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The site is mostly abandoned, but remains home to a reconstruction of a historic schoolhouse. [27] Town was sometimes called Bundyville, after the family that settled the area. As of 2006 one member of the Bundy family still lived alone on a 320-acre ranch near the abandoned town site. [28] Nothing: Mohave: 1977: 2005: Abandoned site
Abandoned mine near Quartzsite Plaque on the Hi Jolly Monument. The following is a brief description of the historic properties that are pictured: The Ruins of Fort Tyson – ruins of the fort which was built in 1856 and is located on the corner of Main St. and Moon Mountain Road. [8]
James Cleator was a Manx who had run away to sea as a boy, arriving in America with Spanish sailors in 1889 and walking his way to gold mines in California before traveling through Mexico to Arizona by 1900. He approached Nellis in 1905 and the pair became business partners, running the town and opening a ranch together; in 1915 they split ...
From 1934 to 1937, the Montana mine was the leading lead and zinc producer in Arizona. In 1936, it was third in silver production. The mine closed in 1940, and by the end of 1941 Ruby was abandoned. [2] Ruby is one of the two best-preserved mining ghost towns in Arizona, along with the Vulture Mine near Wickenburg. Ruby's attractions today ...
The Copper Creek mining district contains a substantial copper deposit; in recent years, several companies have proposed opening a mine there. [3] The district hosts more than 500 mineralized breccia pipes. Buried porphyry-style, stockwork copper mineralization has attracted exploration interest in recent years. [4]
Old mines pose myriad dangers, with 381 people killed and 152 injured at abandoned mine sites nationwide between 2000 and 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Victims can fall into hidden shafts, get lost in underground tunnels or perish from poisonous gases present in many old coal mines.
After the placer deposits were exhausted, mining turned to the lode deposits that were the source of the placer gold. Weaverville, soon shortened to Weaver, came under the control of Francisco Vega and his band of outlaws. Travelers and businesses avoided Weaver and its outlaw element in favor of the nearby towns of Stanton and Octave. [1] [3]
It was the most productive gold mine in the history of Arizona. From 1863 to 1942, the mine produced 340,000 ounces (9,638.8 kgs) of gold and 260,000 ounces (7,370.9 kgs) of silver. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The mine was discovered when Henry Wickenburg , a prospector from California's gold rush, stumbled upon a quartz deposit containing gold while traveling ...