Contention City, Arizona
Contention City, Arizona | |
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Mason's Western Hotel in Contention City, 1880. | |
Location in the state of Arizona | |
| Coordinates: 31°46′8″N 110°12′7″W / 31.76889°N 110.20194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Cochise |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Abandoned | 1888 |
| Named after | Contention over ownership of a silver claim |
| Elevation | 3,799 ft (1,158 m) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST (no DST)) |
| Post Office opened | April 6, 1880 |
| Post Office closed | November 26, 1888 |
| GNIS | 24378 |
Contention City or Contention is a ghost mining town in Cochise County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. It was occupied from the early 1880s through the late 1880s in what was then known as the Arizona Territory. Only a few foundations now remain of this boomtown which was settled and abandoned with the rise and fall of silver mining in and around the area of Tombstone.