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Grants, New Mexico
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Grants is a city in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. It is located about 78 miles west of Albuquerque. The population was 9,163 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Cibola County.
The New Mexico Mining Museum, next to Historic Route 66
The New Mexico Mining Museum, next to Historic Route 66
Aerial view of Grants in 2007. Black Mesa is above town, and to the west Grants adjoins Milan. Interstate 40 bends to avoid the mesa.
Aerial view of Grants in 2007. Black Mesa is above town, and to the west Grants adjoins Milan. Interstate 40 bends to avoid the mesa.
Grants' only Catholic church, St. Teresa
Grants' only Catholic church, St. Teresa
Paddy Martinez
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Patricio "Paddy" Martinez was an American prospector and sheepherder who discovered uranium at Haystack Mesa in the San Juan Basin near Grants, New Mexico, in 1950. This was the first discovery in the
Grants, New Mexico
…on the airport (KGNT) was being restored as the Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum. Perhaps the town's most memorable boom occurred when Paddy Martinez, a Navajo shepherd, discovered uranium ore near Haystack Mesa, sparking a mining boom that lasted until the 1980s (see Uranium mining in New Mexico…
Mary and Paddy Martinez in 1952
Mary and Paddy Martinez in 1952