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A steamboat landing, mining and garrison town, absorbed into Fort Mojave Indian Reservation. [24] Mowry [25] The Patagonia Mine Santa Cruz: 1858: 1880: Abandoned: Originally a lead and silver mine called "The Patagonia Mine" which was renamed after Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry purchased the mine from the local Mexicans in 1860.
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.
The name "Silver Bell" refers to a more recent ghost town, which was established in 1954 and abandoned in 1984. The original town, established in 1904, was named "Silverbell" and abandoned in the early 1930s. [1] [2] Both towns were utilized and later abandoned due to the mining of copper in the area.
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.
Sasco, which is an acronym for the Southern Arizona Smelter Company, was a company town with a large smelter that served several mines. [2] Once an impressive and little-known ghost town, today Sasco is a common sporting destination with shotgun shells, airsoft bb's, paintball splatter, and litter in the area.
The most prosperous period for Ruby was in the late 1920s and 1930s, when the Eagle-Picher Mining Company operated the mine and upgraded the camp. 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]
By 1908, the claims in the area had been consolidated by the Clara Gold and Copper Mining Company, which set up its headquarters in the mining camp that would become Swansea. [2] [3] [4] That same year, what was to become the Arizona and Swansea Railroad connected Signal to Bouse, some 25 miles (40 km) away. These two factors spurred the growth ...
High-grade native copper made Ajo the first copper mine in Arizona. Soon the Arizona Mining & Trading company, formed by Peter R. Brady, a friend of Childs, worked the rich surface ores, shipping loads around Cape Horn for smelting in Swansea, Wales, in the mid-1880s. The mine closed when a ship sank off the coast of Patagonia. Long supply ...