El Morro National Monument

Pine Meadows Cibola Co. New Mexico 5.02 Acres El Morro Red cliff & mountain views, lush meadows. 0% interest. Current Auction Price: $550.00 Current Bids: 0 Zip Code: 87321 Click here to bid on this property’s auction! View more images for this property here . This beautiful 5.02 acre parcel is in the lower area of Pine Meadow Ranches.  It has meadows and low growing trees and views that look directly at the cliffline of El Morro National Monument.  This the closest property we have to the monument, just across the meadow. The buy-it-now price of $650 is the down payment only and the full price is ... Read Full Story

For centuries, Spanish explorers, U.S. Army troops, wagon train emigrants and railroad surveyors carved their names on a huge sandstone outcrop in what's now a national monument famed for those inscriptions. But the softness of the rock that allowed names to be chipped into the cliff at El Morro National Monument also is letting those signatures erode — jeopardizing the history the park is meant to protect. Over the years, officials have reattached fallen inscriptions, developed grout to keep moisture out of cracks and experimented with coatings to prevent signatures from wearing away. El Morro — Spanish for headlands — became a stopping point ... Read Full Story

Swiss mining group Xstrata announced on Monday the sale of its 70-percent stake in El Morro SCM, which controls the Chilean mine El Morro, to Barrick Gold Corporation for 465 million dollars (317 million euros). The transaction, carried out by Xstrata's subsidiary Xstrata Copper, should be completed by January 30, 2010. "The sale of our stake in the El Morro project will enable us to better direct resources toward other priority projects, of which five will be entering their final phase in the coming months," Xstrata Copper director Charlie Sartain said in a statement. The El Morro mine is located in northern Chile. Read Full Story

5 Acres Land New Mexico Cibola Co El Morro Pine Meadows Current Auction Price: $17595.00 Current Bids: 0 Zip Code: 86303 Click here to bid on this property’s auction! View more images for this property here . NEW MEXICO LAND     5 BEAUTIFUL ACRES IN CENTRAL WESTERN NEW MEXICO PINE MEADOWS RANCHES LOCATED IN CIBOLA COUNTY LOT # 83 , UNIT 3 CIBOLA COUNTY APN # 10-01565 APPROX 65 MILES SW OF GRANTS , 75 MILES SE OF GALLUP , 20 MILES FROM EL MORRO NATIONAL MONUMENT OFF SCENIC ROUTE HWY 53, 12 MILES FROM RAMAH ELEVATION PEAKS AT 7,300 THIS PARCEL IS ... Read Full Story

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