Charleston and Millville

Nine miles southwest of Tombstone on Charleston Road. Tombstone silver ore was milled here in the 1880s. Used later by the U.S. Army during World War II as a training site for house-to-house combat. Park at the San Pedro River bridge and walk one-half mile north on the west side of the river to reach the Charleston site. Millville is directly across the river.

Contention City

Contention was another of the mill towns where Tombstone ore was processed.

Courtland

Twenty-one miles north of Douglas, off Route 191. One-time thriving mining camp named for Courtland Young, a mining engineer.

Dos Cabezas

Fifteen miles southeast of Willcox on Route 186. Semi-ghost town where a few residents still support a small post office. Formerly an active supply center for surrounding mines and cattle ranches. Wells, Fargo station 1885.

Gleeson

Sixteen miles east of Tombstone on Gleeson Road. Even before the arrival of Spaniards in this area, Indians were mining turquoise near this site. John Gleeson prospected the area in the 1880s. Later, Tiffany's mined the same blue gem while other interests mined copper, lead and zinc.

Hilltop

Thirty-six miles southeast of Willcox on the east side of the Chiricahuas. The mine there was established by Frank and John Hands. The town was first established on the west side of the range, then a tunnel was put through to the east side, where an even larger town was started.

Pearce

Twenty-eight miles south of Willcox, off Route 191. This old gold camp once had a population of 2,000, all supported by the profits from the Commonwealth Mine. It was discovered by John Pearce in 1894, and in its heyday was the richest gold producer in southern Arizona.

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