| Official Name: | Twining, New Mexico |
| Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Taos |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Elevation Ft: | 9429 |
| Coordinates: | 36.5947°N -105.4503°W |
| Area Code: | 575 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 911939 |
Twining is a ghost town in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.[1]
Originally called Amizette, this was a small mining district with copper, gold and silver lodes, established in 1893 but abandoned by 1895. About 1902, Prospector William Frazer discovered further copper and gold in the canyon east of the townsite, and persuaded New Jersey banker Albert C. Twining to invest $300,000 in a smelter. On its first firing, molten ore froze to the sides of the furnace, making it unusable. Bankruptcy followed, and the townsite was abandoned by 1910.[2]
In 1955 the site was acquired by Ernie Blake, who developed it into Taos Ski Valley. Virtually no trace now remains of the original village.