Near the east fork of the canyon in the
Santa Catalina Mountains, where the Cañada del Oro joins the west, the
Red Ridge Trail #2 branches off towards is an old mining outpost named
Catalina Camp.
"One Park Place" Sign In Rosters:
The Catalina Camp, owned by a
Detroit company, was another site of major mining activities the Catalina Mountains from the
turn of the 1900s through the 1940s.
Today, the abandoned mine is near a
small patch of cleared dirt and two outbuildings. [1]
Photo Above: William "Flint" Carter, also known as The General, stands at the
entrance of One Park Place, the miner's cabin located in the Santa
Catalina Mountains and maintained by Carter in the last decades of his
life.
On the mining property is a
old tin and wood cabin used by the miners. The cabin had been
maintained by local prospector William "Flint" Carter for decades until
his passing in December 2018. He aptly named the cabin "One Park Place."
Since 1990, when hikers
encounter the desolate cabin, they were able to find a Sign-In Roster to
record their name, date of visit and comments. Those records have been
preserved and available online through the links below.
The camp was managed by Francis M.
Hartman, who also had interests near the head of the canyon and on the
eastern side of the Catalina Mountains at Camp Condon. The
Catalina Camp closed temporarily in 1901 while they awaited the arrival
of heavy machinery. All three areas being worked on by Hartman were
rich in gold, silver and copper. [2]
One of the two remote cabins near Catalina Camp may have been built before the turn of the 20th
Century where E. O. Stratton mined with his family. Today, an
inscription above the door of the larger cabin is marked “One Park
Place.” The nearby shack is named “One Downing Street. The
Stratton cabin, now known as One Park Place, was home to Emerson Oliver
(E.O.) Stratton and his family. Nearby, is the Catalina Camp and
several gold and copper mines. Since the earl 1980s, local prospector William "Flint" Carter maintained the cabin to preserve its history.
Sources:
[1] “Coronado Hiking Trails,” Coronado National Forest, Cañada del Oro Trails. http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/forest/
recreation/trails/cdo.shtml
[2] “Canada del Oro, A Rich Mining District in the Catalina mountains,” Arizona Republican, Phoenix, Ariz. A.T., August 31, 1901.
"One Park Place" Sign In Rosters:
1990-1995 | 1997-2003
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