Pima County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Tumacacori Mining District 1881
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TUMACACORI,  PIMA COUNTY.

  Tumacacori, an old ruined mission, situated in the mountains on the west side
of the Valley of the Santa Cruz, was, like Tubac, the center of extensive mining
operations many years since. All over this section may be seen the evidences of
old mining, and tradition says that near this place was located the Tumacacori
mine of wonderful richness, from which the Jesuit Fathers, with a trained band
of Indian miners, for a long time quietly extracted immense amounts of silver. A
day came at last when the crafty Apache surrounded the mission, and left not a
soul to tell the story of its destruction, or even to point out the location of
its rich mines. A recent prospector claims to have found this old mine: but
whether he has or not, the search in this rich mineral district, cannot fail to
bring to light other mines perhaps as rich as Tumacacori.


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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