On this day in New Mexico history February 7, 1892 – famous inventor Thomas Edison came to New Mexico at this time in 1892 to invent a way of extracting gold without using water. This was the challenge given him. He was able to do so in the Ortiz Mountains near Santa Fe but the mining venture was never commercially viable. Edison shut the entire venture down seven years later. The interesting thing is that while it found some gold, it was not until generations later that students from the New Mexico school of Mines in running the tailings found that the Edison mine has lots of Tungsten but at the time this was not what he was looking for.
On This Day In New Mexico History - February 7
On this day in New Mexico history February 7, 1892 – famous inventor Thomas Edison came to New Mexico at this time in 1892 to invent a way of extracting gold without using water. This was the challenge given him. He was able to do so in the Ortiz Mountains near Santa Fe but the mining venture was never commercially viable. Edison shut the entire venture down seven years later. The interesting thing is that while it found some gold, it was not until generations later that students from the New Mexico school of Mines in running the tailings found that the Edison mine has lots of Tungsten but at the time this was not what he was looking for.
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