US 60 MP 107

VULTURE MINE

DISCOVERED IN 1863 BY
HENRY WICKENBURG
AND HIS BURRO
TO SUPPLY THE NEEDS OF THE MINES
AND PROTECTING MILITARY CAMPS
THE SALT RIVER VALLEY IRRIGATED
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY WAS DEVELOPED.
THE VULTURE MINE PRODUCED 10 MILLIONS
IN GOLD AND WAS THE GREATEST SINGLE
FACTOR IN THE SETTLEMENT OF
CENTRAL ARIZONA. IT'S DISCOVERER
DIED BY HIS OWN HAND IN 1905
AT THE AGE OF 86.