Modoc - New Mexico Ghost Town

MODOC

NAME: Modoc
COUNTY: Dona Ana
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 8
CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Spring, winter, fall

COMMENTS: Typical Mining town
REMAINS:Nothing Left

The Modoc Mine produced mostly lead from the late 1870s to 1905. The town itself consisted of only a few frame buildings and a mill located about seven hundred feet below the mine at the foot of the granite bluffs of the Organ Mountains. During the mine's period of operations, it produced about $200,000, mostly in lead. When the mine stopped producing, the town died. Nothing is left today.Courtesy Henry Chenoweth.

The Modoc Mine produced mostly lead from the late 1870s to 1905. The town itself consisted of only a few frame buildings and a mill located about seven hundred feet below the mine at the foot of the granite bluffs of the Organ Mountains. During the mine's period of operations, it produced about $200,000, mostly in lead. When the mine stopped producing, the town died. Nothing is left today.Courtesy Henry Chenoweth.

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