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The Hieroglyphic Mountains are a mountain range located in central Arizona. The Hieroglyphics roughly straddle the border between Maricopa and Yavapai counties and form an effective physical barrier northwest of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. Due to their proximity to Phoenix and its environs, the mountains offer a number of outdoor ...
Tutuveni is a prehistoric petroglyph site at the base of Echo Cliffs in Coconino County, Arizona. The Hopi, who have historic interest in this site, refer to it as "Tutuveni" meaning "Newspaper Rock". [1] The site was used by young Hopi men during their ceremonial pilgrimages to Ongtupqa (the Grand Canyon) to mark their passage into adulthood. [2]
In 1891, the monument underwent repairs supervised by Cosmos Mindeleff of the Bureau of American Ethnology, until funds ran out.Proclaimed Casa Grande Reservation on June 22, 1892 by Executive Order 28-A of President Benjamin Harrison, 480 acres around the ruins became the first prehistoric and cultural reserve in the United States. [9]
Some sources say they were found by a man named "Jack" [3] in 1956 [4] (one source says 1952, [2] another 1949 [3]) near the main highway that goes southeast from Apache Junction, Arizona,. in the vicinity of Black Point (33°16'19.86"N by 111°19'38.36"W). Another item found at this site is known as the Latin Heart.
An abandoned charcoal kiln, near Walker, Arizona. Gold was first discovered in the Bradshaws in 1863, over $2,000,000 worth being taken from just the Crown King Mine. [4] Copper and silver were also mined in the early part of the 20th century. Within Mount Union lies the Poland Junction silver mine. [5]
Arizona is known as the Copper State because it produces two-thirds of US copper annually. Laramide copper porphyry deposits are common around Tucson and include the Twin Buttes, Sierrita-Esperanza, Rosemont, Silver Bell and Mission-Pima mines, as well as the historical Ajo mine to the west.
Today, countless ancient ruins can be found in Arizona. Arizona was part of the state of Sonora, Mexico from 1822, but the settled population was small. In 1848, under the terms of the Mexican Cession the United States took possession of Arizona above the Gila River after the Mexican War , and became part of the Territory of New Mexico .
The mountain has two major peaks, Superstition Peak [5] or Peak 5057 (elevation recorded as 5,059 feet (1,542 m) using NAVD 88, but formerly recorded as 5,057 feet (1,541 m) [1]) near Hieroglyphic Canyon and Peak 5024 (5,024 feet (1,531 m)) above Lost Dutchman State Park near a visually prominent feature called the Flatiron. [3]