b'Glendale Equestrian ClubRIDE REPORT By Deborah Blankenship, Secretary of GEC Check out Glendale Equestrian Club on Facebook to see our current and past ride photos. You can also find us on gecriders.com. ANDERSON STAMP MILL temperature was very nice; it got a little warmer S ix members of the Glendale Equestrian Clubcloser to noon but there was a nice breeze that really completed the day. On our journey to the mill, we (GEC) Darwin, Theresa, Barbara, Richard, Deb,passed a windmill and tank not in use for and Marianne visited the Anderson Mill on thewatering cattle, and what may have been a San Domingo Wash southwest of Wickenburg. small mining cabin.The Anderson Mill was run by two brothers. At theIve been to the mill a few times over the last 15 start of World War II, all the mines and mills thatyears, and I can tell Mother Nature is beginning were not essential to the war effort were orderedto have some effect on the structure. Part of closed. The mill was for obtaining muscovite mica.the roofing has collapsed on one side. We still As part of the mining of the granite pegmatites, otherfound it interesting to observe.The time and minerals were at times selectively hand cobbed andeffort it took to take all this equipment out to shipped. The mica produced was used as electricalthis desolate location and construct the mill is and heat insulation as well as in joint compound andamazing. Plus, there was a nice spring at the paint. The mill stopped operation in 1951. mill for watering our horses. Hopefully, others will be able to observe this time in our history. The ride was about 10 miles and took about 3West of Lake Pleasant, Castle Hot Springs Road 1/3 hours to cover on horseback.The morningto North Mine Road. ArizonaRealCountry.com July 2023 65'