The oldest mining camp in the southwest…
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Leitendorfplace
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a.k.a. Butterfield stage company
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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.