You Might Strike Gold at This Historic Mine, but Beware ...
May 19, 2014· The mines there were some of the most productive in the Old West before the area was abandoned by Asarco sometime in the 1940s. But recent federal rules about mine ownership have made it difficult to establish new mines, prompting some dreamers to take another run at mines like Octave — a sort of second gold rush for this part of rural Arizona.