Vulture Gold Mine
This was a really cool place to visit. Everything here is left exactly as it was when it was abandoned.
In 1863, Austrian Henry Wickenburg discovered gold while retrieving a vulture he had shot. The Vulture mine went on to be one of Arizona’s richest gold mines. It sparked the development of Arizona, and the city of Pheonix.
In the 1880’s –1890’s Vulture City’s population grew to over 5000. It featured a large stone Assay Office, miners dormitories, houses for company officials, a mess hall, school, post office, and an 80 stamp mill.
It is estimated that the Vulture Mine produced over 200 million dollars worth of gold and silver. The exact amount is unknown due to theft for which some 18 men were hanged.
President Roosevelt’s executive order during WWII closed the mine in 1942.
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