GOLD ROAD MINE ~ OATMAN ARIZONA
GOLD ROAD MINE ~ OATMAN ARIZONA
This is the Gold Road Mine company owned by Addwest Minerals Inc, headquarters in Oatman Arizona. The gold mine had been shut down around 1998 because of poor gold prices, but then reopened in 2008 with very high gold prices. The surrounding area has rocks rich in iron oxides which is usually a hint of a gold rich area. I saw this place on the way to see historic Oatman Arizona, an old ghost town founded as a mining community in the early 1900s.
The Goldroad Mine company of Oatman AZ seems to be a small business with possibly a dozen employees or so.
what a shit hole dale the dumb blow the mine up and every on lost there job.good job double d
Since Oatman only has a population of 135 now, that’s a lot of mine people. In the hey day of Oatman’s gold mine I have heard 3500 people lived there and other reports of many, many more. Lots of vacant homes and buildings in the area have been razed due to taxation.
Yes, they have been mining there for almost 20 years now and totally screwed up a place of historical value by obliterating almost ever trace of the old town that used to be there by covering the place over with tailing piles and containment ponds. I hope the mine is closed down for good. It never should have been re-opened in the first place. The Tourist Trap fringe set in Oatman would be screaming bloody murder if this mining company had messed up their town site the way they did the Goldroad one. But I’ve heard the same company owns the old Tom Reed mine, so Oatman might be the next town to get covered up with new tailing piles.
When l was a kid in the 70’s we used to go camping there, sad to see it is now, There was a lot of old rock houses and cool things to see. The curved cement wall thing was a shaft that went straight down a long aways 500 ft. some say 1500 ft? l think there were 2 side by side. l wish l had picture of it now.
Rare opportunity to see a mine area that has re-opened time and again. Great panorama of the area near Sitgreaves Pass. Part of our history that nearby ghost town, Goldroad, is just relics now. Thanks for this.