CHILITO

NAME: Chilito COUNTY: Gila ROADS: 4WD LEGAL INFO: T4S, R15E CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Fall, winter

COMMENTS: The buildings were used by ranchers later. REMAINS: A few original buildings.

Chilito's post office was established June 11, 1913 and discontinued July 15, 1918. Worked by the London-Arizona copper company, the copper mines responsible for Chilito were in production through the 1920's. The town had a total population of about 200 people during it's heyday. The buildings at the town site were later used by ranchers.

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