Yavapai County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Turkey Creek Mining District 1881
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TURKEY CREEK,  YAVAPAI COUNTY.

  This district lies southeast of Prescott, and is bounded on the north by Big
Bug, and on the south by Peck District. The most noted mine in this section is
the Goodwin, discovered in 1864, and named in honor of the person who was then
Governor of the Territory. It has well defined croppings, which can be traced a
distance of several hundred yards. Upon the original discovery there are two
shafts sunk, one sixty and another ninety feet in depth. In a tunnel run from
one of the shafts, it is said ore was found assaying two hundred dollars a ton;
but work had to be suspended on account of a heavy flow of water which rushed in
at that point. On the Homestead and Morning Glory ledges, near the Goodwin, very
high-grade ore has been obtained. There are quite a number of other ledges
prospecting well, which, when developed will no doubt prove valuable; wood and
water are abundant.


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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