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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Of the bunkhouse and the mess hall. The blacksmith shop formed new and sharpened old drill bits that were used for drilling for packing dynamite.Mine owners got together and sent farmers down into the Salt River Valley, now Phoenix, to get supplies for the mine. From here, the city sprung up. Grand Avenue, which was called Vulture Road, was the first road out of Phoenix. It had to go at an odd angle to get to Wickenburg. However, it was not really an odd angle, all the other roads were built straight afterwards.The Glory Hole is the large hole in the ground next to the head frame. This was where the original tunnel was built. It had two levels. By 1923, all of the high-grade ore was dug out. This was a very rich pocket of ore and attracted many people. Some of these people were high-graders. All the high-grade ore was gone out of the Glory hole except that which was near the timber supports. These miners snuck in during the evening and slowly chipped away around the supports. Over time, they chipped away so much that it collapsed burying seven men and twelve burros. They are still in there today! The pulverizer at the Ball Mill. One of the cyanide leaching vats. The chemical storage building. The Hanging Tree was the punishment for those high-graders that were caught. It is right next to Henry Wickenburg’s original home. It was a small, single room rock and adobe house. There are rifle portals on the side which show that Wickenburg was obviously trying to prevent claim-jumpers, or thieves, off of his property. His home later became the jail for Vulture City. Eighteen high-graders were taken by the Hanging Tree during the time of the Vulture Mine. The Hanging Tree is an ironwood tree and over times it branches fan down. Many people look at it and wonder how someone was hung; the answer is that the tree is slowly shrinking and is shorter than its original height. A picture of the powerhouse and 6 cylinder engine. The housing of the
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