Treasure Hunt Arizona- Mowry, Apache Girl Mine, Blonde Mayo Mine, Oatman, Paradise Pearce Rich Hills

Mowry is a ghost town that lies around 18 miles to the south of Patagonia, and can be found by going the old trail road in Santa Cruz County. Mowry used to be a flourishing mining town that produced lead and silver. Its prosperity can be seen in its original buildings that are still standing. Oatman is a town that lies on the Colorado River, approximately 17 miles to the north of the town of Topock in Mohave County. Founded around the 1880s, Oatman is now considered a near-ghost town, due to the majority of its population leaving because of closure of its mines in the year 1942. Paradise is a town in Cochise County, just off state 80. It is situated around 15 miles north of Rodeo in New Mexico. Paradise was considered a lawless town during its day, and now a small number of people take residence within this large cluster of decrepit buildings within the Pedregosa Mountains. Pearce is a ghost town that can be found 50 miles northwest of Douglas in Cochise County, and about 5 miles to the west of state 666. Pearce was an incredibly prosperous mining town in the 1880s through to the turn of the century. During this time, it was able to generate more than $30,000,000 just from mining gold. Pearce was also able to produce other minerals and precious metals, such as silver. Before becoming deserted, the town was once the headquarters of outlaw gangs such as the Alvard-Stiles. Planet is a ghost town that can be found some 15 miles to the northeast of the town of Parker, in Yuma County. Planet lies on the Bill William River, and was the home of Arizona’s first copper mine. This copper mine prospered for only a short while before it dried up. Rich Hills is a ghost town that can be found 12 miles to the north of Wickenburg in Yavapai County, up an old mountain road. Rich Hills was founded in the 1860s when gold was discovered in the area, and became a prosperous gold town. It became a ghost town in 1875. There are only a small number of buildings still visible, but many have noted its strange cemetery. Tubac was the site of a Spanish presidio in 1752 in order to protect the mines nearby. It lies 22 miles to the south of Tucson in Pima County, on state 89. In 1775, it became a staging area for an expedition led by Juan Bautista de Anza, which would later lead to the founding of San Francisco. In the 1860s, American miners came to occupy the town, and they renamed it Tubac. Today, it is a near-ghost town, home to around 100 individuals and an impressive variety of ruins from two centuries of occupation by two different cultures. Washington is a ghost town that is situated 10 miles to the east of Nogales in Santa Cruz County, on the Santa Cruz River. Mining in Washington stretches back to prehistory. A good number of the buildings from its founding in the 1800s survived to the modern day, along with its mining tramway. White Hills is a ghost town in Mohave County, around 7 miles to the east of state 93. Squaw Peak can be seen nearby. White Hills was once a silver town, but now only a few buildings are still visible. The lost Virgin de Guadalupe Silver Mine is located to the north of the San Ramon River in the Tumacacori Mountains, near the ghost town of Tubac in Santa Cruz County. It was originally a Spanish mining settlement, until they vacated it in 1648. Mexican miners occupied the area in the 1800s. The lost San Pedro Mine lies in the Tumacacori Mountains, around 4 to 6 miles to the west of the old Tumacacori Mission. San Pedro, it is said to be located close to the Lost Virgin Mine. was abandoned in 1648. The lost Opata Silver Mine is in the same area, some two hours walk to the east of San Pedro and Virgin de Guadalupe. Opata is supposedly nestled in the San Cayetano Mountains’ western foothills. The Lost Bella of Gold Guevari Mine - This mine is said to have been located in the southwest extremities of the San Cayetano Mountains. Jesuits operated this mine, which coincidentally produced large amounts of platinum acc