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Pearce, Arizona, and Sunsites, Arizona, are adjacent unincorporated communities in the Sulphur Springs Valley of Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The two communities are often referred to as Pearce-Sunsites, Pearce/Sunsites, or Pearce Sunsites.〔〔(Pearce Sunsites Chamber of Commerce ), which also uses "Pearce-Sunsites"〕 Pearce is best known as a historic ghost town. Sunsites, founded in 1961, adjoins Pearce, and the Sunizona and Richland developments are nearby. All of these communities share the Pearce, Arizona post office and ZIP code, 85625.〔(85625 ZIP code map ), scroll down〕 The 85625 ZIP Code Tabulation Area, which includes the four communities named plus a large surrounding rural area, had a population of 2104 at the 2000 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=United States Census Bureau )〕 The Pearce-Sunsites economy is based on retirees and tourism.〔(Pearce/Sunsites community profile ) at Arizona Department of Commerce〕 Fittsburg was the site of the Commonwealth Mine and is located about one mile east of Pearce.〔(Pearce and Fittsburg ghost towns )〕 ==History== Pearce is a mining ghost town named for Cornishman James Pearce, miner and cattleman, who discovered gold nearby at what became the Commonwealth Mine in 1894. The Pearce Post Office was established on March 6, 1896. The railroad station opened in 1903. By 1919, Pearce had a population of 1,500. The town declined in the 1930s, and became almost a ghost town in the late 1940s, when the mine closed for the last time. The Commonwealth Mine became one of Arizona's major silver producers. Over 1,000,000 tons of ore were produced from 1895 to 1942. There are about 20 miles of underground workings.〔(Commonwealth Mine ) at Mindat.org〕 The mine produced about $8 million worth of silver and $2.5 million in gold at a time when silver was priced around 50 cents an ounce, and gold was $20 an ounce.〔(Commonwealth Mine archives, 1895-1938 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pearce, Arizona」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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