Historic Hurley Museum
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The Old Hurley Store Museum

 l Historic maps of New Mexico
 l Photos of the city of Hurley and 
         the interior of the store as they
         were in the early 1900's
 l Memorabilia from the community
 l Artifacts of  the Mimbres Indians
         

 
The Old Hurley Store, built in 1912 by the Chino Mines Division of Kennecott Copper Corporation, included the payroll office and was built for the convenience of the miners and thier families who worked in the nearby Hurley smelting plant.  It also served everyone Hurley as well as those in the Grant County area.

On Display at the Museum

Mimbres Indian Artifacts


Top left to right: "plowing stone", "arrow sharpening
stone". Center: "mano or scraping tool". 
Left middle: "round paint pot". 
Bottom left & right: "weapons/pounding 
tools" when thongs were added


arrow heads
1 3/4" x 1 1/4"- "scraping tool" and arrow heads

Shell      "Seashell pendant"

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