Columbia - Arizona Ghost Town

COLUMBIA

NAME: Columbia
COUNTY: Yavapai
ROADS: 2WD
LEGAL INFO: T8N, R1W
CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: Just north of Lake Pleasant
REMAINS: Current caretakers, the mine and some foundations.

Columbia's post office was established on September 25, 1894 and discontinued July 31, 1915. A mining camp of about 100 people, Columbia had a post office, general store, meat market, blacksmith, shoemaker, carpenter, and justice of the peace. Total production was only abut $50,000. Today there is a mine that is still working in the area and a caretaker at the site. Columbia Courtesy Kurt Wenner Columbia Courtesy Kurt Wenner	Columbia Courtesy Sharlot hall Museum, Prescott Columbia Courtesy Kurt Wenner Columbia Courtesy Kurt Wenner Columbia Courtesy Kurt Wenner

Columbia's post office was established on September 25, 1894 and discontinued July 31, 1915. A mining camp of about 100 people, Columbia had a post office, general store, meat market, blacksmith, shoemaker, carpenter, and justice of the peace. Total production was only abut $50,000. Today there is a mine that is still working in the area and a caretaker at the site.

Columbia
Courtesy Kurt Wenner

Columbia
Courtesy Sharlot hall Museum, Prescott

Columbia
Courtesy Kurt Wenner

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