The high mesas and deep canyons of Colfax County define this landscape, where the settlements of Yankee and Carisbrook sit at the center of an extensive coal mining network. Dozens of individual workings, including the Sugarite Mine, Block Coal Mine Number Two, and the New Yankee Number 4 Claim, are clustered near the New Mexico-Colorado border. This industrial footprint is etched into the terrain between Barela Mesa and Johnson Mesa, following the drainage patterns of Chicorica Creek and its East Fork.
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1892 · Elmoro
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1893 · Elmoro
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1897 · Elmoro
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1912 · Raton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1914 · Raton
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1954 · Raton
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Trinidad
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Trinidad
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Raton
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Trinidad
USGS Topo · 1:250,000