Treasure Hunting Arizona-Tumacacori Tombstone Calabasas Cerro Colorado Charleston Chloride Congress

Tumacacori National Monument is located 18 miles north of Nogales, U.S. 89. San Jose de Tumacacori was a settlement founded by the Jesuits in 1691 primarily to convert Pima Indians and remained active until 1848. Church ruins and about 20 vast stone buildings are still on site. Old Oraibi Village can be found at the northeast corner of Arizona, State 264, 3 miles west of Oraibi, Hopi Indian Reservation where ruins of more than a hundred of old stone Indian houses built around 1150 can be found. There are also traces of Spanish mining settlements and archeological sites within the area. Around Phoenix and outside the city, there are also remnants of the Indian and Spanish buildings. A big hill in Pueblo Grande City Park covers the Hohokam structure which dates back to the year 900. Pipe Spring National Monument can be found 15 miles southwest of Fredonia and 25 miles north of the Grand Canyon, U.S. 89. It’s where the Mormons settled in 1858. A fort was also built here in 1870 by the Texas miners. It is also where ruins of 19th century buildings can be found. Tombstone is located 20 miles northwest of Bisbee, Cochise Co, U.S. 80. The rich silver deposit brought big progress to the town since its origins in 1877, the population grew to 15, 000 by the year 1880. Chaos and lawlessness became an everyday sight . It was 1887 when the mine was involuntarily closed down by flooding and the vibrant community was no more. Remains of its heyday are still present in this town of less than a thousand individuals which still inhabit the place. Austerlitz is a ghost town situated around 7 miles to the south of the town Arivaca, in Santa Cruz County. Austerlitz was originally a mining town, and was deserted by the year 1900. Bluebell is considered to be a near-ghost town, situated 10 miles northeast of Prescott and around 4 miles to the west of County 69. Bluebell was also a mining town, as evidenced by the nearby Bluebell Mine and its copper and silver refineries. Only a small number of people still take residence here. Bradshaw City is another near-ghost town, nestled near Mt. Wasson, part of the Bradshaw Mountains to the south of Prescott in Yavapai County. Bradshaw was yet another mining settlement, operating the Crown King mine, whose ruins can be found nearby. 5,000 people once inhabited this city. Calabasa is a ghost town that lies to the south of the town of Nogales in Santa Cruz County, around 6 miles down State Route 89. Calabasa was a Spanish settlement built in the late 18th century, for the purpose of exploiting silver resources in the vicinity. Throughout the years, Calabasa would change hands between Natives, Mexicans, and Confederate troops. Calabasa became a formidable fortress for the Confederacy during the Civil War, in conjunction with the nearby Fort Mason. Calabasa was abandoned in the year 1870. Cerro Colorado is a ghost town that lies around 30 miles to the northwest of the town of Nogales, Papago Indian Reservation. Built within the Quinlan Mountains, Cerro Colorado was built because of the nearby Heintzelman Mine. By the year 1885, Cerro Colorado had grown to a city of over 10,000 souls. More than 800 dilapidated buildings can be found in this site of ruins. Charleston is a ghost town built on the banks of the San Pedro River in Cochise County, around 8 miles to the southwest of the near-ghost town of Tombstone. Much of the original town still stands as ruins, most prominently that of the Tombstone Mining Company. Chloride is a ghost town that can be found approximately 4 miles to the west of state 93, and around 20 miles to the northwest of the town of Kingman. Chloride was a mining town that serviced several mines, the ruins of which could still be found nearby. Congress is a ghost town that lies close to where County 60 and State 89 meet, approximately 16 miles to the north of the town of Wickenburg, in Yavapai County. Congress was named for the Congress Mine, whose ruins can still be found nearby.