GOLD BAR
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GOLD BAR |
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NAME: Gold Bar COUNTY: Yavapai ROADS: 4WD LEGAL INFO: T9N, R3W CLIMATE: Cool winter possible snow and running water, warm summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer |
COMMENTS: About
9 miles past the Monte Cristo Mine. REMAINS: Extensive site with headframe, mining buildings, stamp mill, and four standing buildings. |
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The Gold Bar Mine According to O'Brien and Hutchinson family records F. X. O'Brien was born in St. Louis in late 1848. He came west as a young man and along with, James Mahoney discovered the Gold Bar Mine in 1877. O'Brien apparently spent time in the Wickenburg area, however his primary residence was Leadville, Colorado in the 1870's and 80's where he owned mining interests and a gambling establishment (The Board of Trade). He was an associate of Horace Tabor. In 1888, he returned to Wickenburg and married Patricia Hutchinson daughter of W. T. Hutchinson, an engineer at the Vulture Mine. The O'Brien family settled in Wickenburg, purchased Henry Wickenburg's home, and after F. X.'s death, Patricia turned it into Wickenburg's first dude ranch. O'Brien held other mining properties including the Camp-B and Consolidated Union Grande Mining Companies. He was an officer in the Interior Mining and Trust Company that owned the Gold Bar, and managed it for the corporation. Business associates were a Mr. Twitchell and John Fisher. Both Fischer's and O'Brien's signatures can be seen on the 1907 Interior Mining and Trust stock certificate. A family photograph shows F. X. with his crew at the mine. The date is uncertain, and the quality of this photograph poor, but Mr. O'Brien can be seen on the far left. Later, he sold his interest in the mine. He died early in 1926 and is buried in Phoenix. - Karl Schiller
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