Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
“Parsons Mine, historically known as the Hopeful Lode, near Nogal, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. With 20 acres (8.1 ha), it was listed as "Hopeful Lode".”
Wikipedia article Hopeful Lode, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 1995 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Hopeful Lode between 1992 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 64 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | MINERS ROAD |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | BONITO 1 |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | BONITO 3 |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | BONITO 2 |
| 6 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | WET |
| 22 September 2003 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Lincoln National Forest | GEORGE |
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | MEADOW |
| 20 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lincoln National Forest | NOGAL |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 105 workings within 5 miles of Hopeful Lode: 51 unknowns, 20 past producers, 17 occurrences, 17 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Mine | Silver, Gold, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Blue Front Mine | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Bonita Claims | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Quartz | |
| Crow Mine | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Grey Goose Mine | Silver, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Hope Prospect | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Maud Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1887, 1964 | |
| Maud Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Mudpuppy-Waterdog Prospect | Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Tellurium | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Pyrite | |
| Old Red Fox | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nogal, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Nogal | $25,000 | A partial road collapse occurred along Old Bonito Lake Rd due to flash flood undercuts and encroachments. This collapse was located about 2 miles west of the intersection with State Road 37. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Nogal | - | Heavy rain near Nogal forced the closure of U.S. Highway 380 from mile marker 74 to mile marker 76. Per a trained spotter, the bridge in the area was unsafe to cross as road surfaces had been damaged from repeated rounds of heavy rain over the summer. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Nogal | - | A brief landspout tornado was reported over rural countryside northwest of Nogal. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Nogal | - | Nickel size hail reported near Bonito Lake. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Nogal | - | Quarter size hail was reported northeast of Bonito Lake. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Nogal | - | A second round of storms produced quarter size hail in Capitan. |
| May 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Nogal | - | Several observers around Carrizozo reported a well developed funnel cloud near Carrizo Mountain a couple miles northeast of town. |
| October 1998 | Hail | Nogal | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Nogal | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aguayo Family Homestead | 3.6 miles | 1995 | |
 | Monjeau Lookout | 4.9 miles | 1988 |
| Mesa Ranger Station Barn, Lincoln County, New Mexico | 5.6 miles | 2025 | |
| El Paso And Southwestern Railway Water Supply System | 5.8 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95001014 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lincoln County | All 22 listed properties in this county. |
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