The oldest mining camp in the southwest…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

The oldest mining camp in the southwest portion of the territory excepting Pinos Altos and Santa Rita, is located nine miles south of Lordsburg in the Pyramid range of mountains. To old timers it is more familiarly known as Leitendorf, and in the very earliest days of the American occupation, was a water station on the great southern overland route to California. It was utilized to a great extent by the Butter- field stage company, whose road from Mesilla to Tucson, then on the outskirts of civilization, required frequent changes for their stock on the long and dusty roads, devoid of water be- tween home stations.