Pima County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Gold Mountain Mining District 1881
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GOLD MOUNTAIN,  PIMA COUNTY.

  This is a district recently formed in the Horseshoe Basin, Qui-jota range of
mountains, 65 miles west of Tucson. The range is in the shape of a horse-shoe,
which gives name to the basin. The mines are dry placers, and were discovered
and worked by Indians and Mexicans some fifty years ago. The Apaches in one of
their raids killed most of the mining population, and the basin has remained
vacant till within a short time. The mining is generally done by sinking a round
hole or well to the bed rock, which in most cases is less than twenty feet. The
richest earth is then selected and carried to the nearest water, a distance of
about six miles, where it is washed. What are called dry washing machines are
being tried here, but we have seen no report in regard to their success. The
placers are said to be extensive, and if water could be obtained from the Gila
River they would undoubtedly yield a large amount of gold.


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.


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