Gunsight - Arizona Ghost Town

GUNSIGHT

NAME: Gunsight
COUNTY: Pima
ROADS: 4WD
LEGAL INFO: T14S, R4W
CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, spring, summer

COMMENTS: See if you can see the resemblance of the mountain to a Gunsight.
REMAINS: One building, scattered ruins and mining equipment.

Gunsight's post office was established June 27, 1892 and discontinued January 6, 1896. Named after a nearby mountain that resembles a Gunsight, this site was discovered in 1878. Silver was the mainstay and the town had about 50 residents. Luckily for these miners there was a nearby ranch to provide them with vegetables and dairy products. Eventually the mines played out and Gunsight became a the ghost it is today.	Gunsight Courtesy Tom McCurnin Gunsight Courtesy Kurt Wenner

Gunsight's post office was established June 27, 1892 and discontinued January 6, 1896. Named after a nearby mountain that resembles a Gunsight, this site was discovered in 1878. Silver was the mainstay and the town had about 50 residents. Luckily for these miners there was a nearby ranch to provide them with vegetables and dairy products. Eventually the mines played out and Gunsight became a the ghost it is today.

Gunsight
Courtesy Tom McCurnin

Gunsight
Courtesy Kurt Wenner

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