2011 Map of Baldy Mountain

About this map

Baldy Mountain and the surrounding high country of the Sangre de Cristo Range are defined here by an intense concentration of historical mining claims. The landscape is a dense network of prospect sites, including the French-Henry Mine, Deep Tunnel Mine, and Yellow Dog Group Mine, which cluster around French Henry Ridge. These labels reveal the massive scale of early extraction efforts in this pocket of New Mexico, where even minor operations like the Mountain Witch Mine and War Eagle Mine were formally recorded. Beyond the diggings, the terrain transitions into the broad expanse of Wilson Mesa and the drainage of Middle Ponil Creek. Remote outposts such as Beatty Cabin and geographic markers like Mills Divide provide reference points for researchers tracing the old access routes, such as F R 1910, that once connected these high-altitude camps to the world below.