Pinos Altos Museum
Pinos Altos may not be the easiest town to locate today, but in it’s day, it was a hub for ranching an mining.
Chino Mine (Santa Rita del Cobre)
Chino Mine is one of New Mexico’s standout mines and host to many historic events in mining. It was a critical copper mine supporting Spain’s New World holdings in the early 1800s. It was the hub for many burgeoning mining towns after the Civil War. And it became the test site for one of mining’s most significant innovations: open pit mining. While still an active operation, the diggings are easily observable from a viewing deck which is open daily.