Ajo continued as the quintessential southwestern mining town with occasional strikes and shutdowns until 1983 The strike that began in July that year crippled the community with acrimony on both sides Though the mine struggled on with non union labor copper prices plummeted and so did Ajo Mining stopped in 1985 PD remained a presence
Bisbee Arizona Historic Town Bisbee was the acknowledged Queen of the Copper Camps With a mining life of almost a century and a peak population of 35 000 Bisbee attained a permanence rare among mining towns Despite floods fires labor troubles and mine shutdowns and reopenings Bisbee endured Now even though the mines
Bisbee AZ is one of those unique mining towns that has evolved over the years Once a thriving copper mining town Bisbee is now home to retirees and artists and features historic buildings homes and rambling hillside streets that make the town an ideal place for visitors to explore and take a step back into history
Media in category Mining in Arizona The following 91 files are in this category out of 91 total Copper mining town Bisbee Arizona CHS 4616
The site of Inspiration Arizona is located two miles north of the town of Miami Several large mines including the Inspiration Live Oak Black Warrior and some smaller mines and numerous claims were combined into one company Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company ICCCo
The town of Bagdad is located in the high deserts of central Arizona approximately 100 miles northwest of Phoenix / 60 miles west of Prescott The town has had a direct relationship to local mining operations which have been ongoing since 1882 when the first claims were staked
The Bagdad Freeport McMoRan copper mine dominates both the landscape and the town s collective psyche Its fate determines whether the town is doing well or poorly This is the quintessential company town a one where the company owns all the houses and businesses a and it exists expressly to serve the mine
Copper Queen Mine Bisbee AZ Text and Photos by Janet Webb Farnsworth At the turn of the century the community of Bisbee located just east of the Mule Mountains in southeastern Arizona reigned as one of the premiere copper mining towns in
The area around Superior Arizona has a long mining history starting with discovery of copper at the Silver Queen mine in 1875 37 years before Arizona became a state and 30 years before the Forest Service was founded The Magma Mine located in the Town of Superior started production in 1910 and operated until 1996 In 1972 Magma
The price of copper is down 40 percent from four years ago Arizona residents from smaller mining towns worry about job losses but some companies are planning to expand in the state
This is Ajo Arizona Ajo is a town of about 4000 people in southwestern Arizona Once a copper mining community Ajo became something of a retirement community in the 1980s after Phelps Dodge stopped mining operations
Version 121508 The Ghost Town of Helvetia is located in the northwest corner of Arizona s Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson Copper was discovered in this region before 1862 The first three productive claims had been consolidated in the 1890 s to the Helvetia Copper Company a company based out of New Jersey In 1911 the price of
The Caduceus Cellars Tasting Room Located high on top of Cleopatra Hill 5 200 feet between Prescott and Flagstaff is the historic copper mining town of Jerome Arizona
American mining history in Arizona begins after the American Mexican war in the 1840 s In the 1850 s prospectors from the played out gold fields of California began exploring more of the American West in search of gold and silver
They are ghost towns now But in the late 1800s each had a moment of glory that blazed and died like a sudden flame Most were mining towns where men lusted after the earth s riches gold silver turquoise copper lead and coal
· The sliders in the photo galleries in the Historic Mining Town Map seem to have a mind of their own and make it difficult to control the timing of the photo sequence The sites are not user friendly The Mining Arizona page is a better design
A local dispute in this old mining town has sparked a legislative battle that could affect two incumbents in Congress
Clarkdale Arizona Located at the base of Cleopatra Hill Clarkdale Arizona is a former company town located in the Verde Valley Founded by William A Clark the owner of one of Jerome Arizona s largest copper mines Clarkdale was one
Bisbee a picturesque and authentic mining town located in the southeast corner of Arizona five miles from the Mexican border This former copper mining town is built into the sides of two intersecting canyons
Residents of Superior the small former mining town five miles downhill from Oak Flat are firmly opposed to the new copper mine and to the land swap legislation Superior was built by mining—Shaft 9 was part of the Magma Mine an underground operation where many Superior residents worked until it closed in the early 1990s The other former
A wide variety of industries thrive in the Marana region but few are more closely intertwined with Arizona s history than the local copper mines As one of Arizona s 5 C s copper mining has played an important role in the state and local economy
The Chino Mine literally erased the town Alaska Arizona The only way to access the remaining metal was through open pit mining The Chino Copper
Excelsior is developing the Gunnison Copper Project a low cost in situ recovery copper project located within the copper porphyry belt of Arizona
Our focus in this project has been on the mining/smelting towns of Hayden and Winkleman Spatial and Social Impacts of Arizona s Copper Mining Estudios
Copper Mines in Arizona Map Activity Worksheet WEST to find copper mines and towns in Arizona There are 5 major copper mines or mining areas in Arizona
Like many copper mining towns in Arizona Ray was booming in its heyday Ray — about 90 miles north of Tucson and 80 miles east of Phoenix — was the largest town in Pinal County in 1914 with a population of 5 000 Located at the foothills of the Dripping Spring Mountains on Mineral Creek it
This mining town was founded in the 1900s after a group of wealthy investors discovered incredibly rich deposits of copper ore in the mountains
Bisbee AZ once a thriving copper mining town is unique because of the way it has evolved over the years Now home to retirees and artists Bisbee features historic buildings homes and streets
· $ PER PERSON This was the little town of Haynes Az A suburb of Jerome Billion Dollar Copper Camp They mined gold here from 1890 to 1914
mines and towns in Arizona You will need to use your Copper Map You will need to use your Copper Map There are 5 major copper mines or mining areas in Arizona
Miami Western Apache Goshtłʼish Tú is a town in Gila County Arizona United is a classic Western copper boom town Miami s old downtown has been partly renovated and the Bullion Plaza Museum features the cultural mining and ranching history of the Miami area