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New Mexico
Hermosa Palomas Creek silver camp
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: cartridge cases, mining tools.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1883-1898 silver mining town
Founded in 1883 by miners in the Palomas Creek valley, it relied entirely on silver mining. A flash flood in 1889, the 1893 silver price collapse and a final flood in 1898 ended the town.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
flash floods, remote
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