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CERRILLOS HILLS STATE PARK



MINERS in the CERRILLOS HILLS - 1880

Marshal Bonanza Mine















Marshall was an early miner in the district and sold this claim to Santa Fe businessmen. He sold other claims to prominent people including Governor Lew Wallace.

The photo only shows piles of waste rock from the shaft and sacked ore ready to be taken to the smelter in Bonanza.

reverse) A FIVE DAYS VISIT... (for full text see Mt. Chalchihuitl Mine photo)

(front) Among the Ancient and Interesting Scenery of New Mexico. Photographed and Published at Santa Fe, N.M. by Bennett & Brown.


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