, 
and friends carved a sepulcher out of a rock in the canyon where he was killed and buried him there, sealing the tomb 
with the silver-bearing ore taken from the mine he discovered.
 
 
I have also attached two pictures of the area, which we visited at the beginning of May 2007.  The GPS is 
33 deg 24.767'N, 108 deg 50.248'W.  It is approximately 7 miles east of Alma on County Road 7.

BUHLMAN  Mr.                    1880 Apr 30  Killed by Victorio's Apache's; these three men (Cooney, Chick & Buhlman) 
                                             were riding to warn settlers of an impending attack
CHICK    Jack                   1880 Apr 29  
CLARK    Charley   1868 Oct 26  1910 Aug 20
CLARK    Elza May  1896 Jun 29  1905 Sep 5   Daughter of Charley Clark
COONEY   James C.  c.1840       1880 Apr 29  
COONEY   John D.   1880 Aug 20  1891 Dec 15
COONEY   Hugh C.   1898 Oct 3   1900 Jan 7