ORO GRANDE

NAME: Oro Grande COUNTY: Yavapai ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: T8N, R4W CLIMATE: Mild winter hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall

COMMENTS: The remains are in a box canyon that has to be walked. REMAINS: What's left of wood and stone buildings, and the mines.

Oro Grande was founded in 1901 by a $2000 gold strike that brought a mining sensation to the Black Rock district. $250,000 was put into the operation but less than $50,000 ever came out. Oro Grande had its own 10-stamp mill and even its own pumping plant at the Hassayampa river. Not much is left today and part of the trip must be walked.

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