Pecos — San Miguel County

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Pecos — San Miguel County

Gold Mining Site NM • San Miguel County County
Description
North of Pecos along the Pecos River Canyon on old road 14 miles to the Terrero Store, turn east 1 mile uphill and you will find a long mine dump extending to the Willow Creek Campground. This is in the Willow Creek District and you can find gold on the dump. Willow Creek District produced 178,961 ounces of gold from 1881-1940. This dump was the dump of the Pecos Mine, which produced base metals with a by product of gold.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: san_miguel_nm.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Pecos. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. North of Pecos along the Pecos River Canyon on old road 14 miles to the Terrero Store, turn east 1 mile uphill and you will find a long mine dump extending to the Willow Creek Campground. This is in the Willow Creek District and you can find gold on the dump. Willow Creek District produced 178,961 ounces of gold from 1881-1940. This dump was the dump of the Pecos Mine, which produced base metals with a by product of gold.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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