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The Miner's Day parade makes its way through White Oaks, New Mexico.

White Oaks, New Mexico: The Annual Miner’s Day Festival and a visit to the “No Scum Allowed Saloon”

Updated August 2026 A few years ago, I read that there was going to be a Miner’s Day festival in a New Mexico ghost town I’d never heard of. I knew I had to put that on my calendar. So, on a warm August afternoon, I found myself arriving in White Oaks, New Mexico, to explore the old mining town, spend a Friday night at the No Scum Allowed Saloon, and...