Original silver gelatin photograph depicting the mining camp at Chihuahua, New Mexico, taken and annotated by Leopold on September 10, 1906. The photograph captures the settlement nestled among pine-covered hills, with handwritten notes identifying key locations including the “barber shop,” an “enchilada stand,” and the “Luccerios mine” visible on the distant hill. Additional annotations note the site “where Morse killed that fellow,” and another structure marked “? No one lives here.”

Measuring 5 x 7 inches and mounted to a 7 x 9 inch period card, the image offers a firsthand visual and narrative document of early 20th-century mining life in the Southwest, complete with candid and at times grim references. A rare and atmospheric artifact from New Mexico’s mining frontier, combining photographic record with personal inscription.