Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Los Cerrillos Mining District Claims Record, Book No. 1, 5 Mar 1879 – 1 Jan 1880
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2 A
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection was compiled by Homer Milford and donated to the Center for Southwest Research by Paul R. Secord, of Albuquerque. The Galisteo and Cerrillos mining areas are rich in minerals, including silver, copper, mangansese, iron, galena and gold, as well as turqouise. The following discussion of the Cerrillos mining is abstracted from a manuscript, contained in its entirety in this archive, prepared by Bill Baxter about 2014. “In early 1879, when the miners began arriving in the Cerrillos...
Dates:
5 Mar 1879 – 1 Jan 1880