Rabu, 01 Maret 2017

Ghost Town: Kelly, New Mexico

In the spring of 1866, after Civil War service with the Union Army, Colonel John S. Hutchason discovered promising lead, zinc and silver ore deposits amid west-central New Mexico’s Magdalena Mountains. “Old Hutch,” as he came to be known, staked claim to the Juanita and Graphic mines and sold a third claim to friend Patrick …

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