The Ortiz gold rush began quietly, almost in secret, but it grew until a tenth of the entire population of the province of New Mexico were digging for gold in these mountains. In time, even the U.S. Congress would do its part, turning less than ten acres into a hundred-square-mile golden gift for some of its own.
Inside this book you will read of the Santa Fe Trail, the Santa Fe Ring, the coup of Gold Fields Ltd., of the forgotten towns of Dolores and San Pedro, and of the boom-and-bust towns of Cerrillos, Madrid, and Golden. Discover Thomas Edison’s great failure.
Call SFBG at 428-1684 to order your copy: $14.95 plus shipping and handling
William Baxter is an Ortiz Mountains Educational Preserve docent. He is generously donating the proceeds of The Gold of the Ortiz Mountains to SFBG.
