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The State of New Mexico set up a Farm & Ranch Museum in Las Cruces, which we visited.
This was used as a school from 1912 to 1936 for grades 1 through 8.
We saw one of these further north. They are used for killing water fowl (ducks, etc.)
A museum is now in the downstairs portion of the courthouse, but if you go upstairs, you can see an actual courtroom from when this was used in the 1800's.
The log cabin is furnished with reproductions so it can be used for educational programs. This is my Mom and Aunt Madeline
Our tour guide was Joyce. Her grandfather actually worked in the mine, so she had a personal connection to the mine and it's operation.
The craftsmen who built the mine buildings were embarrassed at the odd shaped rocks the mine gave them to build with, so covered their work with plaster.