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  2. Camino Real de Tierra Adentro - Wikipedia

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    Buffer zone. 268,057.2 ha (662,384 acres) El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (English: The Royal Road of the Interior Land), also known as the Silver Route, [1] was a Spanish 2,560-kilometre-long (1,590 mi) road between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo (Ohkay Owingeh), New Mexico (in the modern U.S.), that was used from 1598 to 1882. It was the ...

  3. Opal - Wikipedia

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    Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO 2 · n H 2 O); its water content may range from 3% to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6% and 10%. Due to its amorphous property, it is classified as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms of silica, which are considered minerals. It is deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur ...

  4. Las Cruces, California - Wikipedia

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    805 & 820. GNIS feature ID. 1660894 [1] Las Cruces (sometimes rendered Las Cruses, meaning the crosses in Spanish) [2] is a former settlement and an archaic placename in Santa Barbara County, California. [1] It lies at the split between California State Route 1, which travels north to Lompoc, and U.S. Route 101, which travels north to Buellton.

  5. La Negra mine - Wikipedia

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    La Negra is a silver mine in Querétaro, Mexico. [1] The mine has thirteen known ore bodies, overwhelmingly of silver, but also with smaller quantities of gold, zinc and lead. [2] The mine has a processing mill that can process 3,000 tons-per-day. [3] Tailings from the mine are held behind five tailings dams. [1]

  6. Cal Neva Lodge & Casino - Wikipedia

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    Cal Neva Resort & Casino, previously known as the Calneva Resort and Cal-Neva Lodge, [1][2] is a resort and casino straddling the border between Nevada and California on the shores of Lake Tahoe. The original building was constructed in 1926 and became famous when the national media picked up a story about actress Clara Bow canceling checks she ...

  7. Virgin Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Opal mines are located in the Northern valley. [1] The Virgin Valley has mines that are rich in opals. The opals were discovered in about 1913. [2] The richest mines were owned by Flora Haines Loughead who had been a writer and a farmer but bought a string of claims after being sent to do a story for the San Francisco Chronicle. [3]

  8. Aden Crater - Wikipedia

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    Aden Crater is a small shield volcano located in Doña Ana County, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Las Cruces, New Mexico. [3] It is located in the northwest part of the Aden-Afton basalt field, which is part of the central area of the Potrillo volcanic field. [4][5] A fossilized ground sloth, [6] now at the Peabody Museum, was found in a ...

  9. 1880 Union Hotel - Wikipedia

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    It was a telegraph station, a showroom and a hotel for traveling salesmen. [2] It burned down on February 16, 1893. Rebuilt in 1915 by J. P. Loustalot, it then serviced stagecoach and early railroad passengers with food, drink and lodging. Johnny Cash sang at the hotel in the 1950s. [3]

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