By Mary Leavitt
(This is the first part of a two-part article on the history of Humboldt, Arizona)
Iron King, DeSoto, McCabe and Blue Bell are but a few of the mines old timers in Humboldt remember, and the important roll they once played in the Humboldt economy. Many rich veins of ore were discovered in the mountain ranges of Arizona during the late 1800s. Yavapai County was a hot spot of minerals, particularly in the foothills of the Bradshaw Mountains.