In the Arizona desert, outside Tombstone.

[Old Bookaroo]

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[The Rebel]

Nice shot!

Do you know what the building was?

 

[Gene Mean]

Cool shot!!
Are there prairie dogs/desert rats on top of the building? I see one stretched out eating from the tree and another peeking over the roof.

 

[Gare]

AAMAZING picture what a great place to detect Have you detected there ?

 

[Old Bookaroo]

Nice shot!

Do you know what the building was?

Thank you. It might have been a jail. Generally, in the Western ghost towns I've visited, the two strongest buildings were the jail and the bank.

 

[Old Bookaroo]

AAMAZING picture what a great place to detect Have you detected there ?

No, we didn't detect. It's private property and I have no idea how to contact the owner. Off in the distance is:

It was late in the day, and we couldn't find the road from where we were standing to the old mine site.

Across the road from the first photo was:

This is (or, was) Gleeson, just outside Tombstone. The building is a restored 1910 jail - the only remaining structure.

 

[oldmxrat]

Spent a lot of time all around there as a kid (my family is all from Bisbee), as well as Charleston, Fairbank, St. David and Benson.
My brother and his buddy were digging a privy in Charleston and found a gold pocket watch and chain years ago.