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New Mexico
Deming (Mimbres basin rail hub)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottlesAlso reported: Second-transcontinental rail junction: 1880s applied-top beers, bitters, wagon yards, and townsite dumps..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Mimbres River basin
Rail hub where the SP and AT&SF met in 1881; the Mimbres River sinks into the basin nearby rather than flowing through town.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.