Big Eye Mine - Kofa Photoset • chumley • 2015-12-12 • HikeArizona.COM

Big Eye Mine - Kofa, AZ

	2015-12-12
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Big Eye Mine - Kofa, AZ

Hiking	2.07 Miles	628 AEG

Hiking	2.07 Miles	1 Hour 8 Mns	2.39 mph
	628 ft AEG	16 Mns Break

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Short drive out to the Kofa NWR to check out this old 1910s gold mine in the heart of the Castle Dome Mountains. You have to hike about a mile from where the road is gated closed. The cabin is in great shape and is open to visitors. A logbook is absolutely full of names, though we didn't see anybody all day, it appears to be visited a couple of times a week (at a minimum) during the cool weather seasons.

There are a series of mine tunnels that seem to follow the same fault line sliced up the mountain, climbing several hundred feet. Lots of ruins, relics, and artifacts. A really neat site out in the middle of nowhere, and in reasonably good condition for being over 100 years old.

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[ checklist ] Informational/Interpretive Sign Mine Shaft Mining Equipment Wooden Dwelling

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[ checklist ] Big Eye Mine Castle Dome Mountains

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