Arizona's Vulture Mine and Vulture City

by Lynn Downey

Discovered by Henry Wickenburg in 1863, the Vulture Mine was one of the greatest gold strikes in Western history, and went through many owners during its long life. The first was its founder, who gave his name to the city of Wickenburg, which today thrives fifteen miles away on the Hassayampa River. Vulture City, which grew up around the mine beginning in 1880, had everything that miners, engineers, families, and absentee owners could want, from saloons...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1634991427
• ISBN13: 9781634991421
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.5" x 9.2"