Owners Overview
The Diggings lists 6,411 mining claim owners in New Mexico—1,373 in Albuquerque, 270 in Deming, 257 in Farmington, and 123 in Alamogordo. Of the 6,411 owners, 2 do not have a city specified in their records and therefore are not included in the table breakdown.
Quick Facts
- 6,411 total owners.
- 5,723 private owners.
- 684 corporation owners.
- 2 agency owners.
- 2 unknown owners.
TotalPrivateCorporationAgencyUnknown
Abiquiu
3
2
1
0
0
Alamogordo
123
118
5
0
0
Albuquerque
1,373
1,104
268
0
1
Algodones
4
4
0
0
0
Alto
14
12
2
0
0
Ancho
2
2
0
0
0
Angel Fire
5
5
0
0
0
Animas
16
16
0
0
0
Anthony
12
12
0
0
0
Aragon
5
5
0
0
0
Arenas Valley
14
13
1
0
0
Arrey
57
56
1
0
0
Arroyo Seco
7
6
1
0
0
Artesia
50
46
4
0
0
Aztec
58
54
4
0
0
Bayard
29
25
4
0
0
Belen
58
53
5
0
0
Bell Ranch
2
2
0
0
0
Bent
1
1
0
0
0
Bernalillo
10
10
0
0
0
Bingham
4
4
0
0
0
Bloomfield
51
47
4
0
0
Bluewater
4
4
0
0
0
Boles Acres
1
1
0
0
0
Bosque
6
6
0
0
0
Bosque Farms
15
14
1
0
0
Broadview
2
2
0
0
0
Buckhorn
5
5
0
0
0
Caballo
52
50
2
0
0
Canones
1
1
0
0
0
Capitan
29
21
8
0
0
Carlsbad
53
50
3
0
0
Carrizozo
89
82
7
0
0
Carson
1
1
0
0
0
Cedar Crest
30
26
4
0
0
Central
13
12
1
0
0
Cerrillos
41
38
3
0
0
Cerro
1
0
1
0
0
Chacon
2
2
0
0
0
Chama
11
10
1
0
0
Chaparral
5
5
0
0
0
Chimayo
2
2
0
0
0
Cimarron
2
2
0
0
0
Cliff
25
24
1
0
0
Cloudcroft
15
15
0
0
0
Clovis
21
20
1
0
0
Cochiti Lake
2
1
1
0
0
Columbus
8
8
0
0
0
Corona
8
7
1
0
0
Corrales
48
40
8
0
0
Counselor
1
1
0
0
0
Coyote
1
1
0
0
0
Crownpoint
1
0
1
0
0
Cuba
21
19
2
0
0
Datil
3
3
0
0
0
Deming
270
247
23
0
0
Derry
3
3
0
0
0
Dexter
1
1
0
0
0
Dixon
1
1
0
0
0
Dona Ana
3
3
0
0
0
Eagle Nest
1
1
0
0
0
Edgewood
47
47
0
0
0
El Paso
3
3
0
0
0
El Prado
9
8
1
0
0
El Rito
1
1
0
0
0
Elephant Butte
34
32
2
0
0
Embudo
3
3
0
0
0
Encino
2
2
0
0
0
Espanola
80
77
3
0
0
Estancia
5
4
1
0
0
Eunice
1
1
0
0
0
Fairacres
6
5
1
0
0
Fairview
4
4
0
0
0
Farmington
257
227
30
0
0
Faywood
3
3
0
0
0
Flora Vista
16
14
2
0
0
Fort Sumner
3
3
0
0
0
Fort Wingate
1
1
0
0
0
Fruitland
2
2
0
0
0
Galisteo
1
1
0
0
0
Gallinas
1
1
0
0
0
Gallup
28
19
9
0
0
Gamerco
1
1
0
0
0
Garfield
4
4
0
0
0
Gila
4
4
0
0
0
Gladstone
2
2
0
0
0
Glenwood
40
38
2
0
0
Glorieta
5
5
0
0
0
Golden
1
1
0
0
0
Grady
2
2
0
0
0
Grant
1
1
0
0
0
Grants
71
58
13
0
0
Guadalupita
2
2
0
0
0
Hachita
11
11
0
0
0
Hagerman
3
3
0
0
0
Hanover
17
11
6
0
0
Hatch
11
10
1
0
0
High Rolls
6
6
0
0
0
High Rolls Mountain Park
5
4
1
0
0
Hillsboro
71
66
5
0
0
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