Historic Hurley Museum
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
         (see below)

 
The Old Hurley Store was built in 1911-1913 by the Chino Mines Division of Kennecott Copper Corp., and called The Santa Rita Store as was it's twin, built that same year in nearby Santa Rita, NM  In 1986, Phelps Dodge acquired the Kennecott properties. 
The Hurley store, which included the payroll office, was built for the convenience of the miners who worked in the nearby Hurley smelting plant and for the other members of the Hurley community. 

On Display at the Museum

Mimbres Indian Artifacts
(Note: boxes are 1 square foot)


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

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Metate with "kill hole" indicating owner had died.


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

      "Seashell pendant"

For More Information Email: gallery@thetown.com