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Grants NM: Mining History and Resilience | Santa Fe News
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What started as a routine drive through Grants, New Mexico, turned into a soul-stirring journey through history, grit, and hidden beauty. Discover how this dusty Route 66 town shaped its identity through uranium mining, its boom-and-bust economy, and the resilient people who lived through it — including 78-year-old miner Terry Fletcher. Explore the dazzling New Mexico Mining Museum, where crystals spark under lights and travelers from Poland and Italy find wonder in the desert. And brace for a twist: with nuclear energy’s rise, uranium mining might just make a comeback — leaving Grants to rewrite its story once more.
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