Very rare ghost town newspaper from Southern Arizona...
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May 22, 1880
THE DRILL, Pinal City, Arizona Territory, May 22, 1880
* Very rare ghost town newspaper from Southern Arizona...
Not only a very rare title from this bona fide ghost town in Southern Arizona, but this is the volume one, number two issue. And what a logical name for a mining town newspaper.
According to "ghosttowns.com" : "Pinal's post office was established April 10, 1878 and was discontinued November 28, 1891. Pinal was the milling town for nearby Silver King, about five miles away.
Originally called "Pickett Post" after Picket Post Butte, Pinal grew to include over 2000 residents. Pinal had its own newspaper called the "Pinal Drill". Pinal had everything anyone could ever want, but when silver was devalued in the late 1800's the town quickly dwindled and in 1890, only ten people were left. Unbelievably, there is absolutely nothing left today."
The issue is filled with much local and regional news, with a good number of advertisements a would be expected from a mining town.
Complete in four pages, never bound nor trimmed, rejoined at the spine, some archival mends to page 2, and a water stain near the bottom does not cause loss of readability. Some dirtiness to the front page.
An exceedingly rare newspaper of which we have only seen but a few issues in over 33 years.
* Very rare ghost town newspaper from Southern Arizona...
Not only a very rare title from this bona fide ghost town in Southern Arizona, but this is the volume one, number two issue. And what a logical name for a mining town newspaper.
According to "ghosttowns.com" : "Pinal's post office was established April 10, 1878 and was discontinued November 28, 1891. Pinal was the milling town for nearby Silver King, about five miles away.
Originally called "Pickett Post" after Picket Post Butte, Pinal grew to include over 2000 residents. Pinal had its own newspaper called the "Pinal Drill". Pinal had everything anyone could ever want, but when silver was devalued in the late 1800's the town quickly dwindled and in 1890, only ten people were left. Unbelievably, there is absolutely nothing left today."
The issue is filled with much local and regional news, with a good number of advertisements a would be expected from a mining town.
Complete in four pages, never bound nor trimmed, rejoined at the spine, some archival mends to page 2, and a water stain near the bottom does not cause loss of readability. Some dirtiness to the front page.
An exceedingly rare newspaper of which we have only seen but a few issues in over 33 years.
Category: The Old West
