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Turquoise mined at this location is known as "Kingman Turquoise." This mine was worked for turquoise by Native Americans before European contact. Archaeological evidence includes "Hohokam hammers, dating back to 600 a.d." and the Navajo hammers. "In the late 1880s to the early 1900s, Mineral Park was mined by the Aztec Turquoise Co., the Los ...
The mine chose to send all ore to the crusher and to concentrate on copper production due to the rising price of copper on the world market. The price of natural untreated Sleeping Beauty turquoise has risen dramatically since the mine's closing. The Kingman Mine as of 2015 still operates alongside a copper mine outside of the city. Other mines ...
Vanadinite from the old Western Mine, in the southern Cerbat Mountains [1] The Cerbat Mountains (Walapai: Ha'emede) is a mountain range in Mohave County in northwest Arizona immediately north of Kingman. The Cerbat Mountains and the White Hills (Arizona) adjacent north, are the dividing ranges between the Detrital Valley west, and the Hualapai ...
Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States.It is named after Lewis Kingman, an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.It is located 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Arizona's state capital, Phoenix. [5]
Chloride was founded about 1863, but mining was not widespread until the 1870s, after a treaty was signed with the Hualapai Indians. The Arizona and Utah Railway , running to the site from Kingman , was inaugurated on August 16, 1899 – the last silver spike was driven by Miss May Krider. [ 6 ]
The same car was used to transport the miners to and from work. The guano was mined using a large industrial "vacuum-cleaner" with ten-inch hoses. From the cablehead, the guano was hauled by truck to Kingman, Arizona and packaged for retail sale. During construction of the cableway, which took 14 months, the first of several mishaps occurred.
FESTUS, MO (KPLR) – A former roller rink turned cave home is up for sale in Festus, Missouri, and buyers are lining up to bid on the home. The cave home located at the 200 block of Cave Drive in ...
Historic Kingman 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air police car#1 a.k.a. "Jingles" The Kingman townsite, named for Lewis Kingman, was designated in 1882. The original Kingman townsite was within the boundaries of what are now First and Sixth, Pine and Golconda streets. Johanna Wilkinson and her sister Francis came to the Kingman territory in the early 1880s.