Spruce
Mountain Top
Web
Page
Created,
Maintained and Hosted
by
Jeff
Hopkins
Phoenix, AZ
SPRUCE
MOUNTAIN
FIRE
TOWER
Where is Spruce Mountain?
Spruce Mountain is located about 4 miles south of Prescott, Arizona, just off of the South side of Senators Highway, just before Groom Creek.
Access to the top of the mountain where there is a picnic area and tower(top is 7,696 feet above sea level) is by about 4 miles of dirt road winding up the mountain. The road is useable by regular non-4X4 vehicles during good weather. During the winter months, deep drifting snow sometimes prevents access to the top of the mountain even with a 4X4.
Spruce Mountain is riddled with gold mines. These were actively worked in the 1800's and early 1900's. Average day's take for 12 hours of back breaking work was around 25 cents. Since some miners were finding gold which meant most of the miners got absolutely nothing for their efforts.
Mount
Union
South of Spruce Mountian
as seen from
Hopkins Cabin via telescope
Hopkins Cabin with Wind Power
Purpose of Web Site
To disseminate information for property owners near the top of Spruce Mountain, Walker and neighboring areas.
TESTIMONY FOR JUNE 18 OVERSIGHT HEARING
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IMPORTANT !!
Power to Spruce Mountain
Top
11 June 2007
Created
3 September 2001
Modified 06 June 2008
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