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Pinos Altos place

born: [1860-01-01,1861-01-01)died/dissolved: [1940-01-01,1941-01-01)📍 32.8634, -108.2214🌐 Q7196410id: p_pinos-altos_91ff51
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Summary:  Pinos 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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lived_at

Grant County1891-08-01
cited from Indian atrocities, let us trust, have become… (1891)
gas Colorado, chief of the Mimbres Apaches, led the hellish horde which extermi- nated this band of brave determined pioneers. Indian atrocities, let us trust, have become things of the past, in this vicinity, and let us fondly hope, will on…

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foothills of the Pinos Altos Range, northern Grant County, New Mexico
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 …
cited from Gold prospector, Pinos Altos, New Mexico (1940)
1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm. Subjects: pinos altos; nitrate negatives; united states; new mexico LoC: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017742204/

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influx of several thousand miners within a year of the gold discovery1860-1861
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 inhabitants1860-1861
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 inhabitants1866
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 miningearly 1870s
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 …
cited from In this city the new law has been carried… (1889)
In this city the new law has been carried out admirably, and we are indeed sorry that it has not been enforced more rigidly in Pinos Altos. The trouble there seems to be that the back entrance, or the adjoining room, has been used to evade …
three saddle colored wenches on horsebacklast week
cited from In this city the new law has been carried… (1889)
In this city the new law has been carried out admirably, and we are indeed sorry that it has not been enforced more rigidly in Pinos Altos. The trouble there seems to be that the back entrance, or the adjoining room, has been used to evade …

Mentioned by (53)

Boyle Brothers arrived_in Pinos Altos
C. R. Huber arrived_in Pinos Altos
Deputy Sheriff Hall arrived_in Pinos Altos1886
A. J. Hurlburt arrived_in Pinos Altos1868
Francisco Lara departed_for Pinos Altos
Two unidentified Mexicans departed_for Pinos Altos
little girl departed_for Pinos Altos1886
Petra departed_for Pinos Altos
Francisco Lara departed_for Pinos Altos
Petra departed_for Pinos Altos
Juan Gaea died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-02
Rosario Barela died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-07
Nestor Delgado died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-08
Bernard Martinez died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-11
Juan Villerael died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-13
Manuel Marcillas died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-13
Joze Guaves died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-16
Tomas Villaneava died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-16
Aval died_in Pinos Altos
James Perrin died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-07
Hugh Fox died_in Pinos Altos
John Smith died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-12
Jo Peters died_in Pinos Altos
W. Farmer died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-12
Jo Rolla died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-13
J. E. Prichard died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-16
Edward Fountain died_in Pinos Altos
F. M. Spills died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-19
Onophia Montez died_in Pinos Altos1891-01-31
W. M. Bates died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-06
Huey Fox died_in Pinos AltosChristmas 1890
Lucas Payan died_in Pinos Altos
Hugh Fox died_in Pinos Altos1890-12-26
E. L. Sprott died_in Pinos Altos1891-02-05
N. Y. Ancheta discovered Pinos Altos
Council Bill 108 enforced Pinos Altos
Chas. Pulker lived_at Pinos Altos
C. R. Huber lived_at Pinos Altos
A. J. Spaulding lived_at Pinos Altos1889-10-01/1890-10-31
Constable Head lived_at Pinos Altos
Col. F. M. Galloway lived_at Pinos Altos
Col. Galloway lived_at Pinos Altos1891-06-12
George Schaffer's daughter lived_at Pinos Altos
Arthur Goodell lived_at Pinos Altos
R. H. Theilman lived_at Pinos Altos
Miss Mamie Crouch lived_at Pinos Altos
J. S. Campbell lived_at Pinos Altos
Tom Woods lived_at Pinos Altos
Dolores Salcido lived_at Pinos Altos
Tom Woods lived_at Pinos Altos
Dick Huber lived_at Pinos Altos1884
Tom Woods lived_at Pinos Altos

Sources (3)

In this city the new law has been carried…

1889 · newspaper · public-domain

Gold prospector, Pinos Altos, New Mexico

lee, russell · 1940 · photo · public_domain · details

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