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  2. General Mining Act of 1872 - Wikipedia

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    The Chaffee law of 1869 and the placer law of 1871 were combined into the General Mining Act of 1872. The mining law of 1866 had given discoverers rights to stake mining claims to extract gold, silver, cinnabar (the principal ore of mercury) and copper. When Congress passed the General Mining Act of 1872, the wording was changed to "or other ...

  3. Congress Mine - Wikipedia

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    The town of Congress with the mine in the background, c. 1914 The Congress Mine is a gold mine located at the ghost town of Congress, Arizona, on the southeastern slope of the Date Creek Mountains, approximately 18 miles north-northeast of Wickenburg, Arizona, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet (Lat. 34.216 – Long. -122.841).

  4. Gold mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The last gold mine to operate in Arizona was the Gold Road mine at Oatman, which shut down in 1998. Patriot Gold is exploration drilling at the Moss mine at Oatman. [15] In 2006, all of Arizona's gold production came as a byproduct of copper mining.

  5. Mining district (North America) - Wikipedia

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    According to a 1904 dictionary of U.S. statutory language, "a mining district is a section of country usually designated by name and described or understood as being confined in certain boundaries, in which gold or silver or both are found in paying quantities, and which is worked therefor, under rules and regulations prescribed by the miners."

  6. Vulture Mine - Wikipedia

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    The Vulture Mine was a gold mine and settlement in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The mine began in 1863 and became the most productive gold mine in Arizona history. From 1863 to 1942 A.D., the mine produced 340,000 ounces (9,638.8 kgs) of gold and 260,000 ounces (7,370.9 kgs) of silver. [1]

  7. Contention City, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Contention City or Contention is a ghost mining town in Cochise County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona.It was occupied from the early 1880s through the late 1880s in what was then known as the Arizona Territory.

  8. Gold prospecting - Wikipedia

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    A gold pan. Gold prospecting is the act of searching for new gold deposits. Methods used vary with the type of deposit sought and the resources of the prospector. Although traditionally a commercial activity, in some developed countries placer gold prospecting has also become a popular outdoor recreation. Gold prospecting has been popular since ...

  9. Highland Park, Yavapai County, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1900s, the efforts promoting the sale of stock in The Derby Mining Company, (later morphing into the Madizelle Mining Company by George U. Young in 1908), resulted in the creation of United States land entry records, by way of the United States General Land Office in Arizona. George U. Young was a mining promoter in the Territory ...