Red Hill, New Mexico facts for kids
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Red Hill, New Mexico
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 Red Hill, New Mexico
Location in New Mexico
Red Hill, New Mexico
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Catron |
| Population
(2000)
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| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT |
| Area code(s) | 575 |
| GNIS feature ID | 910058 |
Red Hill is a ghost town in Catron County, New Mexico, United States, west of Quemado.
Red Hill volcanic field
Also known as the Quemado volcanic field, Red Hill is 24 kilometers east of the larger Springerville volcanic field and immediately south of the Zuni Salt Lake field. The area is made up of scoria cone and silicic dome fields The last eruption was 23,000 yrs B.P.
Red Hill gold rumor
In 1836 a prospector named Adams staggered into the town of Piños Altos. With multiple arrow wounds and close to death, he told several people gathered around him that he had been prospecting of in the north. When they opened his knapsack they found a fortune in gold. His only marker to tell where the gold field was a red hill in the distance, where he described gold lying everywhere. Adams died before he could give more details, and the place he described has never been found.
