PLANET
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NAME: Planet COUNTY: Planet ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: T11N, R17W CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall |
COMMENTS:
To get to Planet take Osborne Well Road, just before mile 143, before you reach Parker from Quartzsite, or take Swansea Rd from Bouse (on SR72) and drive to Four Corners. Here continue strait on Swansea Cutoof Rd and take Planet Ranch Rd on the right. Drive until you reach gate. On the right side are remains of Planet and Planet mine. Not problem for 2WD. Bobby Zlatevski REMAINS: Nothing. |
| Planet's post office was established March 28, 1902 and discontinued March 31, 1921. The Planet copper mine, the mainstay of Planet and the second copper mine in Arizona to be worked by Americans, was discovered in 1863. Slowly a town grew around the mine and finally got a post office in 1902. When the mines played out in 1921, Planet succumbed to financial ruin as miners went elsewhere for work. |
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