Pima County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Aztec Mining District 1881
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AZTEC,  PIMA COUNTY.

  This is an old district, lying east of the Tyndall and north of the Patagonia
District, embracing within its limits the southern part of the Santa Rita
Mountains. The general formation is granite, syenite, and porphyry. The mineral
veins are numerous, and several of great width show distinct croppings for long
distances. Evidences of mining which must have been done in olden times occur
along these veins. Some of the rich mines worked by the Jesuits are supposed to
have been located in this vicinity. The Aztec Syndicate, a large mining company,
made this the center of their operations. The Sonoita Creek at a short distance
affords plenty of water for milling, and wood is abundant—oak and mes-quite
being found on the slopes and lower ranges, while higher up on the mountains is
pine, which makes good lumber. Springs of excellent water are plentiful, and
much of the surface is covered for several months in the year with fine gramma
grass. No other district offers better facilities for mining than this. The
gulches have all afforded placer gold, and a considerable district lying east is
more or less worked in this way. Mr. Campbell, who represents an Eastern
company, is now engaged in opening some mines here, with excellent prospects.


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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