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Vulture Mine was a gold mine which was discovered in 1863. 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 ...
The Vulture Mine was a gold mine and settlement in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The mine began in 1863 and became the most productive gold mine in Arizona history. From 1863 to 1942 A.D., the mine produced 340,000 ounces (9,638.8 kgs) of gold and 260,000 ounces (7,370.9 kgs) of silver. [1] Historically, the mine attracted more than ...
Post office opened: April 11, 1912. Post office closed: May 31, 1941. Ruby is a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. It was founded as a mining town in Bear Valley, originally named Montana Camp, so named because the miners were mining at the foot of Montana Peak.
Rhodes said he used to run Sutter Gold Mine Tours that would specialize in Gold Country mines. He said his business would attract 25,000-30,000 patrons per year, which was his rough estimate for ...
The town of Congress with the mine in the background, c. 1914 The Congress Mine is a gold mine located at the ghost town of Congress, Arizona, on the southeastern slope of the Date Creek Mountains, approximately 18 miles north-northeast of Wickenburg, Arizona, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet (Lat. 34.216 – Long. -122.841).
Oatman, Arizona. Oatman is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Black Mountains of Mohave County, Arizona, United States, at an elevation of 2,710 feet (830 m). In 1915, it began as a small mining camp when two prospectors struck US$10 million (equivalent to $171 million in 2023) in gold, though the vicinity had already been settled for ...
Bagdad, Arizona. Bagdad is a copper mining community and census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, in the western part of the state. It is one of only two remaining company towns in Arizona. The population was 1,876 at the 2010 census, up from 1,578 in 2000.
Gila City was founded on the south bank of the Gila River, 19 miles east of the confluence of the Gila and Colorado rivers.Also known as Ligurta, [1] the town was established as a result of Arizona's first major gold rush, when Colonel Jacob Snively led a party of prospectors to a placer deposit along the Gila River in and around Monitor Gulch, which emerges from the Gila Mountains to the south.