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The word Gila was derived from a Spanish contraction of Hah-quah-sa-eel, a Yuma Indian word meaning "running water which is salty."

Armer- The Armers were early ranchers who lived in the Sierra Ancha foothills below the mountain that was later named for them. A story exists of John Armer once having accused rancher Hooley Bacon of deliberately killing 300 of his cattle. The ensuing fight resulted in Armer striking Bacon in the head with an ax, and Bacon then attempting to drown Armer. Armer eventually signed over his Tin Hat Ranch on Salome Creek to Bacon, to prevent the dispute from going to court. It was a cattle settlement that was listed on the 1895 U.S. Atlas as having a post office, but no railroad or express office. The post office did arrive on March 2, 1884 with Mrs. Lucionda Armer as postmaster. A washed out mining road winds to the top of the 7310 foot peak of Armer Mountain. It’s dense brush, endless dead fall, no trail, cliffs, and uranium mines! Located at latitude: 33.86361-longitude: -110.99611 with an elevation of 4970 ft.

A former surface and underground Mn-W-Fe mine located in sec. 29, T5N, R13E, about 3½ miles SE of Dutchwoman Butte, about 5 miles N of the eastern end of Theodore Roosevelt Lake, and 6 miles N of Roosevelt Creek. It produced in 1953-1954. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 33.7083N, 11.0361W.Mineralization is an irregular ore body comprised of veinlets, seams, masses and blocks of ore hosted in the Dripping Springs Quartzite. The ore zone is 152.4 meters long, 18.29 meters wide, strikes N70W and dips 65NE. Ore control was the contact between limestone and quartzite. Limestone exists south of the mine workings. An associated rock unit is diabase. The ore was mined from shaft workings and a few shallow open cuts. Additional exploratory work consisted of some bulldozer trenching. The workings are 19.81 meters in length and 12.19 meters deep. Assay data: A grab sample contained 9.5% Mn, 3.0% Fe. Map Reference: 33°45'19"N, 111°2'11"W

Phoenix, Jan. 2 -- (AP) -- An Air Force evacuation team reached the wreckage of a C-47 transport plane on a mountainside today and found the mangled bodies of all 28 occupants. FIrst Lieut. Donald C. Humphreys said the bodies definitely were the 19 West Point cadets, four crew members and five other passengers aboard the plane when it disappeared in a storm over central Arizona, Sunday. The plane plowed into 7000-foot Armer Mountain, 65 miles northeast of Phoenix, and exploded."All aboard were killed instantly," Lieutenant Humphreys said."The plane hit, exploded and threw the bodies up the mountain," he said. The first party to reach wreckage consisted of Air Force men, cowboys and two Associated Press correspondents. Some rode horses up the steep, snow-covered mountainside. Others walked. The plane apparently flew straight into the cliff about 100 feet below the crest of the mountain. There was a small burned area on the rocks which probably was the point of impact Scattered pieces of the plane, some only an inch square, were found half a mile distant. Parachutes popped open when the plane crashed. They were cast in ghostly fashion over snow-covered rocks and trees. Bits of uniforms spotted the ground.
The bodies were strewn over the steep mountainside at the base of the cliff. Only one was burned."Some bodies will have to be taken to the morgue for identification from their teeth," Lieutenant Humpreys said, “He estimated it would take two or three days to remove all of the remains. “

Among the first bodies identified were those of Cadet Hilmar G. Manning, 23, son of Mrs. Elinor L. Manning, Richmond, Calif.; the pilot, Maj. Lester Carlson, flying safety officer for the Fourth Air Force; the co-pilot, First Lieut. Walter Boback, 29; and WAF Sgt. Jeane Garafolo, 20, Plainfield, N. J. The party was led up the mountainside by Arnold Johnson, 50-year-old cattle ranch foreman, who yesterday afternoon was the first person to reach the crash scene. Base Camp Set Up.
Eight Air Force officers and men set up a base camp about four miles from the wreckage last night. When the vanguard set out shortly after daybreak, they figured the temperature at the top of Armer Mountain was five degrees below zero.
JOHNSON reported three to four inches of snow covered the ground around the cattered wreckage and bodies.(Meanwhile, the wreckage of an F-51 fighter plane that disappeared Sunday was sighted 42 miles northeast of Tucson, the United Press reported. There were no further details.)

PLANE EXPLODED, BODIES SCATTERED.By Jack Stevenson Associated Press Staff Writer. Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 2 -- (AP) -- We had to crawl on our hands and knees down a mountainside today to reach the bodies of 28 persons who perished in the crash of an Air Force C-47 transport plane. I went with the advance party of an Air Force evacuation team to the summit of Armer Mountain, a 7000-foot peak that juts out of the Sierra Ancha range, 65 miles northeast of Phoenix. First Lieut., Donald C. Humphreys of Coolidge, Ariz., Staff Sgt. John Weis of Pittsburgh and Arnold Johnson, a cowboy who rode horses to the summit. M/Sgt. Raleigh D. Curtis, of Macomb, Ill., T/Sgt. Norman C. Van Tassel of Warsaw, Mo., and I walked. The climb was tough all the way. We struggled over icy rocks in running streams that crisscrossed a cattle trail. One section was so rocky the horses had to be led. Near the summit the tiny streams were frozen. From the crest of the mountain we edged down the face of the cliff on narrow ledges. As we approached the wreckage we had to get down on our hands and knees to make safe progress. We found the first body on a little ledge. It was Halmar G. Minning 23, of Richmond, California. Then we came upon several bodies lying in a group near a piece of fuselage about 5 by 15 feet. All of the bodies were frozen. They were scattered over a wide area. High over the awful scene a trailing parachute drooped from a tree rooted in the cliff. Hunks of ice broke off from the cliff and fell among us as we edged around among the bodies and the wreckage. Pieces of the grey uniforms of the West Point cadets, the blue of the Air Force men and the olive drab of the only woman aboard -- a WAF sergeant -- splotched the mountainside. Personal effects and equipment were scattered all over. Sergeant WEIS, a paratrooper who has been on many rescue and evacuation missions said, "This is the worst I ever saw."It took us 50 minutes of puffing to get to the top. We came down in about 30 minutes. On the way down we met the first element of the evacuation team from Williams Air Force Base. Arnold Johnson and other cowboys are going to try to build a trail down the cliff so horses can get to the crash scene and the bodies can be packed out. Latitude: 33.82088- Longitude: -111.010953

Bellevue- which left behind footprints of mill foundations and mining equipment. Bellevue's post office was established July 30, 1906 with Edward P. Whalen as postmaster and discontinued April 7, 1927. Bellevue had at one time over 300 residents. Bellevue's mainstay was the Gibson Copper Mine and was located just above and west of the mine. Bellevue had a boardinghouse, general store, stage line, and of course, the post office. Today, only ruins of the mine remain, eight miles south of Globe.

Cole and Goodwin Mine (Sulfite Mine; Sulfite property; Arizona-Globe Copper Mine; Cole and Gibson property; Little Miami Mine), Lyons Canyon, Pinal Ranch, Pinal Ranch quadrangle, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

A former underground Cu-Pb-Au-Ag mine located in the center sec. 34, T1S, R14E (Pinal Ranch 7.5 minute topo map), 2½ miles SSE of the Gibson Mine, 5 miles W of Signal Peak, N side of Lyons Canyon, about 8 miles SW of Globe, and 2 miles E of the Gila/Pinal County line, on National Forest land. It produced 1908-1940. Operators included the Cole Development Co.; the Arizona Globe Copper Co.; and, P.J. Hickey. Additional names which apply to this property: Arizona-Globe Copper property; Little Miami Copper Co. property. Mineralization is a deposit hosted in Algonkian (Precambrian) Pinal Schist. The deposit is a short, irregular shoot of vein matter formed by replacement of sheared sericite-schist in fracture breccia. The ore zone strikes N48E and dips 40-45NW. Variable widths were reported but average was 2-4 feet. The shear zone seems to be parallel in strike with the bedding of the schist but is probably slightly discordant in dip. Toward the SW, the ore shoot ends at a small offset in the shear zone which probably is caused by a minor pre-mineral cross fault. The offset segment is but slightly mineralized. Mineralization includes unspecified copper carbonates. Mineralization is associated with the regional NE-trending fracture system and NE granitic intrusives, both early Tertiary in probable age. Area structures include NE-trending shears and Schultze. Granite dikes throughout the area. Precambrian Madera Diorite outcrops ½ mile E of the mine. The shear zone is parallel to the schist bedding-foliation, but has discordant dip to the SW. The ore ends in a minor pre-mineral cross fault. The offset segment is only slightly mineralized. Granite dikes parallel to the shear zone both ½ mile N and ½ mile S. Workings include an inclined shaft said to be 480 feet deep with 700 feet of lateral development in 1919. Two or three drifts and some surface tunnels in 1915. Production was reported at 50,263 pounds of Cu (1908), and in 1939-1940 shipments of a few hundred tons of ore that yielded 32,000 pounds of Cu and 380 oz. Ag.33°17'56"N-, 110°55'39"W

A Cu-Ag-Au mine located on 16 patented and 53 unpatented claims in 1972, in the W½ (SE¼NW¼) sec. 21, T1S, R14E (Pinal Ranch 7.5 minute topo map), at the Bellevue town site, ¼ mile W of Pinto Creek, 1 mile ENE of Lost Horse Spring, 2 miles ESE of Five Point Mountain, about 3 miles SE of Top of the World, and about 1½ miles E of the Pinal County line, on private land. Main production period was 1906-1918 but it produced 1903-1975. It was owned successively by S.L. Gibson, Gibson Copper Co., Summit Copper Co., and the Gibson Consolidated Copper Co. Operated by Geoprocess Co Inc., and the Arizona Gold and Silver Co. (1972). Other operators included: Gibson Consolidated Copper Co.(main producer); the Bellevue Copper Co.; the Pasquale Copper Co.; A.P. Peake and H.E. Bierce (1917); Kuno Mines Co.; Summit Copper Mines; Miller and Keyes (1929); Ben Henderson; Ray Patterson; Rose Finley; Tadich and Hayman; Sultan and Wayne; Elton Clark; and, Louise Keuhne. Mineralization is several (3) veins hosted in Pinal Schist, that crop out on the Gibson property, the most prominent of which are the Summit vein and the Pasquale vein. The three lenticular shoots are separated by intervals in which vein fracture is obscure and practically barren of ore minerals. Ore control was also rolls and folds in veins favorable for deposition. The outcrops of these 2 veins are roughly

parallel and have general strikes about N25E and dip 35 to 55NW. The Summit vein

dip detail is very irregular. Rolls in the vein were favorable for ore deposition. The Pasquale vein dips N35W, is more linear; with a fault zone 3-10 feet wide. The ore zone is 3.05 meters wide. They are about 300 feet apart just south of the mine dumps. A third vein, known as the Intermediate vein, is between the 2 main veins. The mineralization was associated with a Schultze Granite intrusion, 1 to ½ miles N, NW and W. The Pasquale vein is not conformable to the bedding of the schist. The Summit vein is closely conformable. An associated rock unit is granite. Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals. Workings total four inclined shafts, one vertical shaft, 6 levels with raises and stopes. The main shaft is on the Summit vein. Workings include an inclined shaft on the Summit vein and 6 principal levels. Level 6 is about 430 feet in vertical depth below the shaft collar. A vertical shaft also connects all of the levels. This shaft intersects the Pasquale, Intermediate and Summit veins at depths of 125, 260 & 525 feet, respectively, below the collar. The workings total 3048 meters in length and 152.4 meters in depth. Production was some 12,500,000 pounds of copper and 3,500 oz. silver, valued at about $2,177,000 (period values). Map Reference: 33°20'3"N, 110°56'30"W

Besh-Ba-Gowah Pueblo Ruins- The name is an Apache name which means “Metal camp:.Besh-Ba-Gowah Pueblo Ruins had about 200 rooms, and of these about 250 were ground floor rooms. Precise numbers are impossible due to modern destruction of sections. Entrance to the pueblo was via a long narrow ground level corridor covered by the second level. The corridor opened onto the main plaza. This may have had defensive purpose- It is one and one half milles south of downtown Globe on Jess Hayes Road. - Latitude-33.3825- Longitude-110.77178.

Black Warrior- A mine located by Silas Tidwell, four miles northwest of Globe. Their post office came on August 26, 1899 with David A. Abrams as postmaster.

A former underground Cu-Ag-Mn mine located in S side of Webster Gulch, 2 miles ESE of Camelback Mountain, 100 meters N of the Inspiration town site. It produced 1895-1919. Claims extend into S½ sec. 14. The USBM section location is incorrect. The Geneva Mine is at the East end of the workings, near the intersection of the Warrior Fault Zone with the Miami Fault. Inspiration Copper bought all holdings in 1920. Previous operators included Warrior Development Company; Southwestern Leasing and Development; and, Fiske and Snell. Additional names which apply to this locality: Warrior Copper Co.; Geneva Mine. Mineralization is various tabular deposits hosted in the Pinal Schist and in tuffaceous conglomerate, with average widths from 15 to 30 feet. Ore control was the fault zone in associated breccia and in hanging wall tuffaceous Whitetail Conglomerate. This deposit is located along the Warrior fault zone. Mineralization is associated with Early Tertiary Schultze Granite intrusives throughout the district. The ore occurred in tuffaceous conglomerate on the hanging wall side of a fault that strikes east and dips steeply southward. The fault, which has no more than 50 feet of displacement, drops the tuffaceous beds into contact with schist on the north, or footwall, side. The tuffaceous conglomerate is about 50 feet thick and rests on an uneven erosion surface of shattered Pinal schist. It is overlain by the black vitrophyre at the base of the massive dacite sheet. Ramsome (1903, pp. 153-156) described the ore as resulting from metasomatic replacement of dacite tuff by chrysocolla in which all gradations may be traced from solid chrysocolla resulting from almost complete replacement to tuff showing mere traces of copper minerals or none at all. The ore body was a flat, blanket-like mass lying at or near the base of the tuffaceous beds. Mine maps indicate that the ore occurred in a narrow, down-dropped block of tuffaceous conglomerate and dacite breccia between two parallel fractures of the Warrior fault zone. The best ore occurred in the lower part of this narrow graben, which is of tuffaceous conglomerate 15 to 30 feet wide that has been dropped about 50 feet between walls of schist. The base of the ore body was the irregular surface of the schist on which the conglomerate had been deposited. Upward, the grade of the ore decreases gradually, the ore pinching out 60 to 130 feet above the base of the conglomerate. In the upper part of the ore body, dacite forms the hanging wall on the south side, and schist the footwall. This interval probably represents a normal contact along which the dacite abuts a steep cliff on the old land surface possibly formed by the fault scarp. Workings include tunnels driven in an E-W direction; the longest being over 100 feet. Shorter levels are at 40 and 80 feet above the main level and 50 and 130 feet below the main level. ABGMT-USBM production data includes the Geneva Mine. Map Reference: 33°24'50"N, 110°53'2"W

A major Cu-Mn-Au-Ag-Pb mining area located in the northern foothills of the Pinal Mountains and the Globe Hills, about 90 road miles east of Phoenix. It is almost entirely within the Inspiration and Globe quadrangles and comprises the Miami-Inspiration sub-district in its western side and the Globe Hills sub-district on its eastern side. The topography is fairly rugged and the altitude ranges from 3,400 feet at Miami to 5,060 feet on Needle Mountain near the southern edge of the Inspiration quadrangle. The oldest rock of the region is the Pinal Schist, a complex of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks of early Precambrian age. Also of Precambrian age, but much younger than the Pinal Schist, and separated from it by a major unconformity, are rocks of the Apache group. Widespread igneous intrusions occurred during the interval between the Pennsylvanian epoch and the deposition of the Tertiary Whitetail conglomerate. A thick flow of dacite younger than the Whitetail conglomerate covered the entire region. In later Tertiary and Quaternary time the Gila conglomerate was deposited by great coalescing alluvial fans and stream deposits filling valleys and spreading more thinly over much of the higher parts of the region All of the rocks of the district are cut by a complex pattern of faults, described by Ransome (1903) as "regional brecciation." The deformation of the rocks by faulting appears to have been continuous from Precambrian time until after deposition of the Gila conglomerate, when many of the largest displacements of the rocks occur. Great volumes of diabase magma were intruded into the earlier rocks probably during Mesozoic time. The diabase forced its way between beds of sedimentary rock as sills and occupied many of the faults. Great blocks of strata, particularly those of Precambrian and Cambrian age, were pushed apart and in places completely enveloped in diabase. Several other intrusions of igneous rocks, ranging from granodorite to quartz monzonite, took place probably during late Mesozoic and early Tertiary time. The latest of these is the mass of Schultze granite, which underlies the southern part of the district, and numerous smaller bodies of granite porphyry which may be offshoots of the main Schultze granite mass. The mineralization of the district is most nearly contemporaneous with the Schultze granite and the granite porphyry and is probably genetically related to them. This district is known mainly for its large disseminated copper deposits and the copper-bearing veins of the Old Dominion system. The lead and zinc deposits of the district are small and are mainly near the outer limits of the mineralized area related to the Old Dominion vein system. The value of past production of Pb-Zn (circa 1950) was probably not in excess of $250,000 (period values). As of 1950 the total past and future production of metals from these deposits was estimated to exceed-$1,000,000,000.

Bremen Saw Mill- M.W. Bremen began operating a saw mill in the Pinal Mountains in 1879. Very interesting 4 pp. letter dated lined Globe City, Arizona Territory, Feb 11 1881, from G. L. Daily, a sawmill worker, to his friend, Levi Rodbourn, Breesport, New York, with original postal cover bearing three 1c stamps postmarked Globe, Ariz., Feb 12 (1881). The letter, which discusses the Mojave Desert, hardships of the miners in Arizona and stays out of saloons, where he might be killed, reads, in part, as follows, "I travelled over a good deal of California after I wrote you and am finally settled here in A.T. [Arizona Territory] about 1,200 miles from the peaceful little hamlet of Kelseyville [California?] and I must say as many miles from civilization. Perhaps you have not got a good idea of the exact state of affairs in this Territory and from the fear you haven't, I will tell you something of them. In the first place, after you leave Los Angeles about 100 [miles] behind, you strike what is called the Mojave Desert & you will strike it in San Bernadino Co. in Cal. and of all the hard looking places I ever saw, she is the hardest and you will see no change when you get out of the [railroad] cars at Casa Grande (Big House). Globe City is about 120 miles north-east of Casa Grande, and travel is principally by stage between the two places. Then you have to ride over the same desert in a wagon and the dust just 'biles,' which if you will listen to my gentle voice is double geared lighting on anybody. You have an idea Arizona is noted for minerals, so it is outside of itself, but inside itself it is far more noted for Apaches & cactus, either or both of which, are very plentiful. There are no mines here, i.e. comparatively speaking 1,000 stamps [talking about ore mills] will cover every stamp in the Terr., I think, and of these there are not 200 that run regularly and if every stamp in A.T. run regularly there is to speak without exaggeration 10 men for every stamp, so you will see how very difficult it is to get anything to do [workwise]. You can see miners old and experienced here, principally from Virginia City [Colorado Territory], but from everywhere else also, who can get not one day's work to do at any price. The streets of every place here are full of idle men looking for something to do. It is estimated that there are 800 idle men in Tombstone [Arizona Territory] alone, and here you must also know there are only two mines that amount to anything, viz. the Continental & the Centennial. You will see by see by this that it is very difficult to get anything to do, but as usual I am among the lucky ones. I am at work at Bremen Saw Mill about 8 miles south of Globe in what is called Pinal (Pine) Mountain. Am not making much, however. They only pay three $ per day here for common labor, but even at that rate I shall soon be able to get out of here and, and if you ever hear of my being here any more, you can call be a great big noodler [procrastinator]. That's all. I don't carry any six shooter or Bowie knife, but I suppose I ought to as everybody else does. But I am not afraid of being killed, as long as I keep out of saloons and if I go there I ought to be killed and in all probability would be, if not by a pistol or a knife, why by a certain villainous compound which they keep there for sale, which usually goes in this the Country by the name of 'licker.' ... [signed] G. L. Daily

A former underground Cu-Au-Ag mine. It was discovered 1880 and produced 1932-1940. Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in the Payson Diorite. It is a wide gold-quartz vein. Area structures include immediately east of a major NW-trending fault, overlying sediments strike N20W and dip 10N. Paleozoic sandstone overlies Precambrian igneous rocks, and is found on the hanging wall of the mineralized vein.

Camp Reno-This area was occupied by the United States Army from 1867-1870.Their mission was to check on the Apaches. About 3 miles to the east is an old wash this is where the soldiers battled the Apaches in the battle of Big Dry Wash 1868. On March 7, the paymaster’s clerk, en route from Camp Reno to Camp McDowell with an escort of thirteen soldiers was wounded and one of the escorts killed.

A former surface and underground Cu-Au-Ag-Mo-Rh-Fluorspar-Baryte-gemstone mine located initially on 8 patented claims, and subsequently on 37 claims, on Porphyry Mountain, in the W½ sec. 20 (and sec. 27 per MRDS), T1N, R14E (Inspiration 7.5 minute topo map), 5 miles W of Miami, on private land. It was discovered in 1881 with production beginning in 1943. The mine closed December, 1953. Additional ore body underlying South Hill explored 1945-1946. Overburden removal commenced 1948. It was owned by the Magma Copper Co. (1991). Claims were held by Castle Dome Development Co. from 1915-1924. The property was acquired by Pinto Valley Co. through merger in 1924. Pinto Valley acquired adjacent property bringing the total number of claims at Porphyry Mountain to 37. The property sold to Miami Copper Co. in 1940, which incorporated it as Castle Dome Copper Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Miami. Mineralization is a disseminated copper porphyry deposit hosted in Lost Gulch Quartz Monzonite. The ore body was massive at 1460 meters long, 760 meters wide, and 335 meters thick, with a depth-to-top of 30 meters. It strikes N75E and dips 85S. Ore control was closely spaced, nearly parallel fractures striking N75E and dipping steeply south. Mineralization was stronger in the diabase sill and quartz monzonite adjacent sill. Ore concentration was a single hydrothermal event of short duration, oxidation, and supergene enrichment. Alteration was hydrothermal: weak propylitic, clay, quartz-sericite. The alteration phases are distinctly zoned, silicification. Turquoise was produced from the oxidized part of the deposit. Hypogene mineralization was confined principally to the quartz monzonite. Massive chalcopyrite is associated with the diabase sills. Area structures include a NNW-trending horst of quartz monzonite and the Dome and Gold Gulch Fault systems. Workings include an open pit - it mined the top of Porphyry Mountain. Early development was by means of shafts and tunnels which have been subhumed by pit operations. In 1990, in-situ and dump leach operations were conducted. Workings were 1828.8 meters in length and 914.4 meters wide. Production during the 10½ year life of the mine was fairly constant at 50 million pounds Cu per year. Total production was 514,390,317 pounds Cu, 8,291 oz. Au, 554,138 oz. Ag, obtained from 41,442,617 tons of ore. Map Reference: 33°24'28"N, 110°57'17"W

Catalpa- It is located three miles southeast of Armer on Medler Wash. Their post office arrived in 1880.

Chilito- Chilito's post office was established June 11, 1913 and discontinued July 15, 1918. Worked by the London-Arizona Copper Company, the copper mines responsible for Chilito were in production through the 1920's. The town had a total population of about 200 people during its heyday. Once the mines shut down, ranchers took over some of the building at the town site. . A few original buildings remain. The 79 Mine Chilito (79 Mine) for example had a hotel and a dining hall.
Latitude: 33.06667: Longitude: -110.79639

A former surface and underground Cu-silica-Mo-Ag-Au mine located on 20 claims in the SW¼ sec. 22, T4S, R15E (Hayden 7.5 minute topo map), 1 km N80W of the New Year Mine, 4.5 miles N of Hayden, on National Forest land. Jake Schneider discovered the mine in 1885 and by 1962 it was closed. Claims extend into secs. 23, 26 & 27. Operators included Mr. Gordon Wainwright; Chillito; Murray; Gila Canyon Consolidated; and Mr. George B. Chittenden. Additional names which apply to this property: Gila Canyon Copper Co. claims; Claim MS 4680. Mineralization is a replacement deposit hosted in Apache group rocks (granite & diabase) and the Dripping Springs Quartzite. Sulfide ore was found in discontinuous replacement bodies. Ore control was Apache group sediments adjacent to stock. Alteration involved epidote-chlorite-clay-magnetite in diabase and quartz-sericite in other rocks also biotite and carbonate minerals. Associated rock units include diroite and rhyodacite. The diorite stock is 3800 feet by 1000 feet. Workings include an open pit (1975), and an 1800 foot (548.64 meters) long tunnel. Production used as silica flux for the smelter at Hayden. Ore assay data: 0.01-0.03% Mo, 0.1-0.8% Cu. Map Reference: 33°4'0"N, 110°47'46"W

A former underground Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-Au-Mo-Sb-V-Fe mine located in the SE¼ sec. 21 and sec. 28, T4S, R15E (Hayden 7.5 minute topo map), about 1½ miles W of Chilito ghost town, 4.5 miles NNW of Hayden, 2 miles NW of Toronado Peak, on federal land. Mike and Pat O'Brien discovered the mine in 1879. It was purchased 1921 by Continental Commission Co.; purchased May, 1922 by the Seventy-Nine Mining Co. and reconveyed back to the Continental Commission Co. (1919-1922, 1923-1926) after litigation. It was sold at public auction in 1926. It reopened 1928 by the Seventy-Nine Lead-Copper Co. Closed in January, 1938 due to declining metal prices. It reopened in 1940 by the Shattuck-Denn Mining Corp. until 1949, then acquired by Callahan Zinc-Lead Company, Inc. in 1950. Previous owners also included Grisson Mines with some production until 1951. It was owned by the ACM Corp. (1967). They mined for specimens until the late 1990's by John Mediz, Copper City Rock Shop, and others, when mud slides from an El Niño episode intruded into the workings, subsequently reopened for specimens. As of 1992, site is closed to collectors. Mineralization is deposit with an ore zone 335.28 meters long, 12.19 meters wide, with a depth-to-top of 0 meters, a depth-to-bottom of 152.4 meters, and 15.24 meters thick, striking N75E and dipping 40S. The deposit is hosted in limestone and rhyolite. Associated rock units are diorite and rhyolite. The mineralization occurs in fractures or broken, thin calcareous shale. Six bedded zones were mine: Galena, Sphalerite, Ppyrite, and quartz in replacement bodies in shattered, alternating thin bedded shale and impure limestone, all members of the Naco formation and as small discontinuous vein replacements in fractured and brecciated parts of a prominent rhyolite porphyry dike. The oldest rock exposed in the area is the Younger Precambrian Mescal formation of the Apache group. It rests upon intrusive diabase and consists of approximately 50 feet of limestone with 90 feet of overlying sandy beds. Above the Mescal are the Middle Cambrain Troy quartzite, approximately 400 feet thick, succeeded by 225 feet of undifferentiated shale and quartzite, probably Middle Cambrian; Upper Devonian Martin limestone, consisting of thin beds with some shale, 250 to 328 feet thick; Lower Mississippian Escabrosa limestone, a massive cliff-former, 440 to 581 feet thick; and Lower Pennsylvanian Naco limestone, thin-bedded and cherty, 385 to more than 1,000 feet thick. This entire section appears to be conformable, although separated by at least three disconformities.

Intruded into the Mescal and the lower portion of the Troy are bodies of diabase with a maximum thickness of some 400 feet in outcrops; the total thickness of the diabase is unknown, as its lower contact is not exposed. The age of the diabase at Superior was determined as post-Middle Cambrian and pre-Upper Devonian (Short & others).An extensive development of basic igneous material occurs near this mine and is expressed in the 79 Mine area by local basalt-porphyry sills (?) and plugs and andesitic and dacitic porphyry sills. Presumably during the Cretaceous-Tertiary (Laramide) interval, this region was subjected to deformation, accompanied in its later stages by intrusion of acidic dikes, sills, and plugs probably apophyses of the Central Arizona batholith. The linear northwestward trend of the Dripping Spring Mountains reflects systematic structural deformation. A cross section (Ransome's) indicates the mountain range to be a complexly faulted anticline. Throughout the 79 area on the southwestern flank of the range, the pre-Tertiary strata dip about 15º southward, with local variations in tilted fault blocks. Compressional stresses are evidenced by bedding plane faults and by a thrust fault exposed north of Tam O'Shanter Peak, 1½ miles north.

The steeply-dipping faults of the 79 area may be classified as of pre-ore and post-ore ages. Those of the earlier group were important in localizing mineral deposition. Some of the post-ore faults displaced ore bodies, and others influenced topography. The known ore bodies of the 79 Mine occur as replacements in thin-bedded Naco limestone and as small discontinuous vein-replacements in the North dike of rhyolite porphyry. Ore deposition closely followed the pre-mineral faulting and may have begun before it entirely ceased. The mineralization is regarded as of Laramide (late Cretaceous and early Tertiary) age. The several ore bodies are: The Discovery, marked by string gossan; the Massive Pyrite ore body; and, discontinuous vein-replacement ore bodies associated with the North dike of rhyolite porphyry, collectively termed the dike ore bodies. Workings totaled 3048 meters in length and achieved a depth of 137.16 meters. Principal development is a shaft 450 feet deep on the massive pyrite ore body; there is also a short exploratory shaft and a winze of 155 feet depth. Total production was valued between $3-4 million (period values). Map Reference: 33°3'52"N.- 110°48'48"W

Christmas- Christmas is at the southern tip of the Dripping Springs Mountains. Originally located in the Copper Springs Mountains in 1878, and 1882, the two claims responsible for the town of Christmas were thought duds. One was the mine of Bill Tweed and Dennis O'Brien in 1878 and the other by Dr. James Douglas in 1882. It was a mining town, founded in 1902 when a prospector named George Chittenden petitioned President Theodore Roosevelt to redraw the boundaries of the Apache reservation so this mine would be outside of reservation property.. On Christmas Eve, Chittenden got the news that the president had issued an executive order doing just that. Chittenden staked his claim Christmas Day and named the town after that important day. Before long, Christmas found the town's post office busy sending out mail from around the county with a Christmas post office seal. The town had a dairy, meat market, barbershop, general store, Catholic Church and a school and was home, to some one thousand people. Copper was king, bringing in as much as $41.80 a pound (it’s around $2 now). The town even had real electricity, at least for an hour, every other day. The Christmas mine was making it all happen and producing 500 million pounds of ore during its lifetime Christmas' post office was established June 17, 1905 with William Swingle as post master and discontinued March 30, 1935. Of course the post office was always a popular place this time of year when people from all over the United States would send their Christmas cards to get postmarked from Christmas, Arizona. The post office closed in 1935. But even until the 1950s, mail would still come looking for that holiday postmark. Of course it just got hauled to the town of Winkleman. Christmas is at the end of the Winkelman branch of the Arizona-Eastern Railroad. It is just North of Winkelman on the West side of AZ 77. Lat: 33.0622863, Long: -110.7426052.

A former surface and underground Cu-Au-Ag-Mo-Bi-Pb-Zn-Be-W mine with garnet abrasive, wollastonite and iron, located in the NW¼ sec. 29 & in sec. 30, T4S, R16E, 8 miles N of Winkleman, 22 miles S of Globe, on federal land. This mine is located at Christmas (head -frame hamlet) near Hayden, AZ (8 miles North of Winkleman and 22 miles South of Globe). Previous operators included Anaconda Co.; Christmas Copper Co.; the Columbia Mining & Milling Co.; and the Riviera Mines Co. Previous owners include the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co. Owned and operated by the Cyprus Christmas Mining Co. (1988). NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 32.9986N, 110.7661W.This property was located in 1880 by Messrs. Dennis O'Brien and William Tweed. The claims were relocated in 1902 by G.B. Chittenden. Serious mining started about 1905. The workings go to the 908 foot level but the deposits were drilled deeper. There were 5 shafts including the No. 3 (main shaft) (verticle, 3-compartment to the 908 foot level), the Hackberry shaft, the Christmas shaft, the No. 4 shaft, plus one additional shaft. The initial claims proved to be on the San Carlos Indian Reservation and were declared invalid. In December, 1902, that portion of the reservation was restored to public domain by executive order and the claims were relocated on Christmas evening by Mr. G.B. Chittenden, hence the name. The mine was later owned by the Inspiration Copper Co. until its closure in January, 1982.The mineral deposits are in a thick series of gently dipping Paleozoic limestones (Naco Limestone; Escabrosa Limestone and the Martin Limestone) that range from Devonian to Permian (?). Overlying the limestones with only slight discordance is a thick sequence of Cretaceous (?) volcanic rocks, mainly andesitic tuffs, breccias, and flows. A small quartz diorite stock has been intruded into the limestones and volcanic rocks. The Christmas fault cuts northwestward through the limestones, lavas, and the quartz diorite intrusive. The eastern part has been depressed, bringing the lavas in contact with the limestones, which crop out west of the fault. The mineral deposits are contact metamorphic or pyrometasomatic type. The mineralized zones extend to the surface, where there was an open pit mine as well. The ore zone is 1524 meters long, 822.96 meters wide, with a depth-to-top of 15 meters, depth-to-bottom of 655.32 meters, at 24.38 meters thick. Area structures include the Christmas-Joker Fault zone 7.5 miles long and 100 feet wide, striking NW and other cross-cutting fractures. Ore control was a limestone-diorite contact, favorable limestone beds, garnetized areas, and fractures in garnet-rich zones. Ore concentration was pyrometasomatic replacement of limestone with some oxidation on fractures. Alteration was hydrothermal with epidotization, silicification, propylitic, K-silicate, quartz-sericite-chlorite, oxidation, and carbonatization. Dimensions of the quartz diorite stock are approximately 1500 by 3000 feet elongated in a N60E direction. The deposit is zoned with a pyrite-chalcopyrite core, a chalcopyrite-bornite intermediate zone, and a pyrrhotite-sphalerite-chalcopyrite margin. The main mineralization is in limestone and contact area, but lesser mineralization is present in the diorite and andesite. Past production was mainly from ore bodies in the Naco limestone of Pennsylvanian and Permian (?) age. A few small ore bodies have been mined from the Escabrosa limestone of Mississippian age. The ore in the Naco occurs in flat, tabular bodies which are replacements of certain favorable limestone beds close to their contact with the quartz diorite. The ore is confined to eleven distinct beds, which are consistently mineralized wherever they occur in favorable relationship to the contact. They constitute a zone about 425 feet thick of interbedded lime stones and shale. The deposits in the Excabrosa are thick, irregular bodies that lie against the contact. Workings total 1066 meters long, 762 meters wide and 487.68 meters deep. Developments include 6 shafts with levels every 100 feet down to the 900 foot level. The 1600 foot level extends to the adjacent McDonald shaft. Dimensions estimated from mine map. Open pit, and cut and fill mining.Total production is unclear; however, available statistics indicate a total of about 55,340,000 pounds of copper (1905 to the end of 1943), plus $160,000 of gold and $150,000 of silver (period values). 1905-1914 production not included in ABGMT-USBM file data. Ore analysis: 0.005 oz/t Au, 0.23 oz/t Ag, 2.04% Cu, 33.2% Si, 1.7% Al, 3.6% S, 12.8%

Chrysotile-Chrysotile's post office came in on June 27, 1916 with Nels A Nelron as postmaster. It discontinued in1933. Asbestos was the mainstay of the Chysotile Mine located in Ash Creek. Chysotile took its name from the type of asbestos mined here and used in the building of Hoover dam in Nevada. The town had its own power plant and about 150 residents along with tents and stone houses, a store, blacksmith shop and their power plant and employed about 170 men to mine the deposits in the canyon walls. Today, some people still live here and there is some current mining activity but few of the original buildings. Chrysotile is now private property with a caretaker about 3.5 miles off SR 60. Six mining buildings still standing, one modern building. Very large tailings pile, many mines in the area.

A former surface and underground asbestos mine located in sec. 32, T4+N, R17E, about 3¼ miles WNW of Chrysotile, on National Forest land. Claims extend into sec. 29. It was owned by the Cibeque Mining Co. of Arizona (1956). NOTE: MRDS file #10027392 seemingly confuses this locality with another (Old Locke Mine). That file presents an apparent erroneous relative position for the deposit to the town of Chrysotile (1¼ miles W versus about 3¼ miles measured from topo maps. Further, it places the locality in the Sierra Ancha District when the actual location is nowhere near that district or its mountains. Mineralization is a linear ore body hosted in the Mescal Limestone. The Mescal Limestone, which lies between two quartzite formations, has been intruded by several diabase sills of variable thickness, which sometimes split and occasionally includes isolated masses of limestone. Because of the irregularity of the intrusions the limestone beds exhibit variable attitudes from essentially flat lying to dips of 30 degrees. Assay data: 1 to 2 inch, harsh to soft asbestos fiber. Map Reference: 33°44'27"N, 110°34'59"W

The word Chrysolite covers brilliant stones, olivine and peridot both gems that came from this mine. Olivine is reported to constitute a major part of the Earth's core and it has been found in meteorites.

Claypool/Inspiration Town - Small mining camp about 4 miles northwest of Globe on Miami branch railroad. It was named for Senator W.D. Claypool. The post office was established on July 21, 1917, Frank E. Hall, Post Master. It was discontinued on February 15, 1933. This settlement was developed by and named for Senator W.D. Claypool. The post office application notes that it was also called Inspiration Town site. Latitude: 33.41167- : Longitude: -110.84194.

A former underground Pb-Cu-Ag-Au-Zn mine located on 1 claim in the center S½S½ sec. 12, T1N, R14E, 4,000 feet SW of the Copper Cities Mine and about 2½ miles NW of Claypool, on federal land. It was operated about 1913 by the Louis d'Or Gold Mining Co. It was operated by Fallgren and Libby (1933) and closed 1933.Mineralization is a replacement deposit with an irregular ore body.
This claim is located near the south contact of the Lost Gulch Quartz Monzonite mass. The deposit was a small ore shoot along a minor fissure between two tongues of quartz monzonite projecting southward from the main mass in the adjacent Pinal Schist. The fissure strikes N70E and dips 80S. Its trace is apparent only where it crosses the schist and a narrow diabase dike intruded along the east contact. The schist in this area is intricately intruded by fine-grained rocks of the Precambrian diorite complex. The ore shoot was approximately 3 to 4 feet wide based on the width of the stopes. Vein matter consisted mainly of quartz containing irregular stringers and small masses of galena and sphalerite and very minor amounts of chalcopyrite and euhedral pyrite. The quartz is generally fine-grained and stony but contains numerous drusy cavities and partly replaced fragments of country rock. The vein is clearly a replacement of the schist and dioritic rocks along a narrow breccia zone. Workings include an adit driven along the fissure from a gulch at the west end, and total 30.48 meters in length and 22.86 meters in depth. No records of the production of metals or grade of ore are available. The total ore mined was less than 2500 tons. Map Reference: 33°26'14"N, 110°52'50"W.

A former underground Cu-asbestos mine/occurrence located in sec. 12, T1N, R14E, about 1½ air miles N of the Inspiration Mine and 2½ air miles NW of Claypool. Mineralization is chrysotile hosted in limestone. Map Reference: 33°25'46"N, 110°52'50"W.

A former placer gold mine located in the SE¼ sec. 17, T1N, R15E, about 1 mile N of Claypool, on land of mixed status. Map Reference: 33°25'29"N, 110°50'49"W

A former surface and underground Cu-Au-Ag mine located on 2 unpatented claims in the center E½ sec. 18, T1N, R15E, about 1 mile NE of Moonshine Hill, about 1¾ miles NNW of Claypool, on private land. It was discovered in 1878. It produced from 1878-1937 and was previously owned by Frank Thompson (1916), It was, at one time, owned by the Show Me Copper Co. Owned by Mr. J.W. Strode (1949). Operated by the Amico Mining Corp. (Anaconda) (1947).Mineralization is two parallel veins in fissure zones, hosted in Precambrian Pinal Schist. The ore zone is 91.44 meters long, 3.66 meters wide, strikes NE and dips vertically. An associated rock unit is the Lost Gulch Quartz Monzonite. Ore control was a NE-trending fault zone - the Miami Fault, and veins in schist directly west of the fault, where Lost Gulch Quartz Monzonite intrudes into the Pinal Schist. Workings include shafts, drifts and tunnels (1881) totaling 609.6 meters in length and 53.34 meters deep. The tunnel was 1000 feet in length as well as 3 winzes and a shaft extending down from the tunnel. At one time there was also a small pit. A 10-stamp mill was erected on the property. ABGMT-USBM production data only includes the period of the 1930's; they do not include the period 1878-1900, when the major product was gold. No production reported during the period 1901-1934. Map Reference: 33°25'51"N, 110°51'47"W

A former underground Au-Ag-Cu-Pb mine located in the NE¼ sec. 13, T1N, R14E, about 2¼ air miles WNW of Claypool, and about 1¼ miles N of the Inspiration Mine, in the manganese-bearing vein area near Globe, on National Forest land. Owned by the Tomboy Gold and Copper Co. of Arizona (1920).Veins in this group contained native gold and silver. Map Reference: 33°25'59"N, 110°52'45"W

Cline- A cattle town with a post office that came in on November 25, 1891 with Mrs. Ella E Webb as postmaster and named for a cattle rancher.

Coon Creek- The Coon Creek cliff dwelling had nine ground floors and possibly two second-story rooms when it was built 700 years ago. Because of the rich red color of the cliff the ruin was built against, the dwelling is sometimes called the Hematite House.

Copper Hill- Copper Hill's post office was established June 18, 1908 and discontinued February 15, 1933. Copper Hill once had 500 residents serving nearby mines. Copper Hill had a school, hospital, stores, boardinghouses, offices, and more. The depression marked the end of this town and today all that remains are foundations. It's proximity to Globe probably accounts for the amount left of the town. It is located three miles north of Globe.

A former surface Mn mine located on 2 unpatented claims in the NW¼NW¼ sec. 10, T1N, R15E, about 1 mile NW of Black Peak and 1 mile N of the Copper Hill ghost town site, on private land. It produced from 1953-1954. Claims held by F.A. Sitton (1954). Owned by Mr. D. N. Spencer (1961).Mineralization is an irregular ore body 1.52 meters wide, striking N60E and dipping NW. Manganese mineralization occurs in places along two fracture zones cutting diabase. Workings include several small open cuts, totaling 76.2 meters in length overall. Map Reference: 33°27'7"N - 110°46'20"W

A Mn occurrence located in sec. 3, T1N, R15E, about 2 miles NNE of the Copper Hill ghost town, N of Globe. Map Reference: 33°27'45"N, 110°45'55"W

A former surface and underground Cu-Ag-U-silica mine located in sec. 15, T1N, R15E, about 1 mile S of Copper Hill and about 1.4 miles N of Central Heights (?). Claims extend into sec. 14. Other claims lie in the NE¼ sec. 15. Owned by Kesson and Kesson(1991). Additional names which apply to this property: Black Hawk patented claim MS 524; Arizona Commercial property; Eureka patented claim MS 2593.The Arizona Commercial Copper Co. was incorporated in January, 1905 to develop 2 small groups of claims on the northwestward extension of the Old Dominion vein - the Copper Hill group and the Eureka group, forming the consolidated Arizona Commercial Mine. A group of claims comprised of the Copper Hill claim and 3 fractional claims, covering the outcrop of the Old Dominion vein from the United Globe property to the Budget fault. It was originally owned by the Arizona Commercial Co. This mine develops a segment of the Old Dominion vein west of the Budget fault and also a short segment of the Iron Cap vein that is generally considered to be the continuation of the Old Dominion vein east of the Budget fault. Mineralization is hosted in the Troy Quartzite.No ore was found west of the Budget fault down to the 1200 level, on which a body of primary sulfide ore was cut by a drift east of the shaft. This body of ore continued down to the 1900 level. It is the eastward continuation of the body of primary ore that was mined between the levels 14 & 18 of the Grey shaft, in the Old Dominion Mine. It coincides with a part of the vein in which both walls are of sedimentary rocks. From the 1800 level down to the 2100 level, the footwall of the vein is Pinal schist and the hanging wall is diabase. No records of stoping below the 1800 level have been found. East of the Budget fault, diabase was penetrated in No. 2 shaft to the 500 level, below which the shaft passed through a complete section of Mescal limestone and Dripping Spring quartzite and bottomed in barnes conglomerate a little below the 1300 level. A body of secondary chalcocite ore was found, in the iron Cap vein, about 350 feet east of No. 2 shaft on the 600 level. It had a vertical height of about 300 feet and plunged about 15º toward the SW. West of the shaft it ended against the Budget fault, the bottom near the fault being a little below the 1200 level. A few scattered stopes lie between the bottom of the chalcocite body down to the 1500 level probably are in primary ore. The chalcocite body continues northeastward into the Iron Cap property. The Copper Hill shaft was begun circa 1905 at the west boundary of the Copper Hill group. It achieved a depth of 2,100 feet. Considerable development work was done on the Old Dominion vein, but no ore was found. A second shaft, the No. 2, is collared a few feet east of the trace of the Budget fault. Map Reference: 33°25'29"N- 110°46'18"W.

A Cu-Ag-Au mine located on 2 small groups of claims (Copper Hill group & the Eureka group), on the northwestward continuation of the Old Dominion vein, about 1 mile E of the Copper Hill ghost town site and about 1 mile SSW of Black Peak. The location given is for the Copper Hill Mine shaft; the Eureka shaft is about 1 mile NE of the Copper Hill. The claims were divided into two parts: the Copper Hill group (SW of the Iron Cap property) and the Eureka group (NE of the Iron Cap property). The deposit on the Copper Hill claims is a continuation of the Old Dominion vein along numerous short faults bounded by N-S-trending faults. Previous owners/operators include the Arizona Commercial Co. (owner of the Copper Hill group before 1905); Matamora Co. (owner of part of the Eureka group including the Black Hawk shaft, prior to 1905); Arizona Commercial Copper Co. (1905-1910); the Arizona Commercial Mining Co. (1912-1930); the Old Dominion Co. (1930-1940); Charlie Nichols; Wedebrand and Strobe; Fred Clemo; Clem and Perry; Racine; Brockway; and H.N. Kinsey. In January, 1905, the Arizona Commercial Copper Co. was formed to develop these two groups of claims, developing the Arizona Commercial Mine by consolidation of the Copper Hill group, previously owned by the Arizona Commercial Co., and the workings (Black Hawk shaft) on the Eureka group, previously developed by the Matamora Co. Owned by the Miami Copper Co. (1940 to present) Operated by E.M. Moores (1961).Mineralization is a vein deposit with linear ore body(ies) hosted in Troy Quartzite, Apache group, and the Precambrian Pinal Schist. Ore control was the ENE-trending Copper Hill vein. Ore concentration was secondary enrichment of chalcocite. Mineralization is probably associated with post-diabase faulting and intrusion, Early Tertiary. The Budget Fault has post-mineralization displacement. Area structures include many small parallel ENE-trending faults in quartzite. A diabase sill at the mine intrudes at the base of the Troy Quartzite. Operations ceased late in 1910 due to the financial failure of N.L. Armster, President of the company. The company reorganized as the Arizona Commercial Mining Co. The mine was reopened in February, 1912. The first work was limited to the 800 level of the Copper Hill shaft. Later the shaft was deepened, and development of lower levels continued. The first ore was found by a drift driven northeast of the shaft on the 1200 level. The mine produced continuously until 1930 when all known reserves were exhausted and the mine was closed. The property was sold to the Old Dominion Co. a few months later and was acquired by Miami Copper Co. in 1940, along with other properties of the Old Dominion. From 1906 to 1930, the two Arizona Commercial companies produced about 92,000,000 pounds of Cu, 17,000 oz. Au, 580,000 oz. Ag. The main older workings are on the Copper Hill group, including shaft No. 1 (2200 feet deep with drifting at 1900, 2000, and 2100 foot levels and extensive development at 10, 12, 14, 15, and 16 levels. Recent work was being done on a small open pit on the Copper Hill group. Map Reference: 33°25'55"N, 110°45'29"W.

A former surface Mn-Cu-Ag-Zn-Pb mine on a group of 21 manganese claims located in the SW¼ sec. 10, T1N, R15E, near the head of Big Johnnie Gulch, 0.3 miles N of Black Peak, just N of the Copper Hill ghost town and about 3 miles North of Globe, East of the Superior and Globe Comm. Copper Company's properties, on private land. Discovered 1878 and produced 1918-1953. The Moonlight & Mineral Farm group was originally part of 21 claims called the Mineral Farm or Eagle Pass group, including Big Iron, Vacey Constance & Iron Hive groups. The complex group was operated by Mineral Farm Co. in the 1900's; Globe Mining (1913); and Moline & Arizona (1917). Ten of the Moonlight-Mineral Farm claims currently owned by John R. Bacon (1951) & by F.A. Sitton. Mineralization is a group of small veins of manganous iron ore that crop out about ½ mile NW of Black Peak in a sill-like body of diabase intruded into the lower part of the Pioneer formation The basement rock in this area is Pinal schist. The veins are along a network of branching fissures that strike N20E to east and dip 45NW to vertical. They range in size from thin stringers and inch or two (2.5 to 5 cm) wide to zones of partly replaced breccia 6 feet wide. They cut diabase & quartzite. The veins were formed by replacement of gouge and angular breccia fragments along the fissures. The ore zone is 152.4 meters long, 1.83 meters wide, strikes N80E and dips 60NW The vein matter is completely oxidized and consists of porous and honeycombed quartz and angular fragments of altered and partly replaced diabase with ribs of hard "psilomelane-like" minerals and pockets of soft, earthy oxides of Mn & Fe. Many vugs are filled with crystals of manganite, and some manganite occurs with the earthy oxides. The most abundant vein minerals are quartz, carbonates and sulfides. The sulfides are closely associated with, and appear to replace, the carbonates, which are cut by veinlets of quartz. Specular hematite is intergrown with the quartz, and also with all the sulfides, particularly sphalerite. The above description is for the Mn deposit. The Cu-Ag deposit (Yuma vein) strikes N40E and dips steeply NW. Workings include a 215 foot deep shaft and many shallow pits less than 5 feet (150 cm) deep. The developments reach a depth of 365.76 meters. The Yuma vein has been developed by a 1200 foot deep shaft and a 160 foot tunnel. Production is from the Moonlight vein & the Mineral Farm claims No. 4. Most of the manganese production is from shallow pits and open cuts. Mineral Farm Co. is said to have shipped Ag ore; Moline & Arizona shipped Cu-Ag ore. John R. Bacon (1951) & F.A. Sitton both shipped Mn ore. Map Reference: 33°26'47"N, 110°46'11"W.

Crowley- A mining camp near Globe with a post office that arrived on July 20, 1907 with James Lightfoot serving as postmaster.

Cutter/Gibson’sWell- A railroad station on the San Carlos Indian Reservation in Gila Valley. It is ten miles east of Globe on the Wagon Road that ran from Wilcox to Globe.

A Cu-Ag-Au prospect located in the SW¼ sec. 1, T9N, R12E, about 1 mile SE of Diamond Butte summit, on National Forest land. Claims continue into sec. 10 It was owned by the Diamond Butte Mining Co. of Arizona (1916). Mineralization is a placer deposit. Map Reference: 34°8'54"N, 111°4'50"W

Doak- Doak was a small settlement on Mormon Creek in the valley between the peaks of Signal. It was a mining and logging town that housed the men that built Roosevelt Dam. The post office arrived on February 19, 1919 with Margaret L. Tanner as postmaster. The present underground workings on the Bobtail and Tungsten veins

were known as the Mariana mine when examined by the Bureau of Mines in 1945. The report of that examination states: The property was located about 1898. J. F. Lund of Globe, Arizona, was interested in the property during this early period and the present shaft is believed to have been sunk at that time. Litigation closed the property in 1904. About 1904, the Rosengartens of New York acquired a clear title to the property and did considerable work. Fifty men were employed at one time. A road was built and a post office established at Doak on February 19, 1919 with Margaret L. Tanner as postmaster. Doak served also served as a logging town and housed the men that built Roosevelt Dam. It is located in a remote area in the valley of the Pinal Mountains between Signal Peak and the Stone Cabin Mountains. Some foundations can be found along with a head shaft.

Alarm in Newland, Clark and McGuire, who worked in the drift opening a few feet from the end of the tunnel where the powder was. The workings were illuminated by the sizzling burning powder. The men, facing suffocation, decided to make a rush through the main tunnel. Clark and Mc Guire in advance and Newland in the rear. Newland had just cleared the mouth of drift when the explosion occurred, killing Clark and McGuire instantly. Their heads were struck by flying rocks, clothing torn from their bodies which were powder blackened from head to heel. Newland was badly bruised and the clothing stripped from his body. Taylor had cleared the workings was looking into the mouth of the tunnel when the explosion occurred and a flying rock struck him in the face with slight injury. Elmer Denver, a boy, was cut in the face and arm by flying quartz. The ore was knocked from the dump at the mouth of the tunnel. Justine Fleury had an inquest yesterday morning, verdict being in accordance with facts. The bodies of Clark and McGuire now lie at Undertaker Logan’s. They were both single men and left Boulder County, Colorado, less than two weeks ago. F. T. Elwood was on his way from mill to drift when the explosion occurred. He was delayed a few seconds by a man who stopped to talk to him. There was, it is stated ample time to have removed the caps or extinguished the burning candle before the explosion occurred. The men had to run about 135 feet. Newland was saved from death by being shielded by projecting rocks

Ellison- Named for a cattleman whose daughter married Governor W.P. Hunt. The post office was established at his ranch on July 27, 1847 with Jessie W. Ellison as postmaster.

East Verde - A Mormon settlement ten miles west of Payson. It was abandoned and taken over by the Doll Baby and N.B. Ranches Baby Doll’s latitude: 34.22167: longitude: -111.46861.

El Capitan- Two miles ESE of Pasadena Mountain, and ¼ miles west of El Capitan Canyon, on private land

A former underground Ag-Cu-Pb mine located in the NW¼NW¼ sec. 3, T3S, R15E, at the El Capitan ghost town, 2 miles ESE of Pasadena Mountain, and ¼ mile W of El Capitan Canyon, on private land. The Silver Dime Mine is smaller, a non-producer, ¼ mile W at El Capitan Canyon. Discovered 1885 and produced 1885-1949. It was owned by A.S. Arnold of Tucson (1966). Operated by Gene Davis of Phoenix and Floyd Hanna (1974). Mineralization is hosted in the Dripping Springs Quartzite and siltstone. The ore zone strikes E-W and dips 70N. 120 meters of shear zone are mineralized. The mineralization is associated with the Cretaceous to Early Tertiary intrusive period. An associated rock unit is rhyolite. Placer gold was produced in Silver Creek Canyon, near the mine, in 1970. Area structures include a NW Tertiary rhyolite dike ¼ mile south of the mine. The Dripping Springs Quartzite strikes E-W, dipping S20° to 25°, N-S and NW faulting exists in the area, Tertiary dikes NW- and E-W-trending, beds NW- to E-W-trending, dipping south. A site visit during February, 2007, revealed that the workings include a deep, longitudinal cut parallel to the hillside, approximately 80 feet above a wash, that is approximately 100 feet long and of unknown depth. It may have an underground working beginning within the cut. A second, smaller cut of similar orientation is located higher on the hillside. To the SE of these workings are several small prospect pits, ostensibly along the line of strike of the larger vein. A blasted, superficial opening also exists on the top of the hill. Artifacts found on site indicate activity over a considerable period of time (mule shoe and one-piece drill steels with carbide teeth). Pieces of gossan were noted on the dump. Otherwise, mineralization is absolutely minimal with only small pieces of rock bearing green and blue copper stains and coatings, plus lean chalcopyrite in matrix. Some of the green material appears too light colored to constitute malachite and may be a mixture or another phase (C. Lemanski, Jr.). Workings include a tunnel that is 500 feet long, and a shaft 150 feet deep. Ore dump sample analysis (1976): 28.6 oz Ag/ton, 0.92% Cu, 2.25% Pb. Map Reference: 33°12'18"N, 110°48'29"W

Ellison- Named for a cattleman, Jess Ellison, whose daughter, Duett, married George W.P. Hunt and later became the First Lady of Arizona when he was elected the first Governor at Statehood. The post office was established at his ranch on July 27, 1847 with Jessie W. Ellison as postmaster. The Ranch was located at 5700 feet elevation deep in the Tonto National Forest 10 miles southeast of Young, along the base of the Mogollon Rim. It was founded as a cattle ranch in 1893 by veteran Civil War Confederate Colonel Jesse W. Ellison and other Texas cattlemen who fled that state due to severe overgrazing by cattle. Ellison ran up to 7500 head of cattle on Q-Ranch land and leased grazing land until he sold the ranch in 1910 when it became part of cowboy Pecos McFadden’s Flying V Ranch, one of the largest cattle operations in Arizona. Headquarter improvements include the main house, guest lodging, 3 cowboy houses, large multi-functional barn, livestock barn, working corrals and a lighted roping arena.

East Verde - A Mormon settlement ten miles west of Payson. It was abandoned and taken over by the Doll Baby and N.B. Ranches. The Baby Doll Ranch’s latitude is-4.22167- longitude: -111.46861.

Flume Camp- This lumbering camp was adjacent to the Goodman Ranch. Pima, Central, Thacher, and Stafford were supply towns with pack animals used to bring the supplies into the camp. In 1907, a small mill was added to process the lumber.

Fossil Springs Creek- Flows south west and enters the Verde River in section 17T 11N R 7 E. The rocks along the stream are filled with fill fossil remains, shells, etc. \

Gesela/Tonto Creek - Settled first by Dave Mc Gowon in 1881, who then sold it to Mort and John Sanders who made a permanent settlement. It was once called Tonto Creek with a post office that arrived on August 9, 1894 with Frederick Stanton as postmaster.

Gisela- Pronounced (Guy see ia), this ghost town is located below Payson.
Gisela and was first settled in 1876 by miners just about the same time Mormon settlers came to the area. They had lots of good water from the Tonto Creek and fertile earth to raise their crops. The Gisela Pioneer Cemetery sits on a hill overlooking a cattle ranch. One of the more famous inhabitants of the cemetery was Juan Vigil, a 17 year old Mexican sheepherder who was cruelly murdered in 1903 by Zechariah Booth for doing nothing more than tending the flock evidence of the war between the cattle and the sheep industry. The cold-blooded shooting of young Juan Vigil along with Wiley Berry, the son of the owner of the sheep ranch, was just such an incident. Zechariah Booth was convicted of the murders and hanged in Globe, Arizona in 1905. Booth was known to be an outlaw and ruffian who had already served time in the Yuma Territorial Prison for burglary and grand larceny. He was as tough and mean as they come, often bragging to others about how many horses he'd ridden to death The cemetery has a large number of baby graves and youngsters who barely made school age. Geisler is four to five miles east of Rye on SR 87 aka The Beeline Highway.

Globe

Globe Ledge/ Andrew Hammond's Camp/ Globe City- Mineral deposits were found here back in the time of the Spanish conquistadors. When the prospectors explored the Pinal Mountains in the 1820s and '30s, they also recognized the mineral wealth located there, but Apaches were far too dangerous to turn ones back on them while prospecting. Corydon E. Cooley and Calvin Jackson and William A. “Hunkydory” Holmes were the first white man to extensively explore the mineral wealth of the region and constructed a rough fort for protection in late October 1869 at Big Johnny Gulch, 2 miles north of what would later become Globe. They did not find gold, but they did find Silver and in November of 1870, 15 claims were staked and the following year they organized the Pinal Mining Company at Cottonwood Springs, in the Arizona Territory followed by many others. The San Carlos Apaches continued to attack and threaten those in their territory which finally resulted in the Camp Grant Massacre in 1871. By the spring of 1873, General George Crook's had terminated nearly all San Carlos Apache raiding parties. David and Robert Anderson of Florence led still another prospecting expedition into the Pinal Mountains in September 1873 and became the first to file the "Globe Ledge" claims from which the town took its name, “Globe City.” In late October, Tucson citizens submitted a petition asking the US Secretary of Interior to remove this mineral region from the already-established San Carlos Apache Reservation. The region was shortly severed from the reservation and restored to public lands called the Globe Mining District. The Mining Act of 1872 was adopted as the law governing the district. The town site of Globe City was laid out in July 1876, officials were elected, and retail stores began to appear. In 1877, with reduction works established at Miami Wash, mining became mechanized and profitable. By 1887, a stage line began operating between Globe and Silver City, New Mexico, and on May 2, 1878, the first issue of the Arizona Silver Belt, Globe's newspaper, still in operation, was published. In February 1881 Globe became the seat of a new Arizona county -- Gila County. The Gold Coin and Pearce’s Basket of Blood were two of the most popular of the saloons. While silver was the life line of Globe, it could not have lived without the discovery of copper. As luck would have it, as the silver played out, copper came in. The Old Dominion Mine, which would become the prime economic engine of the community, opened 3 years late. Globe, isolated from the nearest civilization, one hundred miles away and adjacent to the San Carlos Apache reservation gave it the color of the old West. Stage robberies, killings, mining disputes and lynchings ruled the day.

A former underground Cu-Ag-Pb-Au-Mn-V mine located in the NE¼SE¼NW¼ sec. 22, T1N, R15E, on the SE slope of Copper Hill above McCormick Wash, about 1.3 miles due S of Black Peak, near Globe, on private property. Production of silver began in 1878 and operated intermittently about the turn of the 20th century. Previous owners and operators include: the Copper and Silver Zone Mines (Mr. W.R. Martin); the Globe Dominion Copper Co. (Mr. H.W. Clark) (1920's); and, Mr. J.H. Faught. The property was comprised of 25 claims in 1920. Additional names which apply to this property: Globe Dominion; Clark property. Mineralization is the Stonewall vein and its junction with the Dime and Arizona veins (faults), hosted in Troy Quartzite and Martin Limestone. The ore zone strikes N68E and dips 55NW to vertical. The deposit lies in fault fissures in quartzite over a diabase sill. The ore occurs in both the diabase and the quartzite. The main fissure strikes N68E but intersecting fissures are also mineralized. The outcrop of the Stonewall fault is similar to that of the Buckeye vein, consisting mainly of quartz, specularite, cuprite, and copper carbonates and silicates. Mineralization was probably associated with an Early Tertiary, post-diabase intrusion period, although the nearest outcrop of Early Tertiary Schultze Granite is at the Old Dominion Mine to the WA substantial amount of ore has been extracted from shallow workings on the Stonewall fault near its junction with the Dime and Arizona faults. Workings include a 2-compartment shaft 855 feet deep with cross cuts at the 500 foot levels, called the Clark and Faugh shafts. The developments total 91.44 meters in length and 260.6 meters in depth. Any production after 1921 was included in Old Dominion figures in ABGMT-USBM file data. Map Reference: 33°25'4"N, 110°45'56"W

A former underground Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag-Au (asbestos-aluminum-clay [kaolin]) mine located in sec. 23 & the W½ sec. 24, T1N, R15E (Globe 7.5 minute topo map), at the SE base of Buffalo Hill, about 1¼ miles N of Globe, on land of mixed status, including patented (private) land. The mine extends diagonally across sec. 24, following Alice Gulch and then continuing NE along Copper Gulch; claims cover the entire section. The major mine of the Globe District, closest to the town of Globe. The central claims are the Globe and Transit. USGS topo maps identify this mine as the Old Dominion shaft; however, no one calls it that. It was discovered in 1874 and closed 1957. It was originally worked by the Long Island Co. and the Buffalo Mining and Smelting Co. (Buffalo Mining and Smelting Co. included in addition to those workings which became part of the Old Dominion Mine) the Buffalo Mine, which is described under a separate file. In 1883, the Old Dominion Copper Mining Co. abandoned the area it had been mining (the original Old Dominion or Keystone Mine) and took over the holdings of the Long Island Copper Co.; In 1891, Phelps Dodge bought the Buffalo Mining and Smelting Co. and renamed it the United Globe Mining Co. In 1895 the Old Dominion Copper Mining Co. was sold and reorganized as the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Co. In 1903 the Old Dominion and United Globe were combined as the Old Dominion Company, controlled by Phelps Dodge. In 1931, the mine was bought by Miami Copper Co., now part of Cities Service Co. Past leases and operators of the mine include George Hansen; Heron and Gribble; F.A. Bennet; Norman Deveaux; R. Henderson; Metzel; and, Kilpatrick. It was operated by the Cities Services Co. (1982). NOTE: Additional names which apply to this property: United Globe property; Hoosier group; Hoosier shaft; Buffalo group; Cleveland group; and the Grey shaft. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided:

33.41472N, 110.79028W.

In 1882, the Long Island Copper Co. was organized to work the present Old Dominion vein. In 1883, the Old Dominion Copper Co. purchased the holdings of the Long Island Copper Co., which included the Globe, Globe Ledge, and Alice claims. From this time on the mine became generally known as the Old Dominion. In 1886 the Old Dominion property was sold at auction to William Keyser of Baltimore. The Old Dominion Copper Co. was reorganized in 1888. In July, 1895, the Old Dominion Copper Co. was sold to the Lewisohn-Bigelow interests and reorganized as the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Co. Toward the end of 1901, the shareholders of Old Dominion Copper Co. had regained control of the property from the Lewisohn-Bigelow interests. In 1903 the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Co. and United Globe Mines Co. were acquired by the Old Dominion Co., which had been organized as a holding company under control of Phelps, Dodge & Co. Closed October 14, 1931 after 50 years of continuous operation. Mineralization is the Old Dominion vein with an irregular ore body hosted in Troy Quartzite, Naco Limestone, Martin Limestone, Escabrosa Limestone, Mescal Limestone, and the Dripping Springs Quartzite. The ore zone is 3352.8 meters in length, 30.48 meters wide, and 18.29 meters thick, striking N58E and dipping vertically. Ore occurs along faults in the limestone, quartzite and diabase and along bedding planes between the quartzite and limestone. Associated rock units included the Madera Diorite and the Schultze Granite. Ore control was fault zones trending NE and N-S, and bedding planes dipping gently SSW. Ore concentration was in the erosion period preceding dacite eruption. It is questionable that any appreciable enrichment occurred in the present erosion cycle, except perhaps NE of the mine. Alteration in the central vein, where limestone was most completely replaced by hypogene sulfides, and gangue minerals, downward migration of copper continued as long as pyrite remained in the vein. When all pyrite had been either oxidized or replaced, further oxidation altered the chalcocite Area structures included two small, parallel, NW-trending faults. One intersects with a NE-trending fault near a shaft. Tertiary dacite overlies the deposit to the NW. N and W of the mine is a complex network of NE and N-S faults in Precambrian diabase and lower Paleozoic sediments to copper carbonates and oxides in the oxidation zone. Workings include several shafts including the Old Dominion A shaft, B shaft, C shaft, Interloper, Kingdom, Globe, Hoosier, Grey, and Cuprite. Workings total 30480 meters in length and 1219.2 meters in depth. The length of the workings is estimated from Peterson, USGS PP 342, and Plate 3. The Interloper shaft which opened the mine to the sixth level circa 1888; later the "A" shaft was added. Circa 1894 the mine was developed to the eighth level and the first serious trouble with water began. By 1901 the mine was opened to the twelfth level. The mine was opened to the 18th. level circa 1914 and produced 3,750,000 gallons (about 15,000,000 liters) of water per day. By the beginning of 1931, the mine reached the 26th. level (2,200 feet) with discouraging results. Art this point the underground mine workings had been extended 4,500 feet southwestward under the cover of dacite and Gila Conglomerate. No production of

John Miller narrowly escaped being buried alive under a ton of ore at the Old Dominion mine on Tuesday evening. He was loading ore into a car from a high chute, and while standing with one foot on the chute and the other on the car, the mule started suddenly pulling the car away and causing Miller to fall a distance of ten feet under the chute. In the fall he managed to throw himself so that his head and upper portion of his body escaped the full force of the descending rock. He was considerably bruised but is able to get around.

Relatives of men killed in shaft cage accident bring suit against the old Dominion Mine in Globe May 17, 1894. Kennedy, Old Dominion miner, fell into molten slag and burned June 7. 1894. The mine will shut down June 28, 1894.

Globe Stage Station- Globe's new importance as the new county seat came a stage coach link linking it to Silver City, New Mexico. Due to Globe's relative isolation from the rest of Arizona and its proximity to the San Carlos Apache reservation, Globe remained a frontier town. Globe's history is laced with many historic events such as murders, stagecoach robberies, outlaws, lynchings, and Apache raids. Natiotish, a San Carlos Apache, left the reservation with a group of about 50 men and continued to attack ranchers and miners. Globe is also known for having links to Geronimo and the Apache Kid. On October 23, 1889, the Apache Kid's trial was held in the Globe Courthouse. After he was convicted, it was the responsibility of Sheriff Glenn Reynolds to transport him to the Arizona Territorial Prison in Yuma, Arizona. Sheriff Reynolds, his deputy, and their prisoners set out in an armored stagecoach holding the Apache Kid inside. Somewhere near present day Kearny, Arizona, Sheriff Reynolds let the Apache Kid out of the stagecoach seeing as they were on an uphill climb and he wanted to ease the burden on the horses. The Apache Kid was able to overcome and murder Sheriff Reynolds. In 1884 the surviving Clanton brothers, Ike and Phineas, arrived in Apache County after the fight the infamous gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone. Ike was eventually killed by a local deputy sheriff, and Phineas, after serving prison time for a stage robbery, moved to Globe, where he died of pneumonia and was buried in 1906.

Gordon Ranch- Established in 1885 with a post office that came on September 10, 1913 with Katie L. Payne as postmaster.

Green Valley/Payson- Boss and Charlie Chilson developed extensive cattle ranches. They parlayed their land holdings, selling their NB Ranch at the mouth of Pine Creek to Guy Barkdoll, a son-in-law. Boss and Charlie Chilson traded cattle to Bill McDonald for the old Burch ranch, which included today’s Payson Golf Course. The Green Valley settlement was soon to be named Payson.

[2] Eventually the mine yielded many thousands of dollars in gold for a series of owners, but in 1980 the mine became the center of a scandal. An Arizona mining company together with a Canadian corporation sold $40,000 worth of unregistered securities under false claims about the mine’s value. The investor’s money was used to pay off the company debts.

A former underground Au-Ag-Cu mine located in sec. 18, T10N, R10E, about 2½ miles NW of Oxbow Estates and about 3¾ miles SW of Payson, on National Forest land. It first produced 1877 and owned by the Chilson Brothers in the 1900's.Mineralization is a vein deposit with a linear ore body 1.22 meters wide, striking NW and dipping vertically. It is hosted in hornblendite. The gold-quartz vein is less than 2 feet wide. Mineralized stringers are common. An associated rock unit is granite. The workings are an average of 4 feet wide. Open pit mined in the 1970's, with minor unreported gold production. No production record. Map Reference: 34°12'38"N, 111°22'9"W.

A former surface and underground Cu-Mo-Ag-Au-gemstone-Zn-U-Pb mine located on the south flank of Sleeping Beauty Peak, 3½ miles north of Miami, straddling the middle part of the common boundary between the Globe and Inspiration quadrangles. Discovered 1896 and produced 1896-1982. Additional names which apply to this property: Porphyry Reserves. Gold mining here started in 1896 by the Girard Mining Co. (Lost Gulch Mining Co. later). The Lost Gulch United Mines Co. was organized in 1909 to operate the properties of the Lost Gulch Mining Co.; reorganized as the Louis d-Or Gold Mining Co. in 1912 that worked the Bonanza, Badger & Cedar Tree claims for Au-Ag-Pb. About 1913 the Baldwin Syndicate of Chicago dispatched Charles E. Hart to examine these gold deposits. He concluded that a porphyry copper deposit was involved. The firm was reorganized as the Louis d'Or Mining and Milling Co. The Gila Monster, Bessie, and Sarah groups of claims covering the porphyry outcrops were optioned from J.W. Bennet. Exploration drilling began in 1917 and exploration continued until 1922 when the Louis d'Or shaft was sunk to the 360 level. The Bradley group of 5 patented claims was acquired in February, 1923. The company became insolvent in 1928 and the note holders formed a new company jointly with the Pinto Valley Co., which was the Porphyry Reserve Copper Co. The company defaulted on bond interest payments in 1934. Copper Cities Mining Co., a new subsidiary of the Miami Copper Co., purchased the surviving claims at sheriff's auction. Systematic exploration commenced in 1943 and was completed in 1948, confirming the extent of the ore body Mineralization is a porphyry copper deposit. Ore concentration was secondary enrichment. Alteration included quartz-sericite, argillic and weak propylitic processes.This deposit is in a body of Lost Gulch quartz monzonite that has been intruded by several smaller bodies of granite porphyry. The outcrop of this quartz monzonite is a northeastward-trending horst block that is bounded on three sides by faults, the Sleeping Beauty fault on the NW side, the Ben Hur fault on the NE side, and the Miami fault on the east side. The south boundary of the mass is a steep intrusive contact with Pinal schist and the various rocks of the lower Precambrian dioritic complex.The structures that are most important in their relation to the ore body are the Coronado and Drummond fault zones, which limit the copper ore body on the west and east sides, respectively. The Coronado fault which strikes north and dips steeply west for a distance of 2,000 feet along the west side of the ore body, is a sheared, brecciated, and silicified zone, 100 to 300 feet wide. At the north and south ends of this broad part, the zone, trends westward and, in a distance of a few hundred feet, appears to contract to such a minor fissure that its outcrop is scarcely recognizable, but mining has exposed a strong gouge zone extending to the Sleeping Beauty fault. Where the fault zone is widest and most prominent, it is the boundary between the two facies of the quartz monzonite, the porphyritic quartz monzonite on the east, or footwall side, and the quartz monzonite porphyry on the west side. Small lenticular bodies of fine-grained diabase have been intruded along the fault zone.The Drummond fault zone is much less prominent than the Coronado, but in other respects they are similar. The outcrop is a narrow zone of silicified breccia generally less than 25 feet wide. It strikes N.45ºW. and dips 60ºNE. It similarly forms the boundary between the two facies of the quartz monzonite along most of its recognizable length. Northeast of the Drummond fault zone, the quartz monzonite is traversed by many faults that strike north to NW and dip 50ºE. to vertical. Most of these faults are older than the diabase, and many of them have thin, discontinuous stringers or small irregular bodies of diabase intruded along them, particularly at the intersection of faults. The mineralized quartz monzonite is intricately dissected by joints, fractures, and minor faults, some older and some younger than the period of mineralization. The older, or premineralization fractures, are now occupied by quartz-pyrite and chalcopyrite veinlets. Map Reference: 33°26'30"N, 110°52'29"W

Sleeping Beauty Mine produces a solid, light blue color turquoise and is perhaps the only mine, which has made raw turquoise available to the public

Charles Chapman and William Stevenson have in the "Dime" one of the best copper claims in Globe District. Recent development work has opened up a large body of high grade ore.

For 1,500 feet NE of Copper Gulch, the Dime vein fault is practically vertical and forms the contact between Troy quartzite and diabase on the north and a depressed block of Martin limestone on the south. The base of the Martin probably is less than 50 feet below the outcrop of the fault. Additional names which apply to this property: Dime fault; Dime deposit. Two shafts, one known as the Dime shaft, have been sunk in this interval. It appears that little, if any, vein matter of ore grade was found. Along the rest of the Dime fault the outcrop on both sides are of Troy quartzite and intruded bodies of diabase. The vein material that can be seen along the outcrop of the Dime fault is similar to that of the Buckeye vein, consisting mainly of quartz, specularite,

Globe Stage Station- Globe's new importance as the new county seat came a stage coach link linking it to Silver City, New Mexico. Due to Globe's relative isolation from the rest of Arizona and its proximity to the San Carlos Apache reservation, Globe remained a frontier town. Globe's history is laced with many historic events such as murders, stagecoach robberies, outlaws, lynchings, and Apache raids. Natiotish, a San Carlos Apache, left the reservation with a group of about 50 men and continued to attack ranchers and miners. Globe is also known for having links to Geronimo and the Apache Kid. On October 23, 1889, the Apache Kid's trial was held in the Globe Courthouse. After he was convicted, it was the responsibility of Sheriff Glenn Reynolds to transport him to the Arizona Territorial Prison in Yuma, Arizona. Sheriff Reynolds, his deputy, and their prisoners set out in an armored stagecoach holding the Apache Kid inside. Somewhere near present day Kearny, Arizona, Sheriff Reynolds let the Apache Kid out of the stagecoach seeing as they were on an uphill climb and he wanted to ease the burden on the horses. The Apache Kid was able to overcome and murder Sheriff Reynolds. In 1884 the surviving Clanton brothers, Ike and Phineas, arrived in Apache County after the fight the infamous gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone. Ike was eventually killed by a local deputy sheriff, and Phineas, after serving prison time for a stage robbery, moved to Globe, where he died of pneumonia and was buried in 1906.

A Cu deposit and an underground past producer located in the NE¼SE¼ sec. 24, T1N, R15E, about 1¼ miles N of Globe, on land of mixed status, included private (patented) property. A set of several prominent northeastward-striking faults crop out southwest of Buckeye Mountain. The area is a large one and is underlain mainly by Troy quartzite and intruded bodies of diabase. Most of these faults are mineralized to some extent and have been explored by many open pits, adits, and shallow shafts. The most extensive exploration in this area has been along the Dime and Stonewall faults.The Dime and Stonewall faults form a continuous outcrop that has a general strike of N65E from Copper Gulch on the west to McCormick Wash on the east, a distance of 1¼ miles; but despite their apparent continuity, it is doubtful that they are the same fault or that they were formed at the same time. The Dime fault dips vertical to 55SE, whereas the Stonewall dips vertical to 55NW. The Stonewall fault may be the eastward continuation of a fissure striking NE to east, known as the Arizona vein, whose outcrop joins the outcrop of the two faults just west of the Stonewall mine. Map Reference: 33°24'50"N, 110°46'36"W

Goat Ranch- Goat Camp dates to between 850 and 1150 AD and sits on the northern edge of Payson. Payson owns the land except for the northern edge of the artifact scatter which is on Tonto National Forest land. There are at least twenty five rooms with more to be discovered.

Gordon Ranch- Established in 1885 with a post office that came on September 10, 1913 with Katie L. Payne as postmaster.

Holder- Establish by goat herders on East Verde between Payson and Pine .Their post office came on September 15, 1896 with John T. Holden as postmaster.

Indian Hills- A subdivision of original town site of Miami, showing Myrtle Lode Mining Claim in 1914. Ranchers built log fences around the ranches at Indian Gardens, just west of today’s Kohl’s Ranch on Tonto Creek, as well as the famous “mud house” that still stands on Payson’s Main Street. In later years Paul Vogel told Ernest Pieper, “You know, when I built that place it took me 30 days and I got 30 dollars.”

Inspiration Addition- Inspiration Addition was named for the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co, an early copper mine located in the town of Miami.

Inspiration- A mining town and important copper camp located in the 1870s, three miles west of Globe. The owner deed money and had the inspiration to borrow it from the bank. He was successful so he called the mine, Inspiration. T1NR15E It was located on Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company property, and was a "company town". It did have a post office, which was operational from 1879 to 1972. It also had a school, a store, and a hospital. The town itself was located up on the hill, directly north of downtown Miami, although the access road to get up there was several miles to the east near the International Smelter. The actual Inspiration Mine was a couple of miles west of the town, and has been an open pit operation for many years. The International Smelter sat up on Inspiration Hill. It was built in 1913 by ISR Co, and there were several major expansion projects over the years until it was purchased by ICC Co in 1960. They built an entire new smelter on the same location in the early 70's.
Much of the old smelter has been torn down as improvements were made.
The old smokestacks were left alone that time It became a true ghost town when the last people were moved out by Phelps-Dodge in 1984, when they bought ICCCo from Occidental.

A Cu mine located in the NE¼ sec. 25, T1N, R14E (Inspiration 7.5 minute topo map). Alternate information-The Inspiration ore body was discovered in 1904, but a 50 -ton mill which was installed to treat the disseminated copper ore promptly failed. The original Inspiration Company then gave way to another, backed by W. B. Thompson, which found 40 million tons of ore. Control then passed to Anaconda and Dr. Louis Ricketts took charge as consulting engineer. He abandoned the mill which had been partially built to the horror of the stockholders, according to Ira Joralemon and spent a year and a million dollars experimenting with flotation. The first large copper flotation plant was then built and recovered 50% more copper than had previous gravity mills. It, of course, was highly successful and became the forerunner of modern flotation plants. Inspiration is distinctive as the first fully integrated copper operation in the United States. Three open pits supply sulfide ore to the concentrator and mixed oxide and sulfide ore to a vat leaching and electro winning operation with leached ore also being sent to the concentrator. In addition, dump leaching supplies pregnant solution for scrap iron precipitation. Inspiration has recently constructed an electric furnace smelter and also operates a continuous casting and rod plant. The new primary 54 in. by 74 in. crusher was completed in May of 1972 and replaced an older unit which was in the way of the open pit development. It is of an unusual circular silo design, which permits dumping 0 from two positions at 90 from each other. One dumping position is in line with the spider, while the other one is at right angles to it. A box girder splitter bar hung from the dump pocket slopes downward from the second dump point, across the spider cap, and rests on the pocket bottom. This splitter was not installed to protect the spider but was to aid in distributing wet ore being dumped from that position to both sides of the spider. Any large amount of wet ore delivered to one side of the spider would pack in the crusher cavity. The round front wall of the 18 ft (5.5 m) deep pocket is unlined except for light steel protection at the top, while the straight back wall is lined with vertically positioned railroad rails. Water for dust suppression is sprayed into the pocket through a cluster of 3/8 in. (9.5 mm) nozzles at the back of the pocket. About 5 gpm (19 lpm) of water are mixed with 90 psi (620 kPa) air upstream of the nozzles to produce a fog which is effective in dust control. The 54 inch. Allis -Chalmers gyratory is placed mostly within one quadrant of the circular enclosure to permit placement of the apron feeder on the lowest level in the proper position to transfer crushed ore.

This is the true gem silica chrysocolla that was a by-product of the Arizona copper mines. Please do not confuse this chrysocolla with the inferior Peruvian Chrysocolla. Material of this quality is rarely seen these days, it is a very exotic, rare and highly sought after gemstone.

Inspiration Addition- Inspiration Addition was named for the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co, an early copper mine located in the town of Miami.

Inspiration Point- This was a station on the San Pedro Railroad. They maintained a hotel here, but today only the foundations remain.

Kenyon Stage Station- An adobe structure built in 1858. The station was still used as a local stage stop after Butterfield Overland Company closed down in 1861. In 1873 the station keeper was tortured and murdered but he did not reveal where the strong box was hidden.

Kirby- Listed on a 1921 map- The Kirby family came to the area in 1878. and stayed until 1884. Post office arrived on September 21, 1914 with Amelia Kerby as postmaster.

Kohls Ranch- Lou and Necia Kohl, cattle ranchers and pioneers, arrived in Arizona around 1917, bought the ranch property in 1926, and opened it up to guests from across the world in the early ‘30s. The post office arrived on April 28, 1929 with Louis B. Kohn as postmaster.

Little Giant- A stage station in 1881, eighteen miles south of Globe. It has a post office in April 1879 with Samuel A. Low as postmaster. Little Giant is listed on the 1880 census. Pinal census-before Gila County was created.

Live Oak- A mining town with a post office on November 2, 1905 with Roy A. Hascal. It was rescinded on February 10, 1906.

A former group of Cu claims subsequently incorporated into the Live Oak open pit. Map Reference: 33°23'44"N, 110°54'29"W

Live Oak Addition- Subdivided by owner WJ Ellery for the purpose of an addition to original town site of Miami in 1912.

Livingston- Located at the East end of Roosevelt Lake, most likely under its waters. Livingston was a small farming and ranching town whose post office opened on September 7, 1896 with James Curnott as postmaster and closed in 1907. Highly unlikely anything remains.

Lost Gulch- April 8, 1910-Arizona Republican Newspaper-Luke Soto, a negro pioneer who claims the distinction of having come to this territory with John A. Gurley, the first governor of Arizona, was arrested at Lost Gulch on an insanity charge says the Globe Silver Belt. For a number of years, Soto had made a living by working placer claims in the Lost Gulch district. He has shown evidences of insanity for some time and within the past few weeks his condition has become so much worse that yesterday steps were taken to have the old man placed in the territorial asylum. The age of the defendant is unknown, even to himself. He was born in slavery before the days of the Civil War and was not a young man when he came to Arizona, fifty years ago. If his age was known, it would probably develop that he is one of the oldest men in the territory today.

Marysville/ Gila-Miners’ tents grew up along the old military road built more than ten years before by the army. The road from Tonto Basin followed Wild Rye Creek to its headwaters and then went to the mouth of Pine Creek. The prospectors chose this location because many mines were close by and at the end of a nearby gulch there was a spring of fresh water. On May 1, 1881, Emer and Margaret Chilson arrived and opened a mercantile store. The store was described as a wooden platform with tent sides and was the primary supply center for both the area ranches and the miners which included Burch, Cole, Craig, Gowan, McDonald, Middleton, Nance, Nash, Pyeatt, Vaughn, Vogel and Sieber. The camp did not have a name; the Chilsons took the prerogative of naming it Marysville, after their daughter, Margaret Mary Chilson. The Marysville camp was short lived because the gold was running too thin to sustain it. When the area received word of a major Apache war party headed that way in 1882, families fled to Globe for safety. It was located three miles west of Payson on Webber Creek.

McMillenville- McMillenville's post office came in on October 10, 1878 and the name was changed to Mc Millen on November 12, 1877 with Charles T. Marlin as postmaster. It was discontinued in 1882. Legend is this mine was discovered by accident. Charles McMillen had a hangover from the night before and while on a trip decided to get some shade and rest. His partner, Theodore (Dory) H. Harris was irate about having to stop and threw his pick on the ground. The chunk of rock that broke off was the start of the silver mine they called the Stonewall Jackson. The news spread and tents and shanties went up housing 300 residents. Soon there were three blacksmiths, a carpenter, bakery, barber shop two stores, saloons, boardinghouses, dance halls and gambling casinos with more permanent adobe going up over night. The first killing in McMillenville happened over a mining claim. Jack Bron, the locator of the claim assumed ownership but his claim was disputed by another man. One night after a heated argument, the two faced each other on the main street, drew their gun and fired. Seconds later, both lay dead, feet to feet. Twenty stamps replaced the original five and up to date housing works were erected at the shaft. Freight wagons loaded with Stonewall Jackson's silver ingots traveled the hundred miles to the nearest railroad shipping point at Casa Grande. Life was good and there was a lot of work and a lot of money.1882 found Mc Millenville fighting off the Apache's. Women and children would rush to the tunnel for protection with the men standing guard. Other men gathered in Pat Shanley's two story adobe, well armed and ready to fend off the Indians. At dawn on July 7th, the Indians arrived. War whoops and yells were terrifying but the men kept the Indians at bay until the army arrived. By then the silver streak was exhausted. The town of McMillenville tried to survive but by 1885, the residents deserted the camp located twenty miles from Globe.

Today there is nothing left but a plaque on the side of the road, a few concrete foundations and some rubble near the mine. The plaque, shortly after mile 265, is a historic marker which points the way to the ghost town McMillanville. The plaque is missing. The text read- Located along this road McMillenville. In 1874 native silver was discovered in what became the fabulous Stonewall Jackson Ledge. The discovery brought boom conditions that lasted less than 10 years. An Indian attack on the camp was repulsed in 1882. Mine production ceased in the mid 1880s. Stonewall Jackson silver ore was discovered in 1874, but emptied quickly and in ten years all but one person was left.

A former underground Ag-Cu-Pb mine located on 14 claims in the SW¼ sec. 33, T3N, R16E, about 3.6 miles N of Chrome Butte and unsurveyed, approximately 15 miles N of Globe. It was discovered in 1876 by McMillan and produced 1878-1947. Previous owners/operators include the McMillian Mining Co. (W.F. Holmes Jr, 1947); McMillian-Stonewall Mining Co. (1937); the Apache Mountain Development Co; the McMillan Silver Mining Co. (1881); and, Mr. William Langford (1947). The claims are: Grant, Mary Jane, Little Mac, Mesa, Maud S., Last Chance, Scratla, Hannable, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, Mammoth, Jennie, Kathleen, and the Ben Hur. Additional names for this property include: Old Owen McMillan Mine; Little Mc Gen No. 97 Mine; Hannible MS 1209 claim; Stonewall Jackson Gen No. 95. Mineralization includes a very large vein of chlorides and native silver with a 1 to 2 inch (2.5 to 5 cm) thick horizon of nearly pure native silver. No detailed geologic map or detailed geologic description of this mine is available. Workings include a 600 foot deep main shaft and over 700 feet of drifts (1881). There were at least two old shafts connected at the 170 foot and 440 foot levels, drifts on the 130 foot, 230 foot, and 360 foot levels. The main workings are on the Stonewall Jackson claim. A 5-stamp mill and steam hoist were installed on the property (before 1881). The dump was reworked in 1947 by J.A. Alexander. No appreciable production after 1916. Map Reference: 33°33'20"N, 110°40'55"W

Miami- In 1906, the Miami Copper Company began working the claims in the Miami area and the demand for men to work in the mines increased. Most of the men traveled to work on foot (no public transportation), few miners could afford to keep their horses and these new mines were located 7 miles west of Globe. These factors of the development of new large scale copper mines, and the need to provide miners with convent housing, shopping and places of amusement led to the founding of Miami Arizona. Miami was founded in 1907 when it was first developed by the Miami Land and Improvement Company when they purchased a tract of land on the upper end of Miami Flats (where the down-town present day Miami is located). In 1908 Cleve Van Dyke purchased the tract from the Miami Land and Improvement Company and also began purchasing adjacent tracts of land. It was not until two days after the first train arrived on the newly constructed railroad, 4th of October 1909 did the sale (and renting) of lots begin. At this point, the town was little more than an idea on paper. Only the roughest of streets had been graded, and no utilities of any kind were available. According to the Arizona Silver Belt newspaper, 800 people were living in Miami at the beginning of 1910, an impressive number for a town that was only three months old. By the time a federal census taker arrived for the 1910 canvass, there were 1,390 residents in the Miami census precinct. Miami is a classic Western copper boomtown, though the copper mines are largely dormant now. Miami's old downtown has been partly renovated.

A mine on a group of claims located ¼ mile farther NE than the Copper Hill group, on the projected strike of the Old Dominion vein. The Eureka Mine of the Arizona Commercial Mining Co. is separated from the Copper Hill Mine by the property of the Iron Cap Copper Co. which covers an interval of about 3,300 feet along the Iron Cap, or Old Dominion, vein. The mine workings are principally on the Great Eastern vein, which has been regarded as the NE continuation of the Black Hawk vein in the Iron Cap and Copper Hill mines east of the Budget fault. Mineralization includes a segment of the Great Eastern vein. The Eureka shaft was sunk 800 feet west of the Black Hawk shaft and shipments of ore from the Great Eastern vein began July, 1905.

A Cu mine on the Old Dominion vein system. Owned by the Maramora Co. until circa 1905 when the Arizona Commercial Copper Co. was formed and took over the group of claims and the Black Hawk shaft. The Arizona Commercial Copper Co. continued work on the Black Hawk shaft.

Miami is a once booming Western copper camp and a town with an area of 1 square mile (2.5 km²). According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, The population of the town is 1,841. (2006 Census Bureau estimates).Miami is adjacent to Globe, and near the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. Miami, Globe, and the unincorporated areas nearby (including Inspiration, Claypool and Central Heights-Midland City) are commonly called Globe-Miami. The town is located on the northeastern slope of the Pinal Mountains, and is surrounded (except to the east) by the Tonto National Forest. It is located on U.S. Routes 60 and 70, and is served by the Arizona Eastern Railroad. Map Reference: 33°24'N, 110°52'W

Mule Hoof Bend- In the 50's this was an asbestos mine which still has abandoned sites all around it. At the main building lived Mr. and Mrs. Phillips who were the mine owners. They lived in the large house you photographed. The main mine was on a road from the main house down the wash into the canyon itself. The mine was built in the canyon wall and they had to use ropes to get down to the vein of asbestos. It was very dangerous until they dug into the mountain wall a ways and then were able to put 'guard rails' on the canyon face. Mr. Phillips appears to have been a 'rounder' for he apparently spent some time with ladies other than his wife. She shot him one night at the kitchen table with a magnum handgun by aiming the gun 'under the table' and hitting him 'between the legs'! She was charged, found guilty but the jury understood her motive so her sentence was probably not to harsh. Remains of Mule Hoof Bend are five miles east Seneca on US 60 (just before Salt River Canyon in north direction). Take FR 1302 (in San Carlos Indian Reservation) when you reach Seneca. After reservation and after Seneca Lake road the road changes to FR 473. Mule Hoof Bend is to the right side. A few abandoned buildings. Latitude :33-47'40''N-Longitude: 110-31'03'' W

A former underground asbestos mine located about ¾ mile W of Mule Hoof Bend (Oxbow Bend), about 43 road miles N of Globe, on National Forest land. It was discovered 1916 and produced from 1920-1953. Owned by the Jaquays Mining Co. (1982).Mineralization is a linear and tabular ore body(ies) hosted in Mescal Limestone. The ore zone is 365.76 meters long, with a depth-to-bottom of 106.68 meters and a thickness of 0.05 meters, and 0 dip. Ore control was a contact zone and fracturing. Ore concentration was contact metamorphism. An associated rock unit is diabase. Workings include several adits, drifts, and stopes totalling 91.44 meters long. Room and pillar mining was practiced. Past production occurredAssay data: Asbestos fiber ½ to 3 inches, soft, excellent tensile strength. Map Reference: 33°48'21"N, 110°32'30"W

A former underground asbestos-Fe mine located on 2 claims in sec. 24, T5N, R17E, about 1 air mile N-NE of the highway 60 Salt River Bridge, just N of Mule Hoof Bend on the Salt River, on Indian Reservation land. The White Tail group of mines consists of two producing mines, the Horseshoe and White Tail No. 2. Started in 1921 and owned by the San Carlos Asbestos Mining Co., Inc. Mineralization is a vein deposit with a linear ore body hosted in the Mescal Limestone about 150 feet thick. Asbestos mineralization, 3 or 4 inches of soft amber-color fiber, is in the area that has been disturbed by a thrust fault and minor normal faulting. An associated rock unit is diabase. This property is developed by adits and a few small open cuts. Production occurred during 1922 and 1923, when considerable asbestos was mined from the property, but during 1924 and 1925, no production was reported. A small amount of fiber was shipped in 1926 and 1927. Very little work has been done since October 1926. Map Reference: 33°48'46"N, 110°30'32"W

Myrtle- Named by E. F. Pyle who named the ranch after his daughter and buried her near Bonito Creek.

Nugget- It was the discovery of silver mines that led to the birth of Pioneer about 1877. The Pioneer, South Pioneer, and the Howard all produced high-grade ore and had plenty of wood and water. Soon there was a school, brewery, bank, hotel, general store, sawmill and extensive reduction works and about four hundred men that worked the mine and the mill. Nugget's post office was established January 7, 1881 with George Santan as postmaster and was discontinued March 10, 1884. The mine responsible for this town was discovered by a man who didn't realize its value and traded it for a mule to the Chilson brothers of Globe. He was a German named Schultz and he located the Nugget mine in Richmond Basin. Today, nothing is left of Nugget which is now part of a ranch with some foundations.

A former underground Ag-Cu-Pb-Au mine located in the center sec. 10, T2N, R15E, 2 miles NNE of Nugget Mountain, immediately SE of Richmond Basin. Production began in 1875. Also known as / designated: Gila Monster Mining Co. claims. The McMorris Mining Co. owned the area (1875 to 1893); the Gila Monster Mining Co. owned it from 1913 to 1923; and, part of it was owned by the Inca Mining Corp. in 1969. Owned by the Blue Quail Mining Co. (1962); and by Mr. Victor Kilpatrick (1965) (Mc Morris) Mineralization is the McMorris vein hosted in the Mescal Limestone and the Pioneer Formation (quartzite). The Jumbo vein is approximately 100 meters E of the McMorris vein. The ore zone is 2286 meters long, 2.13 meters wide, strikes E-W and dips vertically. Early reported as an 8 foot wide vein comprised of silver, silver glance & bromide of silver (sic - 1881 descriptions). Ore control was fault fissures, some intersecting, and the granite-Gila Conglomerate contact. The only detailed geological map is that of O.M. Bishop, 1935, who describes quartz diorite intrusives, not diabase mineralization related to Lower Cretaceous-Paleozoic intrusions and associated faulting. This form describes most of the district, other than the Raven and Del Shay groups which are less than a mile NE Area structures include fractures that cut the diabase and limestone, with E-W and NW strikes, the main zone of mineralization is E-W. The mineralized zone was characterized as a contact vein with a diabase hanging wall and quartz diorite footwall, a thick diabase sill containing inclusions of limestone. A body of quartz diorite or diabase, 1/2 mile in diameter outcrops are immediately south of the Jumbo and McMorris shafts (Arizona Mining Journal, 1919) Workings include 3 old vertical shafts, one deepened to 150 feet by Blue Quail in 1963. The La Plata shaft is 450 feet deep, E of the Mc Morris. The Jumbo tunnel is 300 feet long (in 1922). Other shafts are 650 and 200 feet deep, 100 feet of tunnels plus 3 levels of workings aggregating 700 feet. There are various drifts and tunnels throughout the area. They reached a depth of 198.12 meters. A 10-stamp mill & steam hoist were erected on site. Map Reference: 33°31'23"N,-110°45'24"W.

An extension of the Mc Morris Mine had a 7 foot wide mineralization. The working vein includes a 60 foot deep shaft and 120 feet of tunnels (1881).

Mineralization is the Jumbo vein which strikes NW, and dips N57E. The Jumbo vein is approximately 100 meters E of the Mc Morris vein, and is 4 feet wide with 18 inches of high grade ore.

Ox Bow- A mine located on May 21, 1880 discovered by D.C. Morland, William St. John, and Al Sieber. Their post office arrived on Marc 7, 1885 with Elizabeth St. John as postmaster.

A former surface and underground Cu-Au-Ag-Mo-Pb-V-Fluorspar mine located in the SE¼NW¼ sec. 32, T10N, R10E, at the head of Oxbow Gulch, about 1 mile E of Moore Mountain, about 0.8 miles W of the top of Oxbow Hill, and about 1½ miles SSW of Oxbow Estates, 7 miles S of Payson, on National Forest land. The property consists of 18 claims, (2 patented: the Oxbow and Golden Wreath). The mine was discovered by Al Sieber, William Moore and St. John in 1875. It produced 1916-1936. Previous owners and operators include: the Atlantis Mining Company (1917); J.P. Walker; W.E. Mc Cules; A.M. Packard; P.J., C.W. and P.H. Harrison; and Alva Buckley (1941).It was owned by Mr. Pete Saccuci (1973). It Operated by Mr. Clay Thorne (1980). Mineralization is a vein of considerable with a linear shaped ore body hosted in Payson Diorite. The ore zone is 609.6 meters long, 1.83 meters wide, 160.93 meters thick, strikes N-S and dips 45-85W. The fissure vein runs N-S for much of its length but turns toward the east at its northern and southern ends. The vein shows 5 ore shoots, and numerous cross veinlets. There are also placer deposits on the property. Vein widths vary from 18 inches to 6 feet. Orange-yellow scales on a fracture plane associated with cupro descloizite. Ore control was the curving fissure (Oxbow-shaped fault fissure) zone, NE-trending dikes, intrusions and faulting. Associated rock units include rhyolite and granite. Area structures include Tertiary sediments approximately 1 mile south of the mine. The local diorite has a uniform texture, is coarse-grained, and is cut by a complex set of dikes and fault fissures. Workings include a 528 foot tunnel cutting the vein along its full length, a two-compartment shaft down 200 feet, with 40 feet of drifts, and a 40 foot tunnel. The main tunnel contains 3 raises connecting it to the surface and 3 winzes of 110, 45 and 145 feet. There are also numerous pits and trenches on the surface. Map Reference: 34°10'6"N, 111°21'14"W

Peridot Mesa- Deposits in Arizona are the major source of U.S. peridot on Peridot Mesa, located on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation east of Globe in Gila County, is the most productive locality for peridot in the world. On the Reservation, peridot can be mined only by individual Native Americans or by individual families of Native Americans from the San Carlos Reservation.

Pinal Camp/Fort Pinal/InfantryPost- A temporary post by General Stoneman established in 1870. The name was changed to Infantry Post. It was later changed to Pinal and located twelve miles southwest of Globe.

Pine- Settlement established in 1879 by Mormon settlers. The post office opened on April 8, 1884 with Mary D. Fuller as postmaster. This town was listed on the U.S. Atlas, 1895 with a post office, but no railroad or express office.

Pioneer-This one time bustling mining town Pioneer is now just a ranch for this post office established April 24, 1882, and discontinued September 4, 1885. The silver mines, discovered in 1877 were responsible for Pioneer. They included the Pioneer, South Pioneer and the Howard. There was a school, brewery, bank, hotel, general store, sawmill, an extensive reduction works, and about 400 people at Pioneer. Fire destroyed the 20- stamp mill in 1887 and the company that owned the mine went bankrupt. The ore went to San Francisco. Wells Fargo came to town with Jeremiah S. Reed as agent from 1883-87. To get to FR 112 from U.s. 60 in Globe, turn east on Oak St. and South onto Broad Street and after a mile, veer right at the Y across the railroad tracks then left onto Jess Hayes Road which changes names along the drive 1/8 of a mile to Ice House Canyon Road. Turn right after l.7 miles, the road enters Forest Service land as FR 112. Globe can be seen sitting on the rolling hills to the north. Today, there are only rusted equipment and tailings piles.

Pioneer Stage Station- Old stage coach station which ran to Globe or Phoenix.

Ramboz Camp-Listed on the 1880 Pinal census record and assumed to be near Globe. This was before Gila became a county and was part of Pinal and Maricopa.

Reno Camp- A small settlement with a post office that arrived on October 20, 1880 with Isaac R. Pruter as postmaster and discontinued on July 24, 1894. This town was listed on the U.S. Atlas, 1895 with a post office, but no railroad or express office.

Reppy Station-The Globe division of the Arizona Eastern Railroad located fourteen miles east of Globe.

Rescue Mine- 12/21/1891A sanguinary encounter took place on Sunday last in the boardinghouse at the Rescue mine between Thomas Floyd, a miner and Charlie Sing, the Chinaman cook employed by the company, resulting in Floyd's being stabbed a few inches and to the right of the left knee cap. The large artery was cut and caused death in a very few minutes. Thomas Floyd and his partner Bernard King who lived not far from the boarding house were preparing to start on a trip and having no bread then asked Mr. Kimple and then Larry Ryan who passed their cabin to get bread for them from the Chinaman. Both men on their return that the Chinaman refused to give them bread and applied an insulting epithet to Floyd, charging him with stealing his quail. Floyd at once left the cabin saying he was going to see the Chinaman. King and Ryan testified that they did not see Floyd in possession of a pistol while Kimple swears that Floyd put on a gun before he started. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sultan and their three sons, Harry, George and Edgar who had accompanied Supt. L.J. Webster to the mine, were the only witnesses to what occurred from the entry of Floyd into the dining room until the pistol was drawn. Mr. and Mrs. Sultan were sitting at a table near the door opening into the kitchen where the Chinaman sat peeling potatoes and after some remarks about quail, commenced striking the Chinaman with his fist. He struck him tenor twelve times before Mr. Sultan reached the door intending to stop the quarrel. As Mr. Sultan reached them, Floyd stepped back and drew his pistol when the Chinaman caught his arm diverting in the direction of Mrs. Sultan. Mr. Sultan, alarmed for the safety of his wife hurried her out of the building and there was no witness to what transpired then. When Supt. Webster and mine foreman Lorin Lynch entered two or three minutes later, Floyd lay dying on the floor in a pool of blood. At the coroner’s inquest, it was determined that the Chinaman acted in self defense and was discharged.

Rescue Mine (Rescue vein; Rescue patented claim MS 313), Rescue Canyon, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

A former surface and underground Ag-Cu-Pb-Au mine located in the NE¼SE¼ sec. 1, T1N, R15E, at the head of Rescue Canyon, about 1.5 miles NNW of Black Peak, SE of Ramboz Peak. This property consists of 1 patented (MS 313) and 1 unpatented claim. It was discovered 1870and produced from 1870-1950. In 1939 the Rescue Mine group was constituted of 8 unpatented claims and the patented Rescue claim. It was owned by Jacob Judesh in 1939. It was operated by L. Racine in 1950. . Other previous operators include K.H. Forester and David Hartley, originally the Rescue Mining Co. Mineralization is a linear ore body. It is a 4 foot wide ore vein (vein varies from 2 to 15 feet in width) of chloride ore in a mineralized fissure, mainly in diabase, which can be traced for about 8,000 feet (2438 meters). In the eastern part, it strikes N70E, but in the western part, the strike changes to about N25E. The fissure is essentially vertical. The diabase is a thick sill intruded into the lower part of the Pioneer formation, which overlies Pinal schist in this area. The ADMR report also mentions diorite; however, none is mapped by Peterson, 1962. Mineralization is probably associated with an early Tertiary intrusive period, although the closest known Early Tertiary rock is at the Old Dominion Mine, 3 miles SW. The fissure is slightly mineralized along most of its length. The ores hoot contained high-grade silver ore. The character of the vein matter apparently is very similar to that of the Ramboz vein, with abundant oxides of manganese. Workings include an 80 foot (24.38 meter) deep shaft and an 84 foot long tunnel (1881), stopes, numerous open cuts and several shallow prospect pits. Tunnels and adits were driven from both the east and west side of the ridge. Production before 1927 was not included in ABGMT-USBM file data. 1800's production was large. ADMR file estimates 3 million dollars of ore (period values). Map Reference: 33°27'20"N, 110°46'29"W.

Rice- Rice is located near San Carlos with unknown remnants. Founded as "12 mile post” Rice changed its name to Talklai in 1880. In 1907 the post office name changed to Rice. The town of San Carlos eventually absorbed Rice

Richmond Basin- Richmond Basin was a silver wonder town founded in 1890 and survived until 1930. There were about 1000 people who called the place, home. There are many remains from the mining time and one collapsed house Beware of open mines scattered about. Ruins include a shaft, houses and an old truck and trailer left behind. Take SR 88 (SR 188) from Miami-Globe in direction to Payson. After about 4 miles follow the old road, not the new, pass the ranch (on right) and take FR 219 witch is Horseshoe bend Wash. After driving in sandy wash for about 4 miles, take right fork, which is FR 220. Follow this road until end. Travel requires a four wheel drive. Latitude 33.53278- longitude-110.75833.

Risser Ranch- . At one time Risser Ranch Ruin had over 100 rooms but much of the site was destroyed by modern housing construction. Now about twenty rooms remain and were inhabited well into the 1200's. The residents were farmers and hunters and related to the Mogollon people who lived to the East and the Salado of Tonto Creek arm of the Tonto Basin.

Rye- Rye was a crossing point of a creek during the Pleasant Valley War. The town was neutral with a post office that opened on October 14, 1884 with Mary E. Boardmon as postmistress and discontinued on October 9, 1907. It was listed on the 1895 U.S. Atlas with a population of twenty-seven residents and a post office, but no train or express office

San Carlos- T.B. Emery 1903-12 An estimated 80-95% of the world’s peridot -- August’s birthstone -- comes from the San Carlos Apache Reservation just east of Globe.

An estimated 80-95% of the world’s peridot -- August’s birthstone -- comes from the San Carlos Apache Reservation just east of Globe. This town was listed on the U.S. Atlas, 1895 with 54 residents, a post office, but no railroad or express office.

Sawmill Flat- This was the location of a sawmill that provided Roosevelt Dam with the lumber necessary for its construction.

Schultz Ranch- A post office opened as Schultz on July 12, 1894 with Lizzie Schneider as postmaster and it was discontinued on April 21, 1900.

Schushausen's Ranch-1880 Pinal census. This was before Gila County was created.

Seneca -Seneca which was originally a small Indian encampment, then a small support town for the mines in the area, then back to an Indian town built by the government before it was abandoned. There are numerous mines in the Salt River area and the ruins are literally scattered all over the area. Some of the mines are privately owned. Seneca, Mule Hoof and Timber Camp were all support towns to early prospectors, miners and ranchers in the area. To get there you must travel in a 'westerly' direction to Seneca Lake, go around the lake on it's north end to FS 473 as you noted. Then travel 'west' for about eight miles. Seneca proper, as well as Seneca Lake, is on the San Carlos Indian Reservation and as such one must cross reservation lines. Only need to exercise respect for the property and travel through only.

Shoofly Indian Ruins- The Shoofly Indian Ruins were believed to have been occupied from A.D. 1000-1250. At an elevation of 5,240 feet, Shoofly Village once had a total of 79 structures of which the rock outlines, once the base of the walls, are still visible. At the center of this site is where a larger structure once existed, believed to have been a building with 26 rooms averaging 37.4 square meters each, and part of this structure was perhaps two stories high. In clusters around the core area were 39 smaller structures and 14 more were scattered about the general area and at least one of these structures had a curved wall. The entire compound of approximately 3.75 acres (1.5 hectares) is enclosed by a small rock fence. Latitude- 4.29028-34-.longitude 111. Take Highway 87 north from Payson to Houston Mesa Road and turn east. The parking lot is a short distance beyond the Mesa del Caballo subdivision just off the paved road

Stanton- Stanton began as a stage station and later developed into small community serving the nearby ranches and a local mine. Stanton had a post office from that arrived on May 13, 1880 with Thomas L. Johnson as postmaster and was discontinued on January 1, 1882. It was located about 18 miles north of Globe

St. John Creek- This ranch became a stopping place on the road from Globe to Payson. The old Ox Bow post office was at this ranch.

Strawberry Valley-The post office arrived on December 13, 1866 with Lafayette P. Nash as postmaster and discontinued 12/31/1904.

Tonto- This town was listed on the U.S. Atlas, 1895 with 85 residents, a post office, but no railroad or express office.

TontoBasin/Packard’s Store- The post office came in on May 8, 1929 with Lillian L. Colcord as postmaster. The name was changed to Tonto Basin on May 2, 1930. It was located on Tonto Creek, twenty five miles north of Roosevelt and originally called the Packard’ Store.

Troy- Small mining community. Turn right (good graded road) at the junction of 112 and Dripping Springs- 2.9 miles gray dirt road goes left up the steep rise leads to the old Troy ranch. Private property at the end of the 1.3 mile drive.

William’s Camp- Their post office came in on September 20, 927 with Mrs. Alice Mestler as postmaster and was discontinued on June 1, 1928.

Winkleman- The history of Winkelman has to be traced back through that of two other small communities which formerly existed in this vicinity. The first of these was Dudleyville, near the mouth of the San Pedro River. It was in this region that a large number of farmers settled following the survey of 1877 and 1878. Among these people was Dudley Harrington, who established his ranch in 1879. The trip to Florence for supplies and mail became increasingly onerous to the settlers and remained so even when mail was brought to Riverside within twenty miles of the settlers. This situation was remedied in 1881 when a post office was established for the agricultural settlement. The name for the post office was taken from the first name of Dudley Harrington, whose son was the first postmaster. By 1890 the dangers of overgrazing by cattle on the hills which surrounded the valley became evident. With no grass roots to absorb and hold the rains which fell to the earth, floods washed down from the hills across the valley and into the San Pedro River, which broadened with every flood. Several times the store at Dudleyville was moved to prevent its being washed away by the river. The coming of the railroad in 1903 resulted in the establishment of an entirely separate post office. The railroad line ran near the ranch owned by Peter Winkelman, a stockman. The third community was known as Feldman, which was located on the Pusch Ranch of which Henry Feldman was manager. Although the post office records say that the name of Dudleyville was changed to Feldman, it is obvious that Feldman was another location." Post office established as Dudleyville May 9, 1881, established as Winkelman March 8, 1905. Wells Fargo came in with Ernest Alvin Spann as agent in 1906 and left in 1912. Young & Payson. 1921

Young- The post office came in on June 25, 1890 with Olla Young as Postmaster. With the coming of peace after the Pleasant Valley War, settlers retuned to the meadow. First called Pleasant Valley but that post office name was taken so they named the post office for the postmaster. This town was listed on the U.S. Atlas, 1895 with a post office, but no railroad or express office.

Ajo Mountains-Papago Indians tell the story that the fabled treasure hoard of Montezuma was buried in a cave near the top of a high peak in the Ajo Mountains, Southeast of the old mining camp of Gunsight. Legend says that after burying the treasure, Montezuma climbed to the top of the peak and turned to stone. The peak shaped like the head of an Indian may be the place to search.