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Hermosa Mines and Miners Shape a Growing Camp
Hermosa hosts a bustling mining community with postmaster J C Plemmons and a growing trade led by Kaufman Bachrach. Residents raise funds for a paralyzed miner, while claims like the Pelican Chief Argonaut and Atlantis Cable promise rich ore flows from Cambrian quartzites and mineral contacts, predicting an era of deeper development and potential county-seat ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Plemmons
Black Range
J.C. Plemmons
Plemmons
Kaufman
Jacob M. Blun & Co
Hillsboro
New York
Liverpool
Cirach
Nat Lake Valley
Kaufman S. Bachrach
Hermosa
T. Dwight Foster
Pelican Mine
Camp
U. 5
Gus Duvall
Hermosa Hotel
Rogers
San Pedro
Kendall
C. C. Watson
I. Teaford
de Ns
Martin Weggmann
Hopkins
Ourrealor
Dlusing
Palomas Creek
Admira
Grace
Rec
Argonaut
JH. Deane
BB Holes
Rocky Mountains