Monarch Wash

TRIPS

North of Cleator
Norhtwest of Cleator
South of Cleator

Constellation Road
First Stop
Monte Cristo
Third Stop
Gold Bar

Binghampton

Links

ghost towns.com
4x4 Basics

Arizona Pioneer Cemetery Research Project

Other resources

Az. Dept.Of Mines

Ghost Towns of Arizona by James and Barbara Sherman U. of Oklahoma Press

Arizona's best Ghost Towns by Philip Varney Northland Press

Arizona Ghost Towns and Mining Camps by Philip Varney Arizona Highways

Printable Directions click on images to enlarge Mine Statistics

This trip can be a continuation of the San Domingo Wash trip. Instead of turning left out of San Domingo Wash at mile 9.1. You take a right. Or it can be taken as a seperate trip which is they way it will be described here.

The Great Southern Mine is where you are headed. I am told that it is also called The Purple Passion Mine. There is a good size foundation of what I believe was a mill and a little further up the wash there is a covered shaft, an uncoverd shaft and a round, about 12 ft high, water tank full of water.

Take 1-17 north to Carefree Highway (ST. Route 74). Take a left and follow the road for about 30 miles. About .8tenths of a mile past mile marker 2 turn right onto Castle Hot Springs Rd. Cross over the cattle guard and set your trip meter to 0.00.

2.5 miles	Turn Left
5.9 miles	Drop into San Domingo Wash *N 33 55' 95" W 112* 36' 70"**and take The road across the wash.
6.1 miles	Stay Left
6.5 miles	Drop into wash, go right or up the wash
6.8 miles	Turn Left out of the wash
9.0 miles	Come to a wash with a tree on the left in the middle of the wash. *N 33 57' 99" w 112* 37" 19"** continue straignt
11.1 miles	Turn right, almost a u-turn.
12.1 miles	Windmill on the right.
13.0 miles	Drop into wash, turn left.
14.0 miles	Road on the right, stay in wash, will take that road on the way back.
14.1 miles	Mill foundation on the left. *N 33 59" 96" W 112* 36" 19"**

Further up the wash is another mine area. There are 2 shafts in the area. One is covered with a door. Another one is surrounded by a fence. There is also a round cement water tank about 10 feet high. The road continues on up the wash where it eventually turns into a road that goes back to some more digs. I do not know where it ends. Reset you trip meter to 0.00 in front of the foundation and head down the wash. I will take you to a few more mines and another mill foundation.

.2 miles	Turn Left
.3 miles	The road on the left will take you up on to a ridge
1.1 miles	Turn Left
1.2miles	Continue across the wash.
1.3 miles	Road on the right will take you back to San Domingo Wash. But there is one bad section requiring a lifted vehicle.
1.6 miles	Foundation and shaft on the left. Look for the hidden tunnel on the right. *N 33 59" 15" W 112* 35' 70"**