CERRILLOS HILLS STATE PARK
MINERS in the CERRILLOS HILLS - 1880
L
ooking east with one of the miner's cabins on the other side of the valley at Purdin's Camp, the only mining camp in the Galisteo Mining District.
The Galisteo Mining District was absorbed later in the year of 1880 into the
Cerrillos Mining District
.
(reverse) A FIVE DAYS VISIT... (for full text see
Mt. Chalchihuitl Mine photo
)
(front) Among the Ancient and Interesting Scenery of New Mexico.
Photographed & Published by G.C. Bennett, Santa Fe, N.M.
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