Hopeful Lode

Parsons Mine, historically known as the Hopeful Lode, near Nogal, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. With 20 acres (8.1 ha), it was listed as "Hopeful Lode".[1]

Hopeful Lode
Nearest cityNogal, New Mexico
Coordinates33°29′19″N 105°46′55″W
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
MPSMining Sites in the Nogal Mining District of the Lincoln National Forest MPS
NRHP reference No.95001014[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 1995

It is located at 8400 feet elevation in an unnamed canyon northeast of Tanbark Canyon north of Bonito Lake, along Forest Rd. 108, 6 miles (9.7 km) north of the junction of Forest Rds. 107 and 108. One third of the site is owned by Parsons Mining Company; the rest is part of Lincoln National Forest. The portion north of 108 includes four adits, an open cut (or glory hole), large waste piles, and two prospect pits.[2]

It was listed for its information potential as an archeological site "for its ability to yield knowledge about early mining technologies, and the communities these mines engendered. The Parsons Mine site retains integrity of location, setting, feeling and association."[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Jean Fulton (October 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hopeful Lode / Currently referred to as the Parsons Mine. Recorded for the Museum of New Mexico, LA 31784 AML 7, and for the U.S. Forest Service, FS Site #AR-03-08-01- 204". National Park Service. Retrieved May 7, 2018. With accompanying 23 photos
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