text: The Vulture Mine is all about Arizona history.  A miner named Henry Wickenburg discovered an outcrop of gold ore in 1863.  Get your timeline out and plot, \"American Civil War,\"  then look up \"Apache Wars, Geronimo,\" then find when the silver strike was made that began the silver and copper mines of Globe and Miami.  Finally, pinpoint the \"Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.  \n\nA well-known employee of the Vulture Mine was Jacob Waltz, known as \"The Lost Dutchman.\"  He may have helped himself to a little Vulture Mine gold, later found in a box stored under his bed.  When the weather is good, you can sit in local Apache Junction Cafes and sometimes hear Dutchman Mine finders coaching Dutchman Mine Seekers.  With maps\n\nHow about Disneyland?  When you take the mine car ride, you get a look at \"The Glory Hole.\"  The original was created by a Vulture Mine cave-in.  \n\nThe once-booming mining town of Vulture City is long gone.  A town named Wickenburg grew up 12 miles away.  But you can go to the site of Henry Wickenburg's mine and step back into Arizona history.  Especially late in spring when the mine's about to close for the season, the temperature's 104 and you're museum-ing in an 1890-era uninsulated frame office with no A/C.  \n\nThere are tours, there are mining relics to see.  You can buy little bags of Vulture Mine ore-dirt and a gold pan, take 'em home, maybe strike it rich yourself.      \n\nIf you like history and its remnants, you'll like the Vulture Mine.