Since I can’t travel through time, I traveled to New Mexico instead - all to do research for my new time travel book. Here’s how it went...
The Chino Mine is an open-pit copper mine outside of Silver City, New Mexico. As far as pits go, it’s pretty large; it actually resembles a small valley more than a pit, making the surrounding hills -- which would otherwise be pretty tame -- seem like mountains.
What does an open-pit mine have to do with time travel? Not much. In the book there’s a big showdown that I figured would take place at a nuclear bomb test site (hence the visit to White Sands), with an open-pit mine being a possible alternative option. The mine has since become the most likely setting, although it probably won’t be based on one as big as Chino (I’ve since found a smaller one in Nevada that seems like a better fit).
And that about sums up my obviously mind-blowing road excursion to New Mexico and back -- pits and radioactive sand and all. I’ll definitely continue to post more updates on the new book as they arise.
-El Chino Mine [Wikipedia]
-A History of Mineral Collecting at the Chino Mine
2 comments:
Daniel,glad you enjoyed your visit to our area. Did you know there is a story of the "Kneeling Nun" that is attached to the Chino Mine? Did you notice a finger-like out-croppingas you approached the mine? They call that the Kneeling Nun. Here's more info on it. http://activerain.com/blogsview/1146304/the-story-of-the-kneeling-nun .
Also, did you see the "Tyrone Mine" that is 6-8 miles south of Silver City on Highway 90? May be of possible use for your story.....
Looking forward to reading the next book! Good luck! Linda@silvercity-realestate.com
Thanks for the info Linda. I'd actually forgotten about the Tyrone Mine -- we had stopped their briefly on the way out of Silver City...
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