BillsPics' photos with the keyword: gold mining

The last filling station in the ghost town of Vulture City, AZ.

Part of the lab at the Vulture City assay office. The mines around Vulture City contributed to the biggest gold rush in the Arizona territory....

One of the rusty survivors from the better times at Vulture City. Gold was discovered in 1863,the town boomed in the 1880's with over 5000 people living in the isolated area. The gold from the area helped fuel the growth of Phoenix...

Vulture City boomed in the late 1870's. with the discovery of gold. By the 1890's,it was on the decline but was worked until World War Two. The isolated town, which once had a population of nearly 5000,was then abandoned. In recent years, much of the remaining structures have been stabilized and lovingly restored and the old mine is being worked again.... Vulture City is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.