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Zacatecas

Boom town, Mexico.

About Zacatecas

City in Zacatecas Municipality, Zacatecas State, Mexico.1

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Mines

Worked atZacatecas silver minesZacatecas lies close to Zacatecas silver mines.1

Trade routes

Shipped throughZacatecas to Mexico City silver (Camino de la Plata)Zacatecas was an end of the zacatecas to mexico city silver (camino de la plata) route.2

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q139242 (Zacatecas)
  2. History and Significance of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro US National Park Service

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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