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Cerrillos (Galisteo Creek)

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Turquoise, lead, and coal mining camp on Galisteo Creek: 1890s saloon beers, bitters, mine dumps, and creek banks..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Galisteo Creek

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