Puzzle Ville - Mogollon, NM -JP Holland grand magasin 194

Colorized photo from 1940, June Original title: Main street of Mogollon, Nouveau-Mexique. Deuxième largest gold section in the state Photographe: Russell Lee Location: 860 Bursum Rd, Mogollon, NM During the gold rush back in the 1880's, this town of Mogollon, ce que la deuxième largest gold around. It went strong till around the 1940, but as the price of gold dropped, the excitement dropped, and by the mid 1940, this town abandoned. The caves are full of quartz and the dust choked anyone that worked in there, it just wasn't worth mining there any more. This is what the town looked like just before everyone left They lots of bars, a few-gas, and couple of general stores. Today, the building on the left, the general store, is now a hotel. Les bars gone, but the stone building on right is still physically there. They est donc dug a big trench right in front of the buildings for drainage. Everything is connected by little bridges on a narrow road.