This photo journal, the 2nd & last in my Pozos series, features 4 abandoned mines in the area.

Pozos - “The sight of ruins draped in vines, along with long neglected centuries old haciendas, in such a primal desert landscape evoked a sense of time and place reminiscent of Tuscany colored by a Mexican paintbrush.”

The beginning: Pozos, which was founded in 1576 as an army outpost to protect the ore wagons between Zacatecas and San Luis de la Paz, was blessed with deep seams of gold and silver and became one of the ... (more)