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Placer Gold in the Ortiz Mountains

Gold from the Ortiz Mountains, New Mexico.New Mexico’s Ortiz Mountains rise in irregular volcanic peaks above the surrounding plains, or llano, some 30 miles northeast of Albuquerque and about 14 miles to the south of my home outside the state capital of Santa Fe.

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