

Gold Fields Mining acquired the Presidio Mine at Shafter in 1977 and new deposits of silver were discovered by 1982. Ownership then transferred to the Rio Grande Mining Company in 1994 and Silver Standard Resources, Inc. in 2001. The Canada-based Aurcana Corporation acquired the mining project in 2008.



This 17-mile self-guided driving tour loops through Creede's historic silver mining district and ghost towns. The tour's first interpretive stop is just north of Creede in Willow Creek Canyon at the juncture of East and West Willow creeks. A high clearance vehicle with low gears can traverse the graded gravel road uphill to the Equity Mine ...



The Rio Grande, having reached Leadville in 1883, was forced to lower its freight rates. The South Park's line was also faster, because it was 126 miles shorter than the Rio Grande main line up the Arkansas River Canyon. As the Rio Grande and South Park battled over Leadville, a new competitor entered the fray.





The Rio Grande Mine is a lead mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,000 feet. About the MRDS Data: All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private ...



Placer Gold Resources in New Mexico. Placer gold deposits were an important source of gold in New Mexico prior to 1902, but placer production after 1902 has been minor. The earliest reports of placer mining were in the 1600s along the northern Rio Grande. In 1828, large placer deposits were found in the Ortiz Mountains in Santa Fe County (Old ...





The Shafter Mining District is an area in south central Presidio County in which are fifteen prospects that were mined for silver and related ores from 1883 until 1952. The district's boundary runs from the Chinati Mountains on the northwest to the flats of the Rio Grande on the southwest and to Cienega Mountain on the east.



The 1937 Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) water tank at Sargents is listed as a subtype defined in the 1998 Railroads in Colorado 1858-1948 Multiple Property Documentation Form. The tank is significant under Criterion A in the area of Transportation for its association with the operations of the D&RGW Railroad on its Marshall Pass Route.





Estrella & Sonora Grande Railroad - On30 scale layout of a copper mining district in southeastern Arizona Fairlight Works - Documents the construction of narrow gauge model railways in 4mm, 5.5mm, and 7mm scale Frank's O Gauge Homepage - Small O gauge layout with Prussian and English rolling stock situated in rural Prussia around the 1910s







Aurcana Silver Corporation is a Vancouver-based company whose shares are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange. Aurcana acquired Ouray Silver Mines Inc. which owns the Revenue-ius polymetallic mine in Ouray, Colorado in December, 2018. A new mill was built in 2011 and the mine was last operated in 2015 before being …





La Sal del Rey Lake:Salt Mining and Trading near the Rio Grande. Located in north-central Hidalgo County, La Sal del Rey is one of several natural salt lakes on the coastal plain north of the Rio Grande. Throughout historic times and likely throughout prehistory as well, the crystal-covered shores of La Sal del Rey attracted both people and ...



Bachelor Historic OHV Loop. Moderate • 4.5 (111) Rio Grande National Forest, Divide Ranger District. Photos (113) Directions. Print/PDF map. Length 22.0 miElevation gain 4,347 ftRoute type Loop. Experience this 22.0-mile loop trail near Creede, Colorado. Generally considered a moderately challenging route.



The Rio Grande Gold Mine is near Humboldt, Nevada. Historically the site has been part of the Antelope-San Jacinto Mining District. The Rio Grande Gold Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. The Great Basin of the Intermontane Plateaus characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.



Rio Grande Embayment Palafox ' Rio Grande Rachal Mine Approximate outcrop of San Pedro and Santo Tomas coal zones Mexico Figure 1. Location of study area, underground mine entries and prospects, Cannel Coal Company coreholes 2 and 6, surface mines, and sample sites. Inset shows location of study area, Webb County, and Rio Grande …



Gold Fields Mining acquired the Presidio Mine at Shafter in 1977 and new deposits of silver were discovered by 1982. Ownership then transferred to the Rio Grande Mining Company in 1994 and Silver Standard Resources, Inc. in 2001. The potential for renewed economic activity in the area led to a slight rebound in population, which …













The earliest settlements were mining communities in the upper Conchos drainage in 1563, intermediate was the colonization of the upper Rio Grande area in New Mexico in 1598, and the last colonization began in 1749 along the lower Rio Grande. With the Mexican explorations of Juan Bautista de Anza in the San Luis Valley of Colorado in 1779, the ...



General Atomics subsidiary Rio Grande Resources acquired the mine from Chevron in 1991, but didn't seem to have any plans to reopen it. The company has kept the mine idle for the last two decades under "standby" permits granted by the state Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department's (EMNRD) Mining and Minerals Division.
