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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.
It is an independent, constitutionally-mandated office, elected to a four-year term. Arizona is the only state which fills this position through direct election. [1] Arizona has 600 working mines and an estimated 120,000 abandoned mines. [2] Owing to a lack of funding, the department employed just two abandoned-mine supervisors as of 2019. [3]
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.
Silver mining in Arizona was a powerful stimulus for exploration and prospecting in early Arizona. Cumulative silver production through 1981 totaled 490 million troy ounces (15 million kg). [ 1 ] However, only about 10% of Arizona's silver production came from silver mining.
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.
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 in ...
In the year 1884, the camp at Ajo was practically abandoned. Not a soul was in camp when Tom Childs Sr., and his son arrived. With them was Washington Michael Jacobs of Tucson, Arizona... Childs and Jacobs located the mining claim which constituted most of the old Ajo group of mines. They made a permanent camp and worked the mines. [2]
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]