[1] Also sometimes known as the Elizabethtown Mining District, it encompasses Baldy Mountain (Colfax County, New Mexico).

[3] Early in the year of 1866, Native Americans (either from the Ute or Jicarilla Apache tribes) found a large deposit of copper bearing ores.

When the men arrived at the mine, Bronson and Kinsinger cooked a meal while Kelley decided to pan for gold.

They determined that although this gold was worth pursuing, winter was approaching and mining operations could not continue.

Growing and shrinking along with the booms and busts of the Baldy Mining District, the town was mostly abandoned by 1917.