Editing Mammoth, Arizona (section)

==History==
[[File:Mammoth-Ruins.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins in Mammoth]]
[[File:Dioptase-Wulfenite-Willemite-47210.jpg|thumb|left|A specimen of [[dioptase]] and [[wulfenite]] from the old Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine]]
Mammoth was founded around 1872 as Mammoth Camp to serve the nearby Mammoth Mine. Until 2003 when it closed, Mammoth served as a [[commuter town|bedroom community]] for the nearby [[San Manuel Copper Mine|San Manuel Mine]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

The nearby ghost town of [[Copper Creek, Arizona|Copper Creek]] is a popular local attraction.

Minerals from the old Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine are found in all major mineral collections. [[Tiger, Arizona]] was the townsite at the Tiger Mine and nothing remains of this ghost town.

In November 2014, Mammoth was the subject of a fictional horror tale on the [[Reddit]] subreddit "[[r/nosleep]]" in which a contagious disease wiped out the population. Naïve users believed and spread the story, somewhat akin to the 1938 [[War of the Worlds panic]].  The town was inundated with phone calls from people trying to ascertain what was happening.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/12/mammoth-arizona-target-internet-hoax/18901727/|title = Small Arizona town target of 'War of Worlds' Web hoax|website = [[USA Today]]}}</ref>
[[File:Giant Railroad Trestle at the Town of Mammoth, Arizona, not far from San Manuel.jpg|thumb|An abandoned railroad trestle in Mammoth, in March 2020]]