Cerrillos, meaning Little Hills, was once seriously considered as the capitol of New Mexico. The Cerrillos mining district was one of the oldest and most marked old Spanish mineral developments in the Territory. During the booming 1880's and 1890's, twenty-one saloons, four hotels, and two churches were busy there. Cerrillos hosted many famous people, including Theo. Roosevelt, Lew Wallace, Thomas A. Edison, and Fray Angélico Chávez. Walt Disney filmed The Nine Lives of El Fego Baca there in 1958, and Young Guns was filmed there in 1988. Indians worked the nearby turquoise mines before the coming of the white man. Many millions in gold were taken from the placer mines in the 1800s, and lead, zinc, and silver came from the Mina del Tiro, Bethsheba, La Luz, Ruelena, and the Santa Rosa Mines, while turquoise came from the Chalchihuitl, Castillian, and the Tiffany Mines.