American
Pioneer & Cemetery
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Grave Found
Near Evening Star Mine
By
Allan Hall
APCRP
Certified Coordinator
On
December 9th, 2010, I was reconnoitering several trails on the southwestern
flank of the
Photo 1, View from west side of
grave.
The
site is located at N 33o 41’ 49.74” by W 113o 12’ 59.22”. This places the grave approximately 0.23
miles south of the Evening Star Mine and 0.55 miles north of the Gold Cord Mine.
The
grave lies on the edge of an unnamed copper prospect (immediately southwest)
and the area contains a modest debris field containing old cans that date to
the early 1900s.
Photo 2, View of grave looking
southwest.
The
miner/prospector must have maintained a camp on the flat in the vicinity of
this grave, since the wash in the background of Photo 2 served as a trash dump.
Notice
that the grave contains a wood marker.
This is a mesquite branch, and may have served as the upright portion of
a cross at one time. As the photos show,
the rock mounding remains intact, and there is very little scattering. It is interesting to note there is still a
raised earthen mound, about two or three inches high, beneath the rocks.
There
are no shafts or adits on the prospect – only a few shallow open trenches that
exposed several bright streaks of secondary copper. Since there are no significant mine workings
on the site, it is possible this miner died from natural causes rather than from
an accident.
Map location of
grave and nearby mines
If
anyone has researched this site in the past, please let us know. Hopefully, the photos and map will “ring a
bell” with someone. I would like to
establish a name, date and other historical information, if possible.
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