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Guano Point Cable Headhouse

Starting Point of Tramway to Guano Mine

Building Ruin in Lake Mead NRA, Hualapai Indian Reservation in Grand Canyon West, AZ

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During the 1930’s a boater passing through the Canyon discovered a cave rich with “Guano”, bat droppings. This material was rich with nitrogen and very useful as fertilizer. The U.S. Guano Corporation had purchased the mining rights in 1957 and began to construct the Tramway to extract the Guano from the mine. Utilizing cable that spanned the Canyon at 7,500 feet and the use of cable cars for both the guano and the miners, it was mined until early 1960. A few months later the cable was damaged by an air force jet’s tail and never re-opened. The cable head-house remains as well as some of the remnants at the cave and is now a tourist destination at Grand Canyon West.

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Bat Cave Mine

Mine in Grand Canyon NP near Meadview, AZ

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