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Kelly is in Socorro County about 2.5 miles south of Magdalena off of U.S.
60. Turn south at the ranger station in Magdalena. Go 1.9 miles to a
fork, and bear left. What's left of the town is 1.4 miles from the fork.
Kelly was the home of a mine which has since been abandoned. Not much is
left except for the mine itself, which apparently allows visits (if you have a
pass--no mention about where to get the pass--probably at the ranger station), a
church, which is being maintained, and some foundations and walls.
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Photo of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church appearing on
page 26 of Florin's book (1971). |
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Photo of the same church appearing on page 122 of Looney's
book (1968). |
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This photo of the church appears on
page 88 of Meleski's book (1972). |
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Photo of the church appearing on page 91 of Varney's book
(1981). |
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Photo of the church appearing on page 123 of the Shermans'
book (1975). |
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Photo of the church taken by me on November 9, 2002.
It is fenced off and apparently in regular use. |
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Photo of the Kelly Mine appearing on page 92 of Varney's
book (1981). |
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Below are several photos of the mine and surroundings
taken by me on November 9, 2002. In the lower picture, you can see
the mine structure that appears at left in the photo above. |
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All that remains of some building at Kelly, November
9, 2002. |
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