September 2022 Images will look better full computer screen if you go to the blog. Our annual trip across the US from Phoenix to Western New York yielded several malfunctions in the van. The first proved to be a hole in the hose to dump the sewage in Springfield, MO, which resulted massive leaks when…
July 22, 2015 – near Mount Ord, AZ The 4 wheel drive trip today is to check out the mercury mines off the Mount Ord exit on the Beeline highway to Payson. In 2012 there was an extensive fire in the area and burned both of the old mining structures – another piece of Arizona…
Pine Mountain Mercury Mine and the Sunflower Mercury Mine were burned to the ground in the Sunflower fire of 2012. The photos of this mine were taken in Sept. 2010. The Pine Mountain Mercury Mine is in the Sunflower District in the Mazatzal Mountains, west of Rt. 87. Mercury was discovered as the mineral…
Martinez mine and mill are located in the Martinez Canyon by way of the Box Canyon. To visit the site 4 WD vehicles are needed with an approach from northeast of Florence, AZ. There were numerous mining claims in the Martinez Canyon dating back to the 1880s. The main minerals at the sites contained silver,…
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