Remains of the Old Glory Ghost town MIll house. Stone walls showing three rooms to the mill House
1 OLD GLORY GOLD MINE The mine that was to become the Old Glory Mine went through several owners and name changes before it became the Old Glory Mine. The Derre-Townsend Syndicate of Arivaca first identified the mine location in 1875. However, the Syndicate was occupied with the development of other properties and did not commence working the no development had occurred for a year, the claims were forfeited in accordance with the Mining Act of 1872. In the late 1870s, a Frenchman named Amedec Blane claimed the property under the names Bullion, Confidence and 1883, Blane sold the claims to a group of Boston Investors who renamed the claims“Esperanza” which is Spanish for “hope”. By 1884, the Esperanza Company was well established. A dam had been constructed to supply water for the operation and a 10 stamp mill, a rock breaker, five grinding and amalgamating pans, three settlers and four concentrators were installed to process the ore. The mill was powered by a steam powered Brown engine. A dormitory, boarding house and an office were also built on a narrow ledge above the mill to support the operation. In July 1884, the Arizona Citizen reported that the mill was crushing 50 tons of ore every 24 hours. Also, the operation had grown enough that Esperanza Camp qualified to have a Post Office and Hiram Blaisdell was appointed the first postmaster of Esperanza Mining Camp. The operation had a couple of successful years but eventually the high cost of operating the system resulted in the owners deciding in 1886 to cut their losses, abandon the operation and move the equipment to a mine in the Yuma area. In 1887, the mine was re-activated as the Diana Mine and then abandoned again. In 1889, a Frenchman named Pierre Peyron reopened the mine as the La Francia. He explored the diggings in a different direction and found good ore in great quantities. Peyron processed the ore for four years using three burro powered arrastas and then in 1894 decided to sell
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Location: Old Glory Ghost town mining camp, Santa Cruz County, Arizona USA
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