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New Mexico
Bonanza City Cerrillos silver camp
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: cartridge cases, mining tools, smelter slag, 1880s bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s Cerrillos Hills gold and silver boom camp
Founded in 1880 during the Cerrillos Hills boom, it had a store, hotel, post office, smelter and church and perhaps 2,000 people before the post office closed in 1883. It was mostly empty by 1890 and finally abandoned after a brief early 1900s revival.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
open mine shafts, remote
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