December 16, 2008 ~ Life in a Fifth Wheel RV ~ Castle Dome Mines Museum, Yuma Area, Yuma, Arizona

December 16, 2008

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Castle Dome Mines Museum, Yuma Area, Yuma County, Arizona

The Castle Dome Mines Museum AKA Historic Castle Dome City is located on Castle Dome Mine Road in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge north of Yuma in Yuma County, Arizona.

Vi kørte fra Lake Havasu City, så snart det blev nogenlunde tørvejr til morgen, og tog sydpå til Castle Dome City, en spøgelsesby, som mere præcist kan beskrives som et museum, da kun et enkelt af husene står på sit oprindelige byggested.

We left Lake Havasu City as soon as the rain began to let up this morning, and went south to Castle Dome City, a ghost town which can be described more accurately as a museum, since only one of the houses stands where it was originally built.

Castle Dome Mountain

Castle Dome City, eller Castle Dome Landing, blev officielt grundlagt i 1864 som udskibningspunkt for det omkringliggende Castle Dome minedistrikt, og var i 1880'erne større end Yuma, Arizona, med en befolkning på over 3000.
Selve byen findes ikke længere, da den lå, hvor Martinez Lake ligger i dag. De bygninger og artefakter, som i dag udgør "Castle Dome City", er for langt de flestes vedkommende flyttet til museet fra det større Castle Dome minedistrikt af Allen og Stephanie Armstrong, som ejer museet.

Castle Dome City, or Castle Dome Landing, was officially established in 1864 as a shipping point for the Castle Dome mining district, and was in the 1880's larger than Yuma, Arizona, with a population of more than 3000.
The town has since been submerged under the waters of Martinez Lake, and the vast majority of the buildings and artifacts that constitute "Castle Dome City" today have been moved to the museum from the greater Castle Dome mining district by Allen and Stephanie Armstrong, owners of the museum.

Bamsecholla ~ Teddybear cholla

Griffindrift Mine

Mine distriktet omkring Castle Dome udvandt blandt andet sølv i bly sulfid, og minerne her menes at være verdens rigeste bly sulfid miner.
Minedriften aftog allerede omkring 1900, og byen var stort set forsvundet efter 1950. Den sidste mine lukkede i 1978.

The Castle Dome mining district chiefly produced silver galena, and the mines here are thought to be the richest galena mines in the world.
The mining had decreased significantly by about 1900, and the town was largely gone by 1950. The last mine closed in 1978.

Spisehus ~ Cook house

Menu: Gryderet med kaktus, brune bønner, beskøjter, sovs, kaffe ~
Menu: Cactus stew, beans, biscuits, gravy, coffee