Vulture Mine Virtual Cache
-
Difficulty:
-
-
Terrain:
-
Size: 
(not chosen)
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
The vulture mine is only open weekend. 8-4 The tour will cost you $7 a person. and is well worth it. This is one of the best preserved Ghost Towns in arizona
The Vulture Gold Mine was discovered in 1863 by Henry Wickenburg. Henry sold the mine after a few years. The Vulture, however, went on to become the most productive gold mine in the history of Arizona. Vulture City grew to a population of almost five thousand people. The mine sparked the development of Arizona and the city of Phoenix.
The Vulture Mine produced gold worth more than 200 million dollars. The exact amount is unknown. Some say that nearly half of the Vulture’s gold was stolen. "Highgrading" or theft of the high grade ore was common at the Vulture. At least 18 men were hung on the Vulture City’s hanging tree, nearly all for highgrading.
When President Franklin Roosevelt closed the mine in 1942 (WW II) people left believing they would return in six months. The mine never reopened. Almost overnight a once thriving community became a ghost town.
The town is for sale and who knows what the new owns will do with it.
To recieve credit for this find you need a picture of yourself and your GPS, in front of the little store. and sign the visitor book in side
If you like to show the geocaching community you not just out for the numbers please post pic of yourself and GPS at your favorite spot on the tour.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
QB GUR GBHE