Hilltop - Arizona Ghost Town

HILLTOP

NAME: Hilltop
COUNTY: Cochise
ROADS: 2WD
LEGAL INFO: T16S, R30E
CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: Some current residences.
REMAINS: A few buildings currently occupied and some mining remnants.

Hilltop's post office was established January 26, 1920 and discontinued June 30, 1945. Originally discovered in the 1880's, the Hilltop mine didn't support a town until the early 1900's. Hilltop as a town bought an automobile in 1913 for which they took great care. In 1917, they built a tunnel through Shaw Peak and erected a new town site. Gradually mining diminished and the town has become what it is today, a lonely ghost.	Hilltop, 1920 Courtesy Ralph Morrow Hilltop Mine Entrance Courtesy Rick Duncan Looking out of the entrance of Hilltop Mine Courtesy Rick Duncan

Hilltop's post office was established January 26, 1920 and discontinued June 30, 1945. Originally discovered in the 1880's, the Hilltop mine didn't support a town until the early 1900's. Hilltop as a town bought an automobile in 1913 for which they took great care. In 1917, they built a tunnel through Shaw Peak and erected a new town site. Gradually mining diminished and the town has become what it is today, a lonely ghost.

Hilltop, 1920
Courtesy Ralph Morrow

Hilltop Mine Entrance
Courtesy Rick Duncan

Looking out of the entrance of Hilltop Mine
Courtesy Rick Duncan

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