Hachita - New Mexico Ghost Town

HACHITA

NAME: Hachita
COUNTY: Grant
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 7
CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Spring, winter, fall

COMMENTS: Semi-ghost
REMAINS:Many original buildings

Silver, lead, and copper were mined at the original town of Hachita starting about 1875. The town grew to three hundred residents by 1884 and had a steam smelting works, several saloons, two general stores and several mining companies. Hachita began to dwindle in importance during the 1890s. Shortly after the turn of the century, railroad tracks were laid about nine miles east of Hachita. A railroad town sprang up and took the name of the fading mining camp. Thereafter, Hachita was the railroad town and the original bearer of the name became Old Hachita. Today the railroad is gone but the town remains with about fifty people living there. There are some interesting occupied and unoccupied buildings for the visitor including a mercantile store, café, gas pump, and bar. Courtesy Henry Chenoweth.	Hachita Courtesy Akio Ohki

Silver, lead, and copper were mined at the original town of Hachita starting about 1875. The town grew to three hundred residents by 1884 and had a steam smelting works, several saloons, two general stores and several mining companies. Hachita began to dwindle in importance during the 1890s. Shortly after the turn of the century, railroad tracks were laid about nine miles east of Hachita. A railroad town sprang up and took the name of the fading mining camp. Thereafter, Hachita was the railroad town and the original bearer of the name became Old Hachita. Today the railroad is gone but the town remains with about fifty people living there. There are some interesting occupied and unoccupied buildings for the visitor including a mercantile store, café, gas pump, and bar. Courtesy Henry Chenoweth.

Hachita
Courtesy Akio Ohki

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