Pima County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Santa Rita Placers 1881
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SANTA RITA PLACERS,  PIMA COUNTY.

  These placers are situated in what is known as the Helvetia District, about 55
miles southeast of Tucson. The principal mining camp in the district, known as
Greaterville, is at an altitude of 5,000 feet above sea-level. About three miles
west of the town in the Santa Rita Range is a peak known as Old Baldy, which is
one of the highest in Arizona, being about 10,000 feet above the level of the
sea. The hills and mountains are covered with oak, pine, and cedar, and the
climate is delightful. These extensive placer diggings are very rich, and
although they have as yet only been worked in a primitive manner, have yielded
several hundred thousand dollars worth of gold. The lack of water prevents them
from being worked to any great extent, except during the rainy season, when
quite a large number of miners are busily engaged in washing the dirt. The Santa
Rita Quartz and Placer Mining Co., have considerable ground which pays well for
working. The district also contains many quartz ledges, which are being
developed, and show rich ore. From three to six miles northwest of Greaterville
are extensive and rich copper ledges, which when developed will no doubt yield a
large amount of metal.


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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