page_title: List of historic properties in Cave Creek, Arizona
section_title: Mining
hierarchical_section_title: List of historic properties in Cave Creek, Arizona / Mining
caption_attribution_description: English: Cave Creek, Arizona. Title: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Identifier: annualreportofbo1893smith (find matches) Year: 1846 (1840s) Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary Subjects: Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science Publisher: Washington&#160;: Smithsonian Institution Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Report of National Museum, 1 893.—Merrill. Plate 10. # ""'^^■f' Text Appearing After Image: o a Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: This is a list, which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the remaining structures and monuments, of historic significance in Cave Creek, a town in Maricopa County, Arizona. Cave Creek was first inhabited by the ancient Native-American tribe known as the Hohokam. The area, which in the 1800s belonged to Mexico, was ceded to the United States in what is known as the Mexican Cession of 1848. Cave Creek is located within the area which became known as the United States Territory of Arizona. In 1986, The Town of Cave
  Creek was incorporated. Some of the structures are listed in the National Register of Historic Properties.
context_section_description: In 1873, Cave Creek established the Cave Creek Mining District in an area which covered 144 square miles. William Rowe located a rich gold mine on Gold Hill in 1874. This attracted miners and settlers to the area. The first recorded gold mine in the area was called the Continental. Another mine called the Golden Reef Mine was established. In 1880, the Golden Reef Stamp Mill was built in California and sent to Cave Creek. The mine also had a tramway car system on its grounds. The invasion of new settlers to the area irritated the Tonto  Apaches. This was one of the factors which played a role in what became known as the "Cave Creek Ambush". In 1882, the last skirmish of the Apache Wars between the 5th U.S. Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Walter S. Schuyler, and the Tonto Apaches was fought in Cave Creek. The Golden Reef Mine closed in 1993 and both the stamp mill and tramway car were donated to the Cave Creek Museum.
caption: Quarry opening at Cave Creek, 1893
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