This is a test of the Rootsweb lists I am on. It is also some information for the list administrator if they feel the list is not running as expected. And finally it is an attempt to get something posted to the list so Rootsweb does not turn the list off. The list admin should probably go to this page: http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ and try to set up a new mailman login, if not already done. If you do that you will probably get to this page eventually: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lists/setupmail Then you might want to sign up for this list: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/search/Listowners But be warned, you will receive postings from that list almost every day.  May 8 a day at times. Another option that I do not encourage is to turn the list over to me - at least temporarily.  Again, I do not want that done if you are willing to keep the list. Mike Flannigan

Here is a new website I just finished. It creates Google Earth Maps in the USA for features listed in the GNIS database (cemeteries, churches, schools, etc). If you are interested in that, the program is located here: http://www.mflan.com/cgi-bin/gnis.cgi This is an example of the output created. Camden county MO cemeteries: http://www.mflan.com/temp/camdencemeteries.kml You need Google Earth to view that file: http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/ It is free. This is not fully tested. If you have problems with the program I would appreciate it if you told me about the problem. If you find it frustrating to get the information you need, or you want a bunch of counties put together, I recommend that you contact me directly to produce that for you. It doesn't take me long to do this and I'm glad to get the information out there. Just ask for it. Mike

Hi Gail - Please Keep me on the list thanks Marti Roe (originally from Cochise Co.) Redding, CA

Mine is still good Gail. :) J ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Kilgore via" <az-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> To: <AZ-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 11:36 PM Subject: [AZ-GHOSTTOWNS] Roll Call and Ghost Towns >I took the mail list back and am wondering how many of these emails on the > list are still good. > > I see that there was activity in November and that is good. > > What all are you looking for and what have you been talking about? > > Gail > > -- > I came into this world with nothin' > And, I still have nothin' > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AZ-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Thanks for doing that. Not sure about the pc-gateway posts. I don't follow those very closely. I am working on identifying ghost towns. MO is done. Just now doing KS. Then I may work on AZ. Most people probably are not aware that there typically as many or more ghost towns than real towns. In MO: 5,307 ghost towns 4,387 real towns Mike On 12/28/2014 2:01 AM, az-ghosttowns-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > I took the mail list back and am wondering how many of these emails on the > list are still good. > > I see that there was activity in November and that is good. > > What all are you looking for and what have you been talking about? > > Gail >

I took the mail list back and am wondering how many of these emails on the list are still good. I see that there was activity in November and that is good. What all are you looking for and what have you been talking about? Gail -- I came into this world with nothin' And, I still have nothin'

If you're near Phoenix -- http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/events/2014/08/27/pueblo-grande-features-program-ghost-towns/14575305/

Mike and others Oh, what a find. I have been in AZ since 1956 and never heard of this. Have been in several places of note but not this one. I did a search and #3 down on the first page is the only one I opened up and it was just great and tells much about where and about the site and with some pictures. There are many other sites about Two Guns but this one I feel could be the best and has history of the place. Enjoy, as I plan to spend some time here and let my political mail go begging this morning. Beej in Apache Junction since 1970. _ghosttown two guns arizona - Google Search_ (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=ghosttown+two+guns+arizona&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=) _http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=ghosttown+two+guns+arizona &btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq_ (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=ghosttown+two+guns+arizona&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq) = **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

Two Guns looks interesting: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-111.09278&lat=35.11778&opt=1 It is only 8 miles from Meteor Crater. I have no other info. I have been to Chloride: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-114.19861&lat=35.41444&opt=1 Alive and some would say well. Plenty of people around anyway :-) Mike On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, elfen87@yahoo.com wrote: > > >Hi, new to the list. >? >I am writing to see if anyone has information on a place called "Two Guns" off of SR 40 between Coconino and Navajo County AZ.? The remains look like an old fort or a way station at the edge of the canyon with two circular armanents.? A little bit further on, there are ruins of a house, a saloon and possibly a jail.? The ruins can be seen off SR40 and old route 66 follows the road.? There is a old gas station and possibly a camping site formerly run by KOA. >? >? >We have recently retired in Navajo County. >? >Chlorine (sp) can be found in Mojave County.? Nice little town. A lot of slag heaps. Town is built over the mines.? > >Regards.

Hi, new to the list.   I am writing to see if anyone has information on a place called "Two Guns" off of SR 40 between Coconino and Navajo County AZ.  The remains look like an old fort or a way station at the edge of the canyon with two circular armanents.  A little bit further on, there are ruins of a house, a saloon and possibly a jail.  The ruins can be seen off SR40 and old route 66 follows the road.  There is a old gas station and possibly a camping site formerly run by KOA.     We have recently retired in Navajo County.   Chlorine (sp) can be found in Mojave County.  Nice little town. A lot of slag heaps. Town is built over the mines.  Regards.    

Thanks for the data. Joe --- On Sat, 8/23/08, barbara prestridge <alpine87@hotmail.com> wrote: From: barbara prestridge <alpine87@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [AZ-GHOSTTOWNS] AZ Mining Towns To: az-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 9:29 PM Trish, Thumb Butte Mining District is in Yavapai County west of Prescott near the Bill Williams River. The geographical lay of the land is desert where the Prescott side of the “mountain” is pine trees. If TB is the mining district, the claim was probably acquired in a paper trade or a "hot claim" that showed good color as the district is some miles away from San Francisco Mining District. there is a volcanic formation named Thumb Butte located on the Kingman/Bullhead City road just as one begins to drop into the Colorado River valley and Bullhead- you can see many tunnels and tailings from the present day highway. San Francisco Mining District (previously Gold Road) is in the area of present day Bullhead City and Ft Mohave. Fort Mohave is a few miles south of Bullhead on the way to Needles would of been the settlement near San Fr. Mining district on the Colorado River side. I believe most of your mines lie from Bullhead City/Ft Mohave east to present day Kingman, then north to present day Chloride. (Mohave County) If you visit the area do it in the winter if you want to tromp around as Bullhead weather can soar to 120 in the summer- the first year we lived there it spiked to 128. Kingman is cooler by 10 or so degrees. The area is packed/full of old silver and gold claims and tunnels/tailings. good luck in your search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AZ-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Barbara, Thank you for the information. I had been advised to go in the fall or winter because of the heat and I took that advise! Trish -----Original Message----- From: az-ghosttowns-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:az-ghosttowns-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of barbara prestridge Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:29 PM To: az-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AZ-GHOSTTOWNS] AZ Mining Towns Trish, Thumb Butte Mining District is in Yavapai County west of Prescott near the Bill Williams River. The geographical lay of the land is desert where the Prescott side of the "mountain" is pine trees. If TB is the mining district, the claim was probably acquired in a paper trade or a "hot claim" that showed good color as the district is some miles away from San Francisco Mining District. there is a volcanic formation named Thumb Butte located on the Kingman/Bullhead City road just as one begins to drop into the Colorado River valley and Bullhead- you can see many tunnels and tailings from the present day highway. San Francisco Mining District (previously Gold Road) is in the area of present day Bullhead City and Ft Mohave. Fort Mohave is a few miles south of Bullhead on the way to Needles would of been the settlement near San Fr. Mining district on the Colorado River side. I believe most of your mines lie from Bullhead City/Ft Mohave east to present day Kingman, then north to present day Chloride. (Mohave County) If you visit the area do it in the winter if you want to tromp around as Bullhead weather can soar to 120 in the summer- the first year we lived there it spiked to 128. Kingman is cooler by 10 or so degrees. The area is packed/full of old silver and gold claims and tunnels/tailings. good luck in your search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AZ-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1629 - Release Date: 8/23/2008 1:16 PM

Trish, Thumb Butte Mining District is in Yavapai County west of Prescott near the Bill Williams River. The geographical lay of the land is desert where the Prescott side of the “mountain” is pine trees. If TB is the mining district, the claim was probably acquired in a paper trade or a "hot claim" that showed good color as the district is some miles away from San Francisco Mining District. there is a volcanic formation named Thumb Butte located on the Kingman/Bullhead City road just as one begins to drop into the Colorado River valley and Bullhead- you can see many tunnels and tailings from the present day highway. San Francisco Mining District (previously Gold Road) is in the area of present day Bullhead City and Ft Mohave. Fort Mohave is a few miles south of Bullhead on the way to Needles would of been the settlement near San Fr. Mining district on the Colorado River side. I believe most of your mines lie from Bullhead City/Ft Mohave east to present day Kingman, then north to present day Chloride. (Mohave County) If you visit the area do it in the winter if you want to tromp around as Bullhead weather can soar to 120 in the summer- the first year we lived there it spiked to 128. Kingman is cooler by 10 or so degrees. The area is packed/full of old silver and gold claims and tunnels/tailings. good luck in your search

Thank you! I will check that out! Trish -----Original Message----- From: az-ghosttowns-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:az-ghosttowns-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dittmar, Frederick M. Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 6:04 PM To: az-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Subject: [AZ-GHOSTTOWNS] AZ Mining Towns Trish, Check with you local library for Inter Library Loan for the book: Historical Atlas of Arizona by Henry P. Walker & Don Bufkin University of Oklahoma Press 1986 ISBN 0-8061-2023-1 or 0-8061-2024-X (pbk) There may be some helpful information. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://www.frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://www.okgensoc.org/ Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AZ-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1629 - Release Date: 8/23/2008 1:16 PM

Trish, Check with you local library for Inter Library Loan for the book: Historical Atlas of Arizona by Henry P. Walker & Don Bufkin University of Oklahoma Press 1986 ISBN 0-8061-2023-1 or 0-8061-2024-X (pbk) There may be some helpful information. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://www.frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://www.okgensoc.org/ Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net

Greetings to all Arizona Ghost Town mail list subscribers. I'd like to first thank Kathleen Burnett for one starting the Ghost Town mail list for each state and your years as the administrator of this list. My name is Fred Dittmar and I am here to offer any help and direction I can. Although I'm not living in your state I may have some information to give you directions in researching. In order to stimulate my quiet lists I'm writing to ask some questions of you the subscribers. There are 46 subscribers on this mail list at the moment. No one on the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel free to write and talk with others. Where do you live? What Ghost Town or area are you interested in? What county was your Ghost Town located in? Are there any remnants left of the town? Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries? Do you have any information about the time line of the town? Did it have a post office? If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained? Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet? What's the link? Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area? Please cite any sources (book, publication, family history) you find the information in. Thank you all. This is your mail list and it only works when you post and others answer and add to it. Fred - Mail List Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://www.frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://www.okgensoc.org/ Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net

Okay...here goes! I live in Coos Bay, Oregon. I have been researching Anna E. Durkee since 1979. It is a labor of love but it has been fun. Anna and company owned a garnet mine at Wrangell, Alaska where I lived for over 16 years. She was a noted mining woman as I was to learn over the years. Thanks to the internet and what has been posted I was able to track her to Chloride, AZ and her mining activity there. There were several key people from Arizona who worked in the mine or were consultants or had a connection to the mine. The name of the mine was Dardanelles Mining Company. Anna had incorporated the Dardanelles Mining Company and was in the process of reorganizing the company around the early 1920s into the Dardanelles Amalgamated Mines, Inc. These are some of the ones that Anna filed claims to in Arizona: Ludlow Fraction Mining Claim, Dawn Girl Mining Claim, Dawn Girl No. 2, Dawn Girl No. 3, Wild Cat Mining Claim, Wild Cat No. 2, Thumb Butte, Mitchell Extension Mining Claim, Comstock Mining Claim, Comstock No. 2 Mining Claim, Comstock No. 3 Mining Claim, Parrallell Mining Claim, Memphis Lode Mining Claim. All but the Memphis Lode were located in the San Francisco Mining District. The Memphis Lode was located in the Chloride Mining District. The link to the Arizona connection to Anna E Durkee is: http://www.designsbytrisha.com/garnetledge_dardanelles.htm If anyone has information on any of these mines I would appreciate hearing from you. I also have copies of the mining claims that were filed and would be glad to share those with you. I have not visited the area but would like to do so. I have not been able to find anyone interested in helping me find the mine location and arranging transportation to the site. Thanks! Trish Neal

Total Wreck: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=31.89583&lon=-110.59194&datum=NAD27&s=50&size=l Approach it from the north. Mike On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, mt_view2002@yahoo.com wrote: >Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:55:00 -0800 (PST) >From: mt view <mt_view2002@yahoo.com> >Subject: [AZ-GHOSTTOWNS] Total Wreck, A.T. >To: AZ-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com, ARIZONA@rootsweb.com > >Was wondering where, Total Wreck, A.T. would be I think it must be near or on the >Colorado River, found a article, where a man, came down the Colorado River, from NV., he >started down from the mouth of the Meadow Valley Wash, if that helps, and then settled >in Total Wreck. Not sure of the time period, but have a feeling 1870's or so. > > Thanks > > George

Total Wreck is in the Empire Mts. east of AZ 83, about nine miles south of Pantano and twenty miles northeast of Greaterville, in the vicinity of Kartchner Caverns. It's a ghost town now and supposedly, after John Dillon discovered the silver and lead mine, someone asked him what he planned to call it. He replied he didn't know, but the ledge the claim was on looked like a total wreck. Two years after Dillon's discovery in 1879, the Southern Pacific reached Pantano, and a seventy-ton mill was built at Total Wreck. By 1883, the population was 200 with four saloons, a barber shop, a lumberyard, three stores and three hotels. I got this info from Marshall Trimble's book, Roadside History of Arizona. A must have book!!! Hope this helps, but would love to see a copy of the article you have......Cherie On 12/13/06, mt view <mt_view2002@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Was wondering where, Total Wreck, A.T. would be I think it must be near or > on the Colorado River, found a article, where a man, came down the Colorado > River, from NV., he started down from the mouth of the Meadow Valley Wash, > if that helps, and then settled in Total Wreck. Not sure of the time > period, but have a feeling 1870's or so. > > Thanks > > George > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AZ-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!"

Was wondering where, Total Wreck, A.T. would be I think it must be near or on the Colorado River, found a article, where a man, came down the Colorado River, from NV., he started down from the mouth of the Meadow Valley Wash, if that helps, and then settled in Total Wreck. Not sure of the time period, but have a feeling 1870's or so. Thanks George __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com