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Historical Mine Research
AML Meeting Presentation Ben Sears
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Acknowledgements
• Virginia McLemore • Navid Mojtabai • Amy Trivvit • Bob Eveleth • NM Bureau of Geology
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Personal Introduction
Ben Sears • Mechanical Engineering Senior • Jeweler • Rockhound • Amateur Historian
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Objective
• Safety and remediation • Potential future use • History and archeology
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Historical Research : How To Why We Want Names
The Reliability Puzzle • Primary sources • 19th century records
compared to modern records
Reasons to Research • Names give us records
of underground workings, production, and even identify other mines
Field work crosschecks records and records
crosscheck fieldwork
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Legacy Mining Records • Bob Eveleth
– Curated our records room
• Leonard M Brown – Late 19th century surveyor
• Harrison Schmidt files
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Socorro County Courthouse
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An Example
• Ace of Spades Lode – Large 100 foot cut in survey notes
• Records discrepancy - Silver Hill Monument – 19th century survey notes – Modern land ownership
• Sophia Lode discovery – Second larger cut, not in notes, likely from a later
period
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Ace of Spades Lode
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Field Locations
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Sophia Lode
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The Wrinkle : Mines Without Records
• East of Sophia • Double shaft complex • 40 ft and 80 ft deep • Explosives shed • Artifacts and tailings • Absolutely no records
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Questions?