turquoise mines thing
also known as: turquoise mines near Silver City, turquoise mines of Grant county, the mines
Summary: Ancient mines near Silver City worked extensively in primitive manner hundreds of years ago, rediscovered by John Coleman in 1875.
Completeness: 52/100 Grade D
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cited from W. J. Foley called on the Enterprise Satur- (1890) · +1 more
the old workings. When the mines were
first discovered by Mr. Coleman he was of the
impression that they were placer mines, but
careful prospecting developed the fact that the
mines had been worked for turquoise, and many
small specimens we…
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From the Liberal ↗
1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details
W. J. Foley called on the Enterprise Satur- ↗
1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details