BRIGGS or KIRBY
and COPPEROPOLIS
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BRIGGS or KIRBY and COPPEROPOLIS |
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NAME: Briggs
or Kirby and Copperopolis COUNTY: Yavapai ROADS: 4WD LEGAL INFO: T8N, R2W CLIMATE: Mild winter, Hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Fall, winter |
COMMENTS:
Take a winch, the road goes
through Castle Creek, well, sometimes is Castle Creek sometimes
known as "quicksand creek". REMAINS: Some half buildings that look like they have been used by ranchers, and some mining equipment, some of which is modern. |
| Kirby's post office was opened in 1883 and ran for about a year before being discontinued. Copper was the mainstay from the nearby Copperopolis and whipsaw mines. A 30 ton smelter was erected on Castle Creek and a town was set up to serve the forty workers. The ores proved to be low grade and by 1884 the town was silent. Then in 1890 a Colorado company tried to reopen the mines and Briggs sprang up only to succumb to the same fate as Kirby. A town in this location just wasn't meant to be. |
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