Workers stand around the various equipment of the Quarry in Ash Canyon in Sierra County, New Mexico in 1912. The quarry provided sandstone blocks for the Elephant Butte Dam where the blocks were set in the dam and surrounded by concrete. Photo published in NMGS 37th Annual Field Conference, "Truth and Consequences Region" on page 27.
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638
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Historic date (YYYY-MM-DD)
1912
Title
Workers stand around the various equipment of the Quarry in Ash Canyon in Sierra County, New Mexico in 1912. The quarry provided sandstone blocks for the Elephant Butte Dam where the blocks were set in the dam and surrounded by concrete. Photo published in NMGS 37th Annual Field Conference, "Truth and Consequences Region" on page 27.
Credit
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Historic Photograph Archives, Socorro, NM 87801
Copyright code
NMBGMR
Comments
Photo published in NMGS 37th Annual Field Conference, "Truth and Consequences Region", 1986, pg 27.
GrantFund
G20AS00008 USGS NGGDPP
Main
Misc, People
Subject
Dam, People, Quarry
Other
Elephant Butte; dam; sandstone blocks; Sierra; construction
Marker lat / long: 33.1434, -107.18475 (WGS84)