![]() | In its heyday in the late 1800s, Octave was a bustling town with a school, a post office, a general store and a stagecoach line. The mines there were some of the most productive in the Old West before the area was abandoned by Asarco in 1940s.![]() | ![]() |
![]() | A series of underground shafts was sunk to extract the gold from a vein averaging a width of 2.5 feet.
The 1,100-foot deep Joker shaft contributed to the Octave Mine’s extensive workings, including several thousand feet of drifts. The mine was featured in a short-lived cable show called “Ghost Mine,” where paranormal experts explored reports of ghosts in abandoned mines, including the spooky and notorious “Blue Devil of Octave.” | ![]() |
![]() The headframe and associated mine buildings were still standing in this 1950s photo | The Octave mining property includes 266 acres of patented claims. It's advertised with 25 miles of tunnels and a 3-mile-long main gold vein with offshoots. | ![]() Mill, cyanide plant and town in the early 1900s |
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