Pinos Altos place
SummaryPinos Altos is a mining area in southwestern New Mexico Territory, located east of the site where Bullard and Hudson discovered silver in 1870.
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foothills of the Pinos Altos Range, northern Grant County, New Mexicoconfidence 100%
cited from Test Source — Pinos Altos founding (Phase 2 smoke test) (1860)Pinos Altos sits in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range in northern Grant County, New Mexico. Gold was discovered in Bear Creek in 1860 by a party of prospectors led by Birch, Hicks, and Snively, drawing several thousand miners to the area within a year. The camp's population …
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influx of several thousand miners within a year of the gold discovery— 1860-1861confidence 100%
cited from Test Source — Pinos Altos founding (Phase 2 smoke test) (1860)Pinos Altos sits in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range in northern Grant County, New Mexico. Gold was discovered in Bear Creek in 1860 by a party of prospectors led by Birch, Hicks, and Snively, drawing several thousand miners to the area within a year. The camp's population …
population briefly rivaling that of Mesilla before Apache resistance and the Civil War scattered inhabitants— 1860-1861confidence 90%
cited from Test Source — Pinos Altos founding (Phase 2 smoke test) (1860)Pinos Altos sits in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range in northern Grant County, New Mexico. Gold was discovered in Bear Creek in 1860 by a party of prospectors led by Birch, Hicks, and Snively, drawing several thousand miners to the area within a year. The camp's population …
camp largely emptied of inhabitants— 1866confidence 100%
cited from Test Source — Pinos Altos founding (Phase 2 smoke test) (1860)Pinos Altos sits in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range in northern Grant County, New Mexico. Gold was discovered in Bear Creek in 1860 by a party of prospectors led by Birch, Hicks, and Snively, drawing several thousand miners to the area within a year. The camp's population …
revival by a second wave of mining— early 1870sconfidence 100%
cited from Test Source — Pinos Altos founding (Phase 2 smoke test) (1860)Pinos Altos sits in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range in northern Grant County, New Mexico. Gold was discovered in Bear Creek in 1860 by a party of prospectors led by Birch, Hicks, and Snively, drawing several thousand miners to the area within a year. The camp's population …
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Test Source — Pinos Altos founding (Phase 2 smoke test)
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