AZ Mines

Four-Wheeling Volunteers Patrol Arizona’s Abandoned Mines Arizona has a long history of mining that’s left thousands of abandoned mines around the state. People have fallen into these mines, and some have even died. But as Cronkite News reporter Jordan Evans found out there’s one group of volunteers in Lake Havasu City that’s trying to close…

Exploring the Mine With No Name, Yavapai County, Arizona Bob and I go to the Black Rock District north of Phoenix to explore and to find some mines to investigate! Several things worth mentioning: 1. The Monte Cristo Mine is noteworthy, but the main shaft is reportedly flooded, thus not accesible. 2. The Williams Ranch…

We Found a Lost Gold Mine ($20,000 A TON!) When your dad sends you a literal treasure map to a spot he’s been telling you about for 20 years with a reference point of ‘There will be a shovel and gold pan there’ and you find the shovel, gold pan and the reef…. Yer it…

The Legend of Tinker Mountain’s “Lost Silver Mine” The opening of a Documentary I am putting together. It is a very interesting story about a lost Silver mine right in my own backyard !!! (From early times residents of the Roanoke Valley had told stories of a very eccentric old men who lived in a…

We Found An Abandoned Town Hidden in this Arizona Valley . Superior Az This was an awesome place to explore , Hidden in this Arizona valley lies old Pinal city . Final home of Matty Earp ex-wife of Wyatt the famous lawman. . Pinal City’s biggest claim to fame is as the death place of…

Finding Lost Mines This video provides some tips and actual examples of using Google Earth to find mines that are NOT in Mineral Resources Data System.

Arizona’s Historic Octave Mine on “The Property Man w/Bob Massi” on Fox One of Arizona’s most famous gold properties, formerly owned by Asarco. Mining Journal Magazine proclaimed in a cover story, ”A first-class mining property!” The Octave, with 25 miles of tunnels, produced a documented 200,000 oz.of gold, 75,000 oz. of silver. As seen on…

Lost Dutchman Mine The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine (also known by similar names) is, according to legend, a rich gold mine hidden in the southwestern United States. The location is generally believed to be in the Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction, east of Phoenix, Arizona. There have been many stories about how to find the…

ABANDONED GOLD MINES ~ near KINGMAN ARIZONA 1.23.2013. I decided to walk out to some mountains today and found several old abandoned gold mines from the past. I didn’t see any official claim markers or indications that the area was other than BLM (Bureau of Land Management). An old post at one gold mine had…

Finding Something Unexpected in an Abandoned Copper Mine What an unexpected discovery! Paul and I never imagined finding what we found deep in this abandoned copper mine in Arizona. The Warren-Bisbee Mine’s obscure entrance was basically a rabbit hole and didn’t look too promising. However, once we gained entry by sliding in on our backs,…