Bernalillo County Gold Locations

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Bernalillo County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site NM • Bernalillo County County
Description
In the far eastern part of the county, in Tijeras Canyon, now in the Sandia military base and inaccessible to outsiders, is the location of the Tijeras Canyon District. This district had a total production of 34,488 ounces of gold from 1882-1903 from a number of lode mines.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: bernalillo_nm.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. In the far eastern part of the county, in Tijeras Canyon, now in the Sandia military base and inaccessible to outsiders, is the location of the Tijeras Canyon District. This district had a total production of 34,488 ounces of gold from 1882-1903 from a number of lode mines.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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