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Gold
and Turquoise Historical Marker
Location
of sign - Bicentennial Rest Area, I-25 South of Santa Fe at
mile post 269
Photo
taken- July 2008
Text
of sign:
Gold and Turquoise
First
gold placer mining west of the Mississippi began with the discovery
of the precious metal in the rugged Ortiz Mountains south
of
here in 1828, 21 years before the California gold rush. Since
then, the district has produced more than 99,000 ounces of placer
gold
and gold is currently produced from lode deposits.
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