Tags: Mountain Range.
The Mule Mountains are a north/south running mountain range located in the south-central area of Cochise County Arizona. The highest peak Mount Ballard rises to 7500 ft (2300 m). Prior to mining operations commencing there the mountains were heavily forested with large Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii glauca) and other conifers but these were all cut down for housing needs and to feed the ore smelting furnaces in Douglas Arizona approximately 20 miles due east.
