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New Mexico
Gallup (Rio Puerco of the West)
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottlesAlso reported: Coal and railroad town on the Puerco: 1890s saloon beers, bitters, coal-camp dumps, and arroyo cuts..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Rio Puerco of the West (Puerco River)
Surrounded by tribal and pueblo land; much adjacent ground is Navajo Nation, needing separate tribal permission.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.