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The Cerrillos Hills were originally known by the Spanish as the Sierra de San Mateo. [1] In 1581, they discovered the lead-silver deposits there, which had earlier been used by the pueblo peoples as an ingredient in pottery glazes. [1] After the coming of the "Americans" the Cerrillos Mining District was created in 1879. [2]
In the same year, Elkins gained ownership of the Ortiz Mining Grant, which contained coal deposits. Frank Dimmick and Robert Hart registered their Bonanza #3 claim in the Cerrillos Hills on January 15, 1879. [10] The two Colorado miners set up camp and by 1880 there were five camps with a combined population of between 1,200 and 1,500 people. [11]
Later that year, two miners from Colorado discovered gold and silver deposits within the Cerrillos Hills, which led to a mining boom and the establishment of numerous mining towns around the Cerrillos Hills. [2] [4] In September 1879, the Los Cerrillos Mining District was established to regulate mining claims within the region. [5]
According to a 1904 dictionary of U.S. statutory language, "a mining district is a section of country usually designated by name and described or understood as being confined in certain boundaries, in which gold or silver or both are found in paying quantities, and which is worked therefor, under rules and regulations prescribed by the miners."
The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company began the first large-scale open pit mining in the district in 1994. [28] The Cresson mine open pits are located a few miles north of Victor. Mining continues today under the ownership of Newmont Corporation , which boosted gold production from 211,000 troy ounces (6.6 t) in 2014 to 451,000 troy ...
The Cerrillos Turquoise Mines are Ancestral Puebloan turquoise mines located in the Cerrillos Hills, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Archeologists believe that most of the turquoise found at Chaco Canyon was mined in the Cerrillos Hills.
Tour guide identified as victim who died in Colorado gold mine elevator malfunction. Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY. October 12, 2024 at 10:07 AM.
The Colorado Mineral Belt (CMB) is an area of ore deposits from the La Plata Mountains in Southwestern Colorado to near the middle of the state at Boulder, Colorado, and from which over 25 million troy ounces (778 t) of gold were extracted beginning in 1858. [2]