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New Mexico
Dawson coal company town
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, wheat cents, cartridge cases, household items.
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), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1901-1954 Phelps Dodge coal and coke town
A Phelps Dodge coal town on the Vermejo River that reached about 6,000 people in 1913, with company homes, a hospital, store, theater and golf course; mine disasters in 1913 and 1923 killed hundreds. The mines closed in 1950 and the last residents left by 1954.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine workingsUnstable ruins, remote
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