Pima County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Bloodsucker Mining District 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 17, 2007, 3:37 pm BLOODSUCKER, PIMA COUNTY. This district is situated in the foot-hills of the Bloodsucker Mountains, 45 miles northwest of Tucson. The mines were discovered and several locations made by D. B. Rea and others about January, 1880. The formation is granite, syenite, and slate, containing veins carrying both gold and silver, but gold predominates. Springs of good water are found throughout this section, and wood, principally mesquite, is abundant. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/az/pima/directories/business/1881/bloodsuc664gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/azfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb