Octave Gold Mine

The Golden Queen of Rich Hill, Arizona


Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements and Preface
  • Chapter 1 Discovery of the Octave Vein (1864-1894)
  • Chapter 2 Octave Gold Mining Company (1895-1899)
  • Chapter 3 Octave Mining Company (1899-1905)
  • Chapter 4 The Wrecking of a Good Mining Enterprise (1905-1911)
  • Chapter 5 The Octave Mines Company, & the Resuscitation of the Octave Gold Mine (1911-1928)
  • Chapter 6 The Arizona Eastern Gold Mining Company (1928-1934)
  • Chapter 7 American Refining & Smelting Company (1934-1942)
  • Chapter 8 "Hallelujah" for the Octave Mine! (1945-1985)
  • Chapter 9 Mining Methods at the Octave Mine
  • Chapter 10 Life in the Town of Octave
  • Epilogue, References, and Suggested Readings
  • Appendix A U.S. Federal Census Records for the town of Octave 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
  • Index and Author Biography
  • PLATE 1 Map of the Underground Workings of the Octave Mine
  • PLATE 2 Detailed Map of the Joker Shaft, Showing Assay Values
  • Click here to return to main page