Castle Dome

Hello everyone, hoping everyone has enjoyed their Thanksgiving.  We are just 40 miles North East outside of Yuma, at Castle Dome Mining Museum; a ghost town mining town that dates back to the 1863-1864 time era. We have been here now about a month and we are enjoying all that is out here to do and offer. We are getting ready to conduct some tours of the mine and ghost town. Jodi and I have seen this place and we are just amazed with all the history and mine information on this area. We are getting ready to re-enact some of the things that went on in this city when it was a booming mining district. There are over 300 mines in this area that brought in ore of silver and lead. Allen Armstrong and his wife Stephanie discovered a mine a few years ago, 25 years after already having reestablished the Castle Dome City town that was a booming city back in 1860s. The city is now a ghost town city in the same place it was 157 years ago. The ghost town is on top of the same foundations that were here back in 1800s. You have to see it.

Some Sites to check out about the Castle Dome Mine Museum

http://castledomemuseum.org

The Hull Mine with the Fluorescent glow of the Minerals

http://www.enchantedcavern.org

They have a mine that you can take tours of and see some of the drifts that are down 100 feet underground.

I have some pictures of some of the fluorescent minerals that are in one of the many mines here. If and when you ever come out to Yuma, AZ, you have to see this place, it is well worth it. It will take you about 2 to 3 hours to see all of this. (plan on all day)

Pictures of the Mine and Florescent minerals using short and mid-wave ultra-violet light

We are here till the end of February 2020 and we plan to have fun reenacting the Saloon shootouts of the late 1800s. The owners came out to preserve the Castle Dome Mine City and he has established about 50 or so buildings that makes up this city. It’s grown into a large ghost town museum and the mine is now offered as a tour.  I will post some good pics of this ghost town and of the area.

Jodi took all of these pictures of the Ghost Town

The beauty of the desert are the mountains and the open land with lots of cacti littering the landscape for miles and miles.. The saguaro cacti are very popular here is Arizona. I took some nice sunset pictures and some have saguaros in them..  I would like to share some of these beautiful sunsets.

Here are some other pictures that I took in the past month. We do reenactments and Jodi took my shadow of me getting ready to draw on a gunslinger at a gunfight… Its fun shooting up the town..

When the sun starts to go down the shadow that casts on the mini dome is what they call the hiking man. (can you see him?) Another mountain out here near us looks like an Indigenous Princess laying down looking up to the skies.

We do hope all are having a good Winter, it seems like the snow is causing lots of headaches out there, so please for those in the snow belt, be careful, and for those that are not, good for you.. Have a great holiday and we’ll keep you up to date on our upcoming fun and adventures.. Stay tuned and stay in touch…

The Bobble Head Travelers

Mark and Jodi