The Miner's Mineral Monument was constructed by C Russell and is to commemorate all the miners of Mohave County from 1860s on. It is located next to the train station at Fourth and Andy Devine. The stones included in the monument include : quartz, travestine, agate, onyx, jasper, petrified wood and obsidian. Inside there is a box to be opened after fifty years.
There are thousands of local mine, active and inactive. This is a popular copper area but other minerals have been mined: silver, gold, copper, lead, zinc, turquoise, feldspar, tuff stone, aggregate (gravel/stone) among others.
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