Page 104 - Vol. 1 Walks In The Black Range - 2nd Edition

The gold ore specimen from the Bigelow Mine shown on the previous page is housed in the Mineral Museum of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico.
Next to the headframe (see photo right) of the main shaft is a stone hut (photos from March 12, 2015) which housed the winch which was used to lower and raise miners and ore. The winch is gone but in March 2015 a barrel stove was located in the corner.
There are two shafts at the Bigelow Mine, both are deep and vertical. The sides of the shafts are unstable so great care is warranted. A fall would be fatal. The photo below is of the second shaft, which does not have a headframe. The fencing around the shaft is in disrepair. The sides of the shaft have calved over time and are very unstable. This shaft is about 100’ deep and appears to have a lateral mine to the north at that depth.
The two top photographs on the following page were taken from across the ravine to the north and show the mine on December 16, 2017. The bottom photo is of the main shaft, below the headframe.