Mohave County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Aubrey Mining District 1881
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AUBREY, MOHAVE COUNTY.

  This is a large district in the southern part of the county, bounded on the
south by Bill Williams Fork, and on the west by the Colorado River. The eastern
part embraces the Hualapais range of mountains, in which, during the past ten
years, a large number of silver ledges have been discovered. At present but
little is being done in the district, the rich discoveries in other more
accessible sections of the Territory having diverted attention from this
promising region. The noted McCracken Silver mine, located in the northeastern
portion of the district, was discovered in 1874 from croppings which extended
nearly north and south for a distance of ten miles. The vein at the surface is,
in some places, eighty feet wide. The best milling ore of the McCracken averaged
about ninety-five dollars per ton, although there were narrow streaks which were
much richer. This mine has been worked to a considerable extent, and for a time
yielded a large amount of bullion. The Signal and Palmetto are adjoining mines
on the same ledge, which have also produced a large amount. At the Peabody mine,
ore is being extracted and worked in a twenty-stamp mill at Signal.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

RIZONA 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.


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