Crown King Mill
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Unknown Unknown 1600-0208-0008.jpg Yavapai County Mines & Mining Collection, MS-134 B&W 1600-0208-0008 1600-0208-0008 Copy Negative 3x5 Manuscript Collections c. 1900 Reproduction requires permission. Digital images property of SHM Library & ArchivesDescription
Crown King Mill, c. 1900.
The distant proximity of the closest railroad to Crown King, at forty miles away, was an impediment to the success of the mine early on. The railroad reached Mayer in 1898 and the Bradshaw Mountain Railway completed the line to Crown King in 1904. Although production at the Crown King Mine was almost exhausted by 1904, it caused a revival of mining activity along the route and re-working former tailings. The expansion of the railroad system throughout Yavapai County, re-ignited the business of mining opened a new chapter and enjoyed a previously unachievable increase in production. The earlier common mode of transporting men, supplies and materials back and forth from neighboring mines, by mule and horse pack trains, paled in comparison to what these "mechanical mules" were able to transport.
The railroad(s) helped reduce the costs of transporting the ore concentrates and middlings from the Crown King Mill and other mining properties substantially. Eventually, the railroad tracks were removed and replaced with a graded roadway to the property and a 300-ton flotation-concentration mill was built.
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