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Sundad, Arizona

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814: 47: 77: 303:, with several reports noting this in September 1953, when nine U.S. Air Force crewmen were forced to parachute into the location following the collision of their airplanes during a refueling exercise. A 1966 report noted that following the death of resident Lee R. Bailey, his wife Velma "was now left alone in this remote, small ghost town", living in their one-room mining shack with no telephone and no neighbors. 84: 54: 343:
on area hiking noted that "the hilly areas near the old Sundad Mine are particularly lovely, especially where the ocotillos and saguaro cactuses are mixed on the hillsides", but cautioned that "the old mine site is difficult to find", marked by rocks laid out to spell Sundad.
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Lower Sonoran And Sonoran Desert National Monument Resource Management Plan, Maricopa, Pinal, Pima, Gila, And Yuma Counties, Arizona. .
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In 1970, R. Agin owned the Sundad Copper Mine, located on Bureau of Land Management land at
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Thompson, Clay (October 17, 2009). "Sundad failed as facility for TB patients".
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Sundad was initially a mining town, and in the 1920s was the proposed site of a
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Nine Airmen Leap to Safety as Davis-Monthan B-47, Tanker Collide
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Populated place
Sundad is located in Arizona
Sundad is located in the United States
33°10′53″N 113°14′10″W / 33.18139°N 113.23611°W / 33.18139; -113.23611
Country
State
Arizona
County
Maricopa
Time zone
UTC-7
Mountain (MST)
DST
UTC-7
Area code
FIPS code
04-70380
GNIS
11956
unincorporated area
Maricopa County
Arizona
Yuma County
Agua Caliente
Sacation Flats
Bureau of Land Management
sanatorium
ghost town
33°10′55″N 113°13′55″W / 33.1819°N 113.23190°W / 33.1819; -113.23190
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