PLOMOSA

NAME: Plomosa COUNTY: La Paz ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: T4N, R18W CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall, spring

COMMENTS: 7.5 miles SE of Quartzsite. REMAINS: One Old Stone Building that has been reinhabited: also one small steel headframe.

Plomosa was begun as a lead mining operation in the latte 19th century. Its post office opened in 1880 and closed? The site today extends over many acres with new mining claims everywhere. Visitors are not encouraged.

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