This massive, multicolored terracing of marred, scarred landscape illustrates the tussle between man and Mother Nature, who gives up her copper at a cost. The pit plunges so deep that mining crews appear to man Tonka trucks below. To the west, aptly-named peaks such as Mineral Mountain and Copper Butte round out the ride to Winkelman.ĭIRECTIONS: Take U.S. 60 east to Superior turn south on Highway 177. At Winkelman, take the optional return north on Highway 77 to Globe. TRAVEL TIP: The Mescal Mountains OHV area near Kearney offers easy off-road trails through low desert terrain. The Old West was fragile, not built to last, says Alan Armstrong. The historian has amassed a 50-building mining museum and ghost town on the site of Castle Dome City, which produced silver from 1864 to 1979. To gather artifacts, Armstrong rappelled 250 feet down a mine shaft sealed on his property since 1919. It was all untouched,” he says, adding that he found intact picks, shovels, powder boxes and a pair of Levi Strauss-authenticated 1890s buttonfly jeans. Other artifacts are reclamations, like the 1817 wood stairs in the saloon that Armstrong salvaged from a Jefferson Davis residence. Don’t miss the chapel and the jail, whose barred window nicely frames the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge.ĪDDRESS AND DIRECTIONS: 27550 E. Take I-10 west to Quartzsite exit onto Highway 95 south to mile marker 55.

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