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Southwest, New Mexico

Lake Valley NM

Bridal Chamber ghost

Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
AmberAmber

Also reported: eyes-only: schoolhouse museum, chapel, stabilized houses, mine hill, townsite scatter.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Wikited at English Wikipedia (Public domain).

Why this spot

Silver town of the Bridal Chamber, the richest single silver chamber ever struck (2.5m oz), abandoned to the BLM which now curates it

BLM Las Cruces District manages the townsite with restored schoolhouse, chapel and stabilized buildings, self-guided walking tour

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

RemoteLimited water, open mine areas on adjacent hill

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