Heading north on US HWY 95, on ourway to Castle Dome, set back from the road about 1/4 - a farmer honors his wife with a chapel...that seats 12. Really sweet and it is open 24/7.
Forty miles from the Foothills of Yuma one has the opportunity to hang a right and drive northeast to the Castle Dome Mines Museum, albeit the last 10 miles is a graded gravel road. You arrive at the rescued pieces of Castle Dome City, home of Castle Smelting (mine) from 1864 to 1979 when the price of silver plummeted and the mine closed.
When word of the government intention to demolish the Ghost Town and return the land to it's natural state of brush and scrub the owners asked for permission to rescue what buildings were left of the original town and moved what they could to their adjoining 27 acres, creating the current museum. Original contents of some of the buildings also were incorporated into the re-constructed buildings. The remaining scattered buildings and a graveyard now stand as the Ghost Town portion of the museum.
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| Museum entrance |
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| yes there's a jail |
Church with pipe organ
Adams cabin...moved on the back of a trailer from the outer edges of the 'lost' city to the museum land. Mr. Adams was the last miner to live and mine in Castle Dome. Some of his possessions are also inside...this was pretty interesting.
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| Man tool...a big drill. |
And it's a great drive through the desert
Adios for today.
I enjoy reading these you guys! Hope you're having a great time! Merry Christmas!
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