Highlight • Monument
Stetson's Dam
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Coronado National Forest
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Caro "LadyOutdoors"
October 15, 2020
Hiking
To make hydraulic mining in the dry desert possible, around 1904 miners built a dam to store thousands of gallons of water. Today you see a long mound of earth and rock which once was a dam 10 feet high and 100 feet long. It was part of an eight and a half mile water system designed by James Stetson, an engineer of the Santa Rita Water & Mining Company.
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Elevation 1,640 m
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The UV-index reading is high for much of your activity. Don’t forget sunscreen and consider bringing sunglasses.