Explore / North America / Southwest
Southwest, New Mexico
Mogollon NM
Silver Creek canyon camp
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokensAlso reported: eyes-only townsite and mill ruins; with resident permission: canyon dump glass and cans.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Gold-silver camp jammed into a Gila high-country canyon, produced millions before WWII shut it; a handful of residents keep it alive
Documented living ghost town (New Mexico Magazine, New Mexico Nomad); mine dumps and townsite debris line Silver Creek
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
NM-159 is a one-lane cliff road (closed by snow roughly Nov to Apr)Open adits, flash floods in the creek
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.