Cooney is a ghost town in Catron County, New Mexico, United States, east of Alma.

In the 1870s Sergeant James C. Cooney of Fort Bayard found a rich strand of gold in the Gila Mountains near the future site of Mogollon, New Mexico.

[2] His find led to the development of several different mines in the area, as well as the settlement of the towns of Mogollon, Alma, and Glenwood.

It read, in part, This monument celebrates the 100th anniversary of the great Apache chief Victorio's raid on the Cooney mining camp near Mogollon, New Mexico, on April 12, 1880.

Victorio strove to protect these mountains from mining and other destructive activities of the white race.