Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA

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Blanchard Rock Shop
	Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA This is a picture of the sign that can be seen for appromimately 1 mile that stands in front of the Blanchard Rock Shop. March 2008
	Photo ID: 156577 View Count: 85
Blanchard Rock Shop (2)
	Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA This is a picture of the front of the Blanchard Rock Shop which is a very historic building. According to the person who was running the shop at the time the building has been there since mining began during World War II. March 2008
	Photo ID: 156578 View Count: 94
Desert Rose Collecting Area
	Desert Rose Mine, Garden Spring Canyon, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA This is a picture of the only area that is opened to collectors which is called Desert Rose. In this area you can find excellent specimens of fluorite, chrysocolla, malachite, galena, barite, and quartz just to name a few. March 2008
	Photo ID: 156580 View Count: 89
Desert Rose Collecting Area (2)
	Desert Rose Mine, Garden Spring Canyon, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA This is a picture of the only area that is opened to collectors which is called Desert Rose. In this area you can find excellent specimens of fluorite, chrysocolla, malachite, galena, barite, and quartz. In this photo you can see where others have placed their finds on the large rock. March 2008
	Photo ID: 156581 View Count: 123
Desert Rose Collecting Area (3)
	Desert Rose Mine, Garden Spring Canyon, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA This is a picture of the only area that is opened to collectors which is called Desert Rose. In this area you can find excellent specimens of fluorite, chrysocolla, malachite, galena, barite, and quartz. In this picture you can see how large the canyon actually is. The road ends in this collecting area. March 2008
	Photo ID: 156584 View Count: 82
Graphic Mine, 1905
	Graphic Mine (Graphic shaft; Waldo-Graphic mine), Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA North entrance to Graphic mine, 1905. Plate 16-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 68. 1910. Photo courtesy of USGS.
	Photo ID: 205057 View Count: 31
Head frame
	Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA Head frame of the Kelly mine, famous for it's fabulous smithsonite. July 2005
© Paul Bordovsky	Photo ID: 125668 View Count: 273
Head Frame from a distance
	Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA Another view of the head frame of the Kelly mine. July 2005
© Paul Bordovsky	Photo ID: 125669 View Count: 269
Kelly Mine, 1916
	Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA Surface plant of Kelly mine in 1916.(Plate 35, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 200. 1942.) Photo courtesy of USGS.
	Photo ID: 205055 View Count: 76
Underground Mining Area
	Desert Rose Mine, Garden Spring Canyon, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA This is a picture of one of the underground mines that are off limits to all personnel entering the claims. March 2008
	Photo ID: 156579 View Count: 102