The state is littered with more than 100,000 abandoned mines. Indigenous people gathered quartz, turquoise and other minerals, but underground mining flourished as Europeans sought gold, silver, copper and other minerals
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The state is littered with more than 100,000 abandoned mines. Indigenous people gathered quartz, turquoise and other minerals, but underground mining flourished as Europeans sought gold, silver, copper and other minerals