Gold and the Ortiz Mine Grant: A New Mexico History and Reference Guide
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Description
Author: Baxter, William (1943-2015)
Publisher: Lone Butte Press (Santa Fe, NM)
Pub Date: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Condition: 2 copies. Copy 1 (JOG24): Good. Binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Very light edge and corner wear. Appears unused. Copy 2 (SR): Fair to Good. Binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Some edge and corner wear.
Notes: Mining has occurred in the Ortiz Mountains for centuries, first by the Indians mining for lead and turquoise, then the Spanish looking for gold and silver, the Europeans looking for gold, coal, turquoise, and scamming for diamonds, emeralds and sapphires. Once the businessmen and politicians got involved, the big money started to flow, and the gold that had existed for millennia became the foundation for politics, political scandal, and land theft. Baxter’s account is somewhat disjointed, but historically accurate. A companion volume to Baxter’s The Gold of the Ortiz Mountains (see https://joethebookguy.com/shop/new-mexico/the-gold-of-the-ortiz-mountains-a-story-of-new-mexico-and-the-wests-first-major-gold-rush/ )
