Golconda - Arizona Ghost Town

GOLCONDA

NAME: Golconda
COUNTY: Mohave
ROADS: 2WD
LEGAL INFO: T22N, R17W
CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: Use route via Chloride. Caretaker lives on the property.
REMAINS: One standing building, many foundations and other building remnants, a huge stamp mill, and mining equipment.

Golconda's post office was established December 8, 1909 and discontinued February 28, 1918. The Golconda mine was discovered in the 1860's and worked without a town at the site until John Boyle bought the mine around the turn of the century. Then in 1917, oil in one of the mill's flotation tanks boiled over and started a fire that, together with the drop in the price of lead and zinc, spelled doom for Golconda. Today there are scattered remains in the Cerbat Hills. Golconda Courtesy Kurt Wenner	Golconda circa 1918 Courtesy Thomas McMichael Golconda Courtesy Kurt Wenner Golconda Courtesy Kurt Wenner

Golconda's post office was established December 8, 1909 and discontinued February 28, 1918. The Golconda mine was discovered in the 1860's and worked without a town at the site until John Boyle bought the mine around the turn of the century. Then in 1917, oil in one of the mill's flotation tanks boiled over and started a fire that, together with the drop in the price of lead and zinc, spelled doom for Golconda. Today there are scattered remains in the Cerbat Hills.

Golconda
Courtesy Kurt Wenner

Golconda circa 1918
Courtesy Thomas McMichael

Golconda
Courtesy Kurt Wenner

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