Poland - Arizona Ghost Town

POLAND

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

COMMENTS: The Poland Walker tunnel is worth seeing. Many summer homes in the area now.
REMAINS: Some foundations and tailings and the entrance to the Poland Walker tunnel.

Poland's post office was established November 16, 1901 and was discontinued February 15, 1913. The town is named after the mine discoverer Davis Robert Poland who located the claim in 1872. Over 800 people lived in Poland in 1902 and the town boasted a fine lodging house with fourteen rooms. A tunnel was dug two miles through a mountain to the town of Walker to aid in ore transport. Miners in Poland got paid $2.25 per day and that did not include food or lodging which cost $1 per day. Eventually miners struck for higher wages and received $4 per day. Today many summer homes are in the area and there is not much left of the original operation. Poland Walker Tunnel Courtesy Chuck Lawsen Poland Courtesy Chuck Lawsen	Poland in 1905 Courtesy Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott Poland Train on a Turnaround Courtesy Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott

Poland's post office was established November 16, 1901 and was discontinued February 15, 1913. The town is named after the mine discoverer Davis Robert Poland who located the claim in 1872. Over 800 people lived in Poland in 1902 and the town boasted a fine lodging house with fourteen rooms. A tunnel was dug two miles through a mountain to the town of Walker to aid in ore transport. Miners in Poland got paid $2.25 per day and that did not include food or lodging which cost $1 per day. Eventually miners struck for higher wages and received $4 per day. Today many summer homes are in the area and there is not much left of the original operation.

Poland Walker Tunnel
Courtesy Chuck Lawsen

Poland
Courtesy Chuck Lawsen

Poland in 1905
Courtesy Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott

Poland Train on a Turnaround
Courtesy Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott

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