Pinos Altos place
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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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/
witnessed
influx of several thousand miners within a year of the gold discovery— 1860-1861
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 inhabitants— 1860-1861
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 inhabitants— 1866
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 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 horseback— last 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 …
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In this city the new law has been carried…
1889 · newspaper · public-domain
Indian atrocities, let us trust, have become… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Gold prospector, Pinos Altos, New Mexico ↗
lee, russell · 1940 · photo · public_domain · details