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Vulture City is a ghost town situated at the site of the defunct Vulture Mine in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. ==Vulture Mine== Vulture Mine was a gold mine which was discovered in 1863. It was the most productive gold mine in Arizona history. From 1863 to 1942, the mine produced 340,000 ounces of gold and 260,000 ounces of silver.〔(Jon E. Spencer and others, 1989, "Geology of the Vulture gold mine," ''Arizona Geology, v.19 n.4. )〕 The Vulture mine was discovered when Henry Wickenburg, a prospector from California's gold rush, stumbled upon a quartz deposit containing gold while traveling in Arizona. Wickenburg began mining the outcrop himself. There are two types of ghost towns. The first type is the town that continues to maintain a human population with the ruins or historical buildings within its limits, such as Tombstone. The second type is the town whose former residents have left and its ruins were left to the ravages of time. Vulture City falls into the second type of ghost town. In 1863, after Henry Wickenburg discovered the Vulture mine, Vulture City, a small mining town, was established in the area. Vulture City’s post office was established on October 4, 1880 and Henry Wickenburg was the town’s first Post Master. The town had more than five boarding houses and several buildings. The huge Vulture Mine-Assay Office building, built in 1884, still stands today. The town also had cookhouse and mess hall plus stores, saloons and even a school.〔(Vulture Mine )〕 The town once had a population of 5,000 citizens. The town was marked by violence. Eighteen men were hung on an ironwood tree located by the ruins of Henry Wickenburg’s house.〔(Vulture City - Ghost Town )〕 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「Vulture City, Arizona」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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