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Secret Pass is both the name of a pass through the Black mountains and a mining camp and mine located just west of the pass. The area is located just east of Bullhead City, AZ overlooking the Colorado river.
| The pass got its name when local Indians used it to evade capture after raiding local ranchers. From below the pass, the entrance is invisible and it looks as if anyone going that way disappeared into a solid rock face. In reality, the entrance is a narrow pass through the mountains. The walls of the pass are straight up for the majority of the distance. Neither entrance is easily seen although it is somewhat easier to find the upper entrance because the roads in that area are in better shape. There is a story of a buried cache of weapons located somewhere in the Secret Pass, possibly inside of a cave. The Hualapais Indians supposedly buried the weapons in the cave in case they would be needed after the Indians were rounded up and placed on a reservation. They were never recovered according to a former chief of the Hualapais Indians. |  |
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Walking through the pass can bring a sense of awe. The walls rise vertically at a nearly 90 degree angle. Inside you escape from the blazing sun and pass from shade to patches of sunlight. There are small trees and brush growing along the sandy bottom. In wet years, a small stream makes its way through the pass. I have been told that a few small miners have panned a little color out of the sand and gravel. Located below the pass is the remnents of a small mining camp known as Secret Pass. There are many small gold mines and pockets that were located in this area around 1916. Near the lower entrance is a small spring and another is located about a 1/4 mile above the entrance. Wild burros use the springs but have also managed to pollute them. |
| Vertical walls can give the feeling of being trapped. |  |
Looking down to the old Secret Pass mining camp and on to the Colorado river. |  |
