Maricopa County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Vulture Mine 1881 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/az/azfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 18, 2007, 12:00 pm VULTURE MINE, MARICOPA COUNTY. This noted gold mine is located in the northwestern portion of the county, eleven miles east of Seymour. It was discovered in 1863 by Henry Wickenburg, and worked continuously for several years. Two mills were erected at the town of Wickenburg for the reduction of the ore, from which a large amount of bullion was extracted. Through bad management on the part of those in charge, and hostility of the Apaches, the company were finally forced to suspend operations, and the property was sold for taxes. It was afterwards re-located, and by misrepresentations sold to Mr. Seymour of New York for a big price. This gentleman finding himself victimized, determined to see the speculation through, and went energetically to work to develop the mine. Water was carried through a six-inch galvanized pipe from the Hassayampa Creek to the mine, a distance of fourteen miles, and an eighty-stamp mill erected. These operations, it is said, cost Mr. Seymour $358,000. When the mill was started, it worked to a charm, and the daily profit from the working of the ore amounted to $1000, which, together with the sale of stock, soon reimbursed Mr. Seymour for the large amount expended, and left him in the possession of a fortune. The ore vein is an immense ledge of low-grade quartz, which is run through the mill without assorting. Additional Comments: Extracted from: ARIZONA BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER; CONTAINING THE Names and Post-Office Addresses of all Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional Men in the Territory of Arizona; TERRITORIAL, COUNTY, CITY AND TOWN OFFICERS. A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT MINING DISTRICTS AND THE NAMES OF MINING SUPERINTENDENTS. ALSO, A GAZETTEER OF THE COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS, Giving a full exhibit of their Mineral, Agricultural and Manufacturing Resources. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF WHOLESALE MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. W. C. DISTURNELL, COMPILER AND PUBLISHER, 534 California Street, San Francisco, Cal. BACON & COMPANY, PRINTERS. l88l. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, By W. C. DISTURNELL, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/az/maricopa/directories/business/1881/vulturem728gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/azfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb