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TAS Monthly Speaker
October 5, 2026
KIt Carson Electric Coop Board Room at 700pm
Phil Alldritt
History and Archaeology of the Cerrillos Mining District
Phil Alldritt is an archaeologist and Current President of the Taos
Archaeological Society. He worked doing contract archaeology for the Office
of Archaeological Studies in Santa Fe from 1995-2009. During that time he
was a member of the teams that surveyed and recorded the San Pedro Mine
and Rogersville in the Cerrillos Mining District.
Topic
The topic tonight will explore the history of the Cerrillos Mining District and
the 1300 years of mining history of this area. Spanish Conquistadors, Dona
Tules, President Grant, and Thomas Edison would all play roles in the
development of this story. Before the California Gold Rush and before the
Alaska gold rush, this area near Golden, New Mexico, The Old Placer and
New Placer workings would be the oldest gold mining operations in what
would be the United States in 1828. This history in part, will boost the
interest of the United States government to include the territory of what
would become New Mexico in 1912.
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History of Taos Archaeological Society Project
An effort is currently underway to build a historical timeline of TAS events and history! We need your help!
The Taos Archaeological Society has operated for 34 years. In that time, many documents have been produced. Unfortunately, TAS does not have a complete record of documents produced and distributed.
We are in need of documents/publications that date from September 1999 through February 2014.
You can help by contributing:
Past bulletins, meeting minutes, financial statements, member lists, and other communications.
Thank you for your continued support of the Taos Archaeological Society.
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Rio Grande del Norte National Monument | Bureau of Land Management (photo by Phil Alldritt) |
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