Clifton San Francisco River copper camp

Where: Arizona · approx. 33.05, -109.3 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: 1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on San Francisco River and Chase Creek

What turns up: Early copper camp trash wedged in the narrow Chase Creek canyon: applied and tooled whiskey bottles, Mexican and Anglo sodas, mescal and beer glass, smelter worker household ceramics, and mercantile tins along the river terraces and steep back lots.

Access: Gray area.

The San Francisco River bed carries contested navigable water restrictions; most canyon ground is private or patented mining claim land needing owner permission; adjacent BLM and Forest Service land bars disturbing century old sites without a permit.

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.