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Mexico, Guanajuato
Mineral de Pozos, Guanajuato
Ghost mining city
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea pottery
Nails and fittings
Coins and tokensAlso reported: eyes-only: Santa Brigida triple ovens, mine ruins.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Silver and mercury boomtown of 50,000 that emptied after the mines flooded in 1938, leaving Jesuit ore ovens, roofless mansions and mine head frames across the high desert
Pozos' boom, 1938 flooding and abandonment, and its 1982 Historic Monument Zone decree are institutionally documented
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open unfenced mine shafts throughout the ruin fieldCrumbling adobe walls, high desert sun
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