Crook City - Arizona Ghost Town

CROOK CITY

NAME: Crook City
COUNTY: Yavapai
ROADS: 2WD
LEGAL INFO: T12N, R1W
CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: On the Senator Highway in Crook Canyon.
REMAINS: A meadow and a few remnants.

Two wells and a meadow mark this spot today. The Crook Mine was discovered in 1874 by Ed Johnson. Thereafter a mill and about 14 other buildings developed. Arrastras, powered by water wheels, crushed over half a million dollars in gold over a period of about ten years. Operations shifted to Venezia when Crook City was bought out by Eastern corporations. The mine was reopened in the 1930's and the Venezia mill processed the ore.	Crook City Courtesy Sharlott Hall Museum, Prescott

Two wells and a meadow mark this spot today. The Crook Mine was discovered in 1874 by Ed Johnson. Thereafter a mill and about 14 other buildings developed. Arrastras, powered by water wheels, crushed over half a million dollars in gold over a period of about ten years. Operations shifted to Venezia when Crook City was bought out by Eastern corporations. The mine was reopened in the 1930's and the Venezia mill processed the ore.

Crook City
Courtesy Sharlott Hall Museum, Prescott

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