Chinati Mine — Shafter District

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Chinati Mine — Shafter District

Gold Mining Site TX • Presidio County County
Description
The Chinati Mine in the Shafter Mining District shipped lead-silver ore with gold byproduct to El Paso smelters — one of fourteen smaller producers in Texas's richest precious-metals district.
Historical Notes
The Chinati Mine in Section 2, Block 8, Houston and Texas Central Railway Survey operated intermittently from 1890 through 1935. TSHA records shipments of lead-silver-gold ore, including 153 tons in 1935 during a wartime zinc boom. The nearby Montezuma Mine and Last Chance Mine were additional small producers in the same district. Together the satellite mines contributed modest gold as byproduct while the Presidio Mine dominated district output. Prospecting here is industrial-mining context only — claims are private and the Chinati Mountains are remote Presidio County ranch country southeast of El Paso. Fine placer gold is not the target; lode silver-lead with gold traces is the historical model. Coordinates approximate the Chinati Mine area in the Shafter Mining District.
Status / Verification historical_site — Verified

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