UNION MINE
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UNION MINE |
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NAME: Union Mine COUNTY: Yavapai ROADS: 4WD LEGAL INFO: T13N, R1W CLIMATE: Warm Summer, snow in winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Year round with high clearance vehicle |
COMMENTS:
About 1.75m SW of McCabe Cemetery, along
High Chaparral Gulch REMAINS: Blasthouse, foundations, a deep well, assorted junk |
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Unaware of the history here. There is the blasthouse still standing and and various foundations in the gulch, along with a well hidden among trees to the north; it is about twenty feet deep. Just past BLM/Prescott Nat'l Forest gate. I will try to find some more information on this. Thanks to Chuck Coggins for assisting our searches. Submitted by: Joe Grumbo 1.75 SW of McCabe (I think I may have said east before), sometimes known as Union-Jessie Mine, although it is a seperate mine entirely. Originally owned by John S. Jones, it produced about $150,000 (mostly gold) until 1934. Union Consolidated Mines Co. reopened it in 1922, no substantial production on record. Southwest Mines Development Co. tried to revive it in 1930, with a few hundred tons of gold ore gleaned from the dumps. It is currently owned by Wayne L. Johnson, relative of Ben Johnson (actor in many westerns/television). |
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