Yavapai County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Big Bug 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, 3:35 pm BIG BUG, YAVAPAI COUNTY. Big Bug District is a short distance east of Prescott, adjoining the Turkey Creek District. The Bell, a silver mine, has a shaft 180 feet in depth. The vein, which is thirty inches in width, carries smelting ore assaying as high as $160 per ton. The Poland, Hamilton, Bullion, and Mountain Boy, belonging to the Stokes Mining Co., and the claims of the Valley Forge Mining Co., are also promising locations. 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/yavapai/directories/business/1881/bigbugmi660gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/azfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb