NM Mines

Digging copper minerals at the Nacimiento Mine, Cuba, NM. Collecting beautiful blue azurite concretions and black chalcocite pseudomorph after wood with green malachite coatings. The chalcocite here has high silver values. The Nacimiento Mine just east of Cuba, NM has been closed for many years but offers rockhounds lots of collecting enjoyment.

Exploring old 1800s gold mine in New Mexico #exploring gold mines #exploring New Mexico #exploring ghost towns #back roads

Find Gold And Gems In New Mexico Part 1 Find Gold And Gems In New Mexico. In part one we discuss the localities of the gems in this state. Having once lived in this region, I had no idea that there was so many cool things to look for! Support us at our store: www.hardluckstore.com…

Where Is Gold Found In New Mexico? Where do I find Gold in southern New Mexico? Great question, watch this video to get some valuable tips on where to find gold. More here on how to make these gold prospecting maps here: https://SourdoughMiner.com/GGM/ The full blog post is published here — https://sourdoughminer.com Remember – Were…

Ray-Chino Mining Co., Santa Rita Mine, Silver City, New Mexico MG 23 Item 21: Ray-Chino Mining Co., Santa Rita Mine, Silver City, New Mexico, showing open pit mining operations. Scenes from Miami, Arizona mining operations have been identified toward the end of the film. This film is held as part of the Harry Webb Marsh…

Chino Mines hiring binge continues About 180 workers have been added to the payroll at Chino Mines Co. since the company began hiring Nov. 1.

The World's Largest Crystals: Mexico's Cave of the Giant Selenite Crystals Twenty-two years after it was depicted in the 1978 movie, it turns out that Superman’s Fortress of Solitude is real. In 1910, at the #NaicaMine in Chihuahua, Mexico in the north-central part of the country, the #PeñolesMiningCompany was mining for silver, zinc, and lead,…

Historic Mines of Lordsburg Mining District, New Mexico The Pyramid Mountains south of Lordsburg, NM contain an interesting mix of really old mines, fairly new ones, and everything in between. Some are optimistic that the district is far from played out. Some incredible history left to see – Henry Clay’s old timber headframe, Eighty Five’s…

Uranium mine near Grants, New Mexico This short video depicts uranium mine dumps in Poison Canyon, near the intersection of Hwy. 605 and Co. Rd. 23, NW of Grants, New Mexico, and shows examples of the radioactive minerals and their effect on a gamma-sensitive scintillation detector. Most of the radioactive rock here is Jurassic Todilto…

Finding Something Unexpected in an Unnamed Prospect (Abandoned Mine) Near Hillsboro, New Mexico Ending our adventure in a mining district near Hillsboro, New Mexico, we explore an unsuspected surprise. I knew of an adit (mine entrance) just above Highway 152 heading into Hillsboro, but could find no history of it on the USGS reports. I…