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Annual Report
OF THE
State Mine Inspector State of Arizona
For the year ending November 30,1978 . 4
S*Sc#nmb ANNUAL REPORT of the STATE MINE INSPECTOR @ FOR THE YEAR ENDING ! DECEMBER 31,1978
James H. McCutchan
ARIZONA STATE MIWE lNS?CClOI
Mt, A- ANNUAL REPORT
or the STATE MINE INSPECTOR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,1978
- DEPARTMENT O* - JAMES H. MCCUTCHAN ms mrr mno. umo~mu~~btm PHOENIX. ARIZONA -7
December 31. 1978
The Honorable Bruce Babbitt Governor of Arizona Phoenix. Arizona 85007
Dear Governor Babbitt :
I am pleased to submit the "Sixty-Seventh Annual Report of the State Mine Inspector" for the year beginning December 1. 1977. and endinp: December 31, 1978.
This report includes names and addresses of all mines. mills. smelters. and sand and pravel operations in Arizona: number of employees; minerals produced: number and descriptions of fatal accidents; and number and cause of lost time accidents in our mlnes (based on available information).
Respectfully submitted.
State Wine Inspector SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 1
MAILING ADDRESSES OF MAJOR MINING COMPANIES
AmaxWig Compmy Cypms MiCoqomtion Twin Buttes Mine Arizona Operations Post Office Box 127 55 East Thomas Road Sahuarita, Arizona 85629 Phoenix, Arizona 85012
Cypnrs Wdcopper -pmy AriEonrPordrndCanentComprny Post Office Box 245 Riltito Kt and Plant Bagdad, Arizona 85631 Post Office Box 338 Rillito, Arizona 85246 CypnuJo~CopperComprny Post Office Drawer "Rn Bmson, Arizona 85602 MARCO, Imc. General Offices CVpw~~t3Compur~ 1 150 North 7th Avmue Post Office Box 7187 Post Office Box 5747 Tuaon, Arizona 85725 Tucson, Arizona 85703 MCapartion Haydm Unit Tucson Office Box 98 47 15 East Ft. Lowell Road Hayden, Arizona 85235 Tunon, Arizona 85712
Mion Unit Esperanza and SitaPropertics Box 11 Post Office Box 125 Sahuarita, Arizona 85629 Sahuarita, Arizona 85629
Sacaton Unit Mineral Park I)Rision Post Office Box V Post Office Box 3009 Casa Grande, Arizona 85222 Kingman, Arizona 86401
Silver Bell Unit Inspntion Omddatd Silver Bell, Arizona 85270 COPP comprn~ Phoenix office 100 West Washington, Suite 1870 Cities !kmke Company Phoenix, Arizona 85003 Miami Operations Post Office Box 100 Inspiration Office Miami, Arizona 85539 Inspiration, Arizona 85577
Pinto Valley Operations KeMecOtttoppaCapontka Post Office Box 727 Ray Mines Division Miami, Arizona 85539 Haydm, Arizona 85235 2 SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
Mw.CoppaCanpmy MrDodg Cw-a (cat) San Manuel Division Morenci Branch Box M Morenci, Arizona 85540 San Manuel, Arizona 85631 New Cornelia Branch Superior Division Ajo, Arizona 85321 Post mice Box 37 Superior, Arizona 85273 Word Branch Box 151 Wclpe~Corpacr- Safford, Arizona 85546 Western Operations Offia Box 1238 Douglas, Arizona 85607 PhoaIkCamntcalnjmny Division of Amcord, Inc. Copper Queen Branch Bisbee, Arizona 85603 Phoenix Offia 3550 North Central Avenue, Douglas Reduction Works Suite 1501 Drawer E Phoenix, Ariz~na85012 Douglas, Arizona 85607 Clarkdale Plant Metcalf Mine Post Office Box 428 Morenci, Arizona 85540 Clarkdale, Arizona 86324 MINING OPERATIONS
~WY Mine Name Chmcter of Ore Agent Nureat Town Countv
Anamax Mining Company Twin Buttes Electrowinning Copper P.A. Hodges Sahuarita Pima Plant Twin Buttes Mm Copper P.A. Hodges Sahuarita Pima Twin Buttes No. 1 Adit Copper P.A. Hodges Sahuarita Pima Twin Buttes Open Pit Copper P.A. Hodges Sahuarita Pima Twin Buttes Oxide Plant Copper P.A. Hodges Sahuarita Pima Andnda Marble Company Andrada Crusher & Sacker Marble D. Hartley Tucson Pima Andrada Marble Pit Marble D. Hartley Tucson Pima Apache Hillside Metals, Inc. Gold/Silver R. Hacker Arivaca Santa Cntz Apple Mining Company, Inc. PumicelCinden G. Apple Flagstaff Coconino Aritex Mining, Lid. Cyanide Plant Silver D. Escapule Tombstone Cochise Arizona Portland Cement Co. Anamax Quarry Limestone F. Thornberry Rillito Pima Pantano Clay Pit Clay F. Thornberry Rillito Pima Rillito Mill Claylhnt F. Thornberry Rillito Pima Rillito Quarry Limestone D. Chiaro Rillito Pima Arizona Sika Sand Co. Houck Operation Silica Sand D. Fisher Houck Apache Arizona Silver Company, Ltd. Development C. Coe Kingman Mohave Arizona Western Mines Old Eagle Mine GoldlSilver W.R. Ewing Oracle Pinal ASARCO, Inc. Hayden Smelter Copper L.G. Cahill Hayden Gila Mission Mill Copper R. Herde Sahuarita Pima Mission Unit Copper R. Herde Sahuarita Pima Mine Nune Chuacter of On Agent Neuest Town County
ASARCO, Inc. (cont) Sacaton Concentrator T.R. Edwards Casa Grandc Pinat Sacaton Opm Pit T.R. Edwards Casa Grande Pinal Silver Bell Mill T.E. Scartaccini SirBeu Pima Silver Bell Open Pit Copper D.R. Jamison Silver Bell Pirna Beard Mining Company Taylor Mine Feldspar A. Beard Kingman Mohave Beaver Exploration Co. Chance Mine Exploration J. Rydboni willcox Cochise Bisba Blue Turquoise Copper Queen Mine Turquoise R. Matthews Bisbee Cochise Bit Mining Company Lookout Mine Lead/Silver/Cold N. Framstead Chino valley Yavapai Boyles Brothen Drilling Co. Oracle Ridge Mine Exploration L Normanson Oracle Phna Can-Am Corporation Paul Lime Division Plant Lime B. Barbaro Douglas Cochi!4t Paul Lime Division Quatry Limestone B. Barbaro Douglas Cochise Catalina Marble Company Catalina Marble Quarry Marble D. Goode Tucson Pima Cementation Company Twin Buttes No. I Adit Copper W. Henderson Sahuarita Pima Chantell, Inc. Azurite Oxide Copper Azurite W. TannerlT. Sites Miami Gila Prvt Chda Construction Union Carbide Chabazite Chabazite Mine Cities Service Company Miami East Mine Copper R.P. Hughes Miami Gila Miami Leaching Optration Copper R.P. Hugha Miami Gila Old Dominion Mine Water RP. Hughes Miami Gila Pinto Valley Mill & Crusher copper R.P. Hughes Miami Gila Pinto Valley Operation copper R.P. Hughes Miami Gila +"t Neuest Town County - Cobre Loma Mining Company Commonwealth Mill Silver/Lead/ E. Britton Pearce Cochise zinc/copper Middlemarch Mine CopperlZinc E. Britton Pearce Cochise Cochise Mining Co. San Juan Mine Copper R. Morrow Safford Graham Don Collum Drilling Service Cyprus Johnson Pit 1)iamond Drilling D. Collum San Simon Cochise Comstock Gold, Silver Lincoln Mine Group GoldISilver J. March Mayer Yavapai & Copper, Inc. Congress Consolidated Gold Congress Mine Gold 1. Kleiner Congress Yavapai Mine Company Caoke Tiage Union Carbide Chabazite J. Cooke Bowie Graham Mine Copp HUls Silica Silica C. Nichols Globe Gila Coronado Metals, Inc. Gold/Silver W. Hacker Arivaca Santa Cruz Cyprus Bagdad Copper Co. Bagdad Open Plt copper R. Bogart Bagdad Yavapai Electrowinning Plant Copper R. Bogart Bagdad Yavapai New Bagdad Mill Site Copper R. Bogrt Bagdad Yavapai Cyprus Johnson Copper Co. Johnson Leaching Plant Copper J. Sierakoski Benson Cochise Johnson Pit Copper J. Sierakoski Benson Cochise Qpms Pima Mining Company Pima Mine copper G.A. Komadina Tucson Pima Dtnning Mining Company Antelope Pit Silica v. DeMing MY Pima Little Chief Mine Silica v. DeMing Ajo Pima Double Eagle Mining Co. Double Eagle Mine Cold D. Cooper Yarnell Yavapai Manzanita Mill Gold D. Cooper Yarnell Yavapai Can- Mine Nane aunctarofche A#ent NmreatTm County
DwPl Corporation Mineral Park Mill copper1 W. Roper Molyconcentrate Mind Pulr Open Fit copper ore W. Roper man Esporanvl Mflllbrching COPP~~ H.L. Wely Sahuarita Plant Sierrita Comntntor Co~pbr H.L. Shively Sahuarita Pima Sierrita Pit and Shops Copper H.L. Shively Sahuarita Pima ElPortalMiningco. Blue Rock Mine Uranium A. Seelos Tucson Pima El Toro Mining, Inc. Bond Group Mines Silica K. James Patagonia Santa Cruz Eocene Research Triple X Claim Silver C. Jewett Tombstone Cochise Filters International Perlite Mill Perlite L. Williams Superior Pinal Filtrol Corporation Cheto Mine No. 2 Bentonite Clay A. Jack Sanden Apache Frontier Constructon Williams Shaft Reconstruction Z. Painter Globe Gila of shaft A J. Gilbert Const. Co. Don Luis Silica Pit Smelter Flux AJ. Gilbert Cochise Gleeson Heights Minerals Co. SirBill Mine Lead H. Knudsenl Cochise R. Jerfry Gold Csve Mine & Mel. Gold Cave Mine LcadlZinc M. Combs Cochise Gmbbs & Sons Drilling, Inc. Exploration K. Grubbs Cochise Drilling Gulf American MWng Enter. Cat Pause Mine Cat Litter L. Johnson Wickenburg Yavapai Harborlite Corporation Superior Plant Perlite R. Blunt Superior Pinal L. W. Hardy Company, Inc. Sleeping Beauty Pit Site Turquoise L.W. Hardy Miami Gila Com~rn~ Mine Nune Ut~actetof On Agent Nearest Town County I L W. Hardy Turquoise Turquoise L.W. Hardy Kingman Mohave Harrison Western Corporation ASARCO Shaft Development B. McKinstry Casa Grande Pinal Hech Mining Company Lakeshore Mine copper J.H. Hunter Casa Grande Pinnl Hemphill Brothers, Inc. Silica Pit Sica J. Brewer Kingman Mohave Taylor MI11 Feldspar J. Eaton Kingman Mohave Hopewell Claims Middle Camp Area Gold M. Kenyan Quartzite Yuma Inspiration Consolidated Christmas Mine copper G. Vailancourt Winkelman Gila Copper Co. Inspiration Mill Copper J. Hawkins Inspiration Gila Inspiration Open Pit copper F. Monninger Inspiration Gila Inspiration Smelter Anodes F. Monninger Inspiration Gila Jaquays Mining Company Asbestos Mill Asbestos D.W. Jaquays Globe Gila El Dorado Mine Asbestos D.W. Jaquays Globe Gila Joy Drilling Co. Twin Ruttes Pit Copper J. Lloyd Sahuarita Pima Joy Manufacturing Co. Mineral Park Mine Copper Samples J. Lloyd Kingman Mohave Kennecott Copper Corp. Ray Mines Division Hayden Acid Plant Copper K.H. Matheson Gila Hayden Concentrator Copper K.H. Matheson Gila Hayden Lime Plant/ Lime K.H. Matheson Gila Flux Unit Hayden Smelter K.H. Matheson Haydm Kemy Electrowinning W.H. Jensen Kearny Plant Kearny beQuarry Lime W.H. Jmsen -pry Mine Name Kenlam11 Copper Cpfp. Ray Miner DMsion (cont) (cant) Keamy Pit & Laching Copper W.H. Jensen Kearny Pinal Sfford Rojsct copper S. Deans Safford Graham Smelter Division-Lime Plant Lime K.H. Matheson Hayden Gila L&BPartnm Mill Undercons. L. Burt Quartzite Yurna Ilttle Hills Mining Co. Gold Hill Mine Sica D. McGa Oracle Pinal Little Jmie Mine Cyanide Leaching Plant Gold F. Torette Mayer Yavapai Lynch, Sern D. Missy Miley Mine Exploration S. Lynch Yurna Yurna MPM Mining & Exploration Co. March Annex Mine Exploration S. Murphree Wicox Cochise nLe Madden Company Jackpot Mill Cold A. Madden Quartzite Yuma Maddux & Sons, Inc. Commonwealth Tailing Silica Smelter R. Maddux Douglas Cochise Flux ~~c~prn~San Manuel Lime & UnelSilica Flux 1. Goss San Manuel Knal Flux Rant San Manuel Mill & Crusher Copper 1. Goss San Manuel Pinal Concentrate San Manuel Rant copper 1. Coss San Manuel ha1 Maintenance San Manuel Smelter Copper 1. Coss San Manuel Pinal San Manuel Underground Copper 1. Goss San Manuel Pinal Concentrate Superior Won copper C. Freeman Superior Final Superior Mill Copper C. Freeman Superior Pinal Mine Name Churcta of Ore Neuest Town County McFarland & Hullinger Lime Pit Lime W. Nelson Hayden Gila Silica Mill Silica Flux W. Nelson Hayden Gila Robert E. McKee, Inc. Shipley Pit Limestone W. Bradley Peach Spring Mohave Metals International Katie Claims Gold D. Gratz Tucson Pima Frank Mitchell Gold Mill Gold F. Mitchell Quartzite Yuma Walter Myers New Hope Claim Gold Ore W. Myers Bowie Cochise National Gypsum Company Feldman Quarry Gypsum D. Steel Winkelman Pinal 0. K. J. Corporation Lyman Walls Mill Fluorspar J. Rud Yurna Yuma Oracle Drilling San Manuel Division Copper A. Johnson San Manuel Pinal Oracle Ridge Mining Partners Oracle Ridge Project Copper J. Roscoe Oracle Pinal Ralph M. Pawns Company MX Missile Tunnel E. Pamrner Da!eland Yuma Pattullo Lime Plant Lime B. Pattullo Inspiration Gila Payson Concrete Materials Harborlight Pit Perlite G. Randall Superior Pind PetroChem Co. King Midas Mine Development W. Bridgeman Oatman Mohave Phelps Dodge Corporation Copper Queen Branch Copper H. Metz Bisbee Cochise Douglas Reduction Works- Copper W. Gage Douglas Cochise Preparation & Leach Plant Douglas Reduction Works- Anode Copper W. Gage Douglas Cochise Smelter Foothills No. 1 and No. 2 Copper 1. Riddle Safford Graham Metcalf Mine, Mill Copper J. O'Neill Morenci Greenlee & Leaching Plant Concentrate Mine Nsme Neuat Town County Phelps Dodge Corporation Morenci Assay Omce J. oweill Morenci Greenlet (cont) Bucking Room Morenci Evans Point Lime Limestone J. O'Neffl Monnci Greenlee Quarry Morenci Pit & Mill Copper J. Bolles Morenci Greenlet Morenci Silica Pit Silica Flux S. O'Neill Morenci Greenlee Morenci Smelter Copper J. O'Neill Morenci Greenlee Morenci Smelter Bedding Copper J. O'Neill Morenci Greenlee Plant New Cornelia Concentrator copper D. Orr Ajo Pima New Cornelia Open Pit Copper D. On Ajo Pima New Cornelia Smelter Copper D. Orr Ajo Pima Phoenix Brick Yard Tolleson Clay Pit Clay D. Campbell Tolleson Maricopa Phoenix Cement Company Clarkdale Plant Cement J.E. Conway Clarkdale Yavapai Clarkdale Quarry Limestone J.E. Conway Clarkdale Yavapai PInal Minerals & Mining. Ltd. Lucky Boy Mine Uranium T. Clary Miami Pinal Pope Mining, Inc. Pope Mine C;old/Silver R. Scarth Kingman Mohave Ralph & Ross Punley March Annex Mine Exploration R. Punley Willcox Cochise Ramhead Mining Co. Western Fluonpar Mine Fluorspar V. Randolph Young Gila Ranchers Exploration & Bluebird Mine Complex Copper L. Maynard Miami Gila Development Company Red Rover Mining Company Red Rover Mine CopperlSilver H. McNeill Cave Creek Maricopa Resources International GoldlSilver M. Wendell Dolan Springs Mohave WPY Mine Name Nearest Town County Robart Mining Company Orizaba Pit Silica A. Robart Casa Grande .Final Robinson Mines, Inc. Gold R. H'reggitt Salome Yuma Savahai, Inc. Billy Mack Mine Development D. Wray Parker Yuma 71 Minerals, Ud. Tombstone Leach Plant Silver R. Arsdale Tombstone cochise J. F. Shea Contracting Buckskin Tunnel CAP Tunnel E. Murphy Parker Yuma Silver Bonanza Mining Amo. Siver T. Colvin Tombstone Cochise Smith & Bell Contract Union Carbide Chabazite B. Bell Safford Graham Chabazite Mine Son Sampling !krvice Anamax Twin Buttes Copper E. Bums Sahuarita Pimi No. 1 Adit Southwest Salt Company salt G. Grott litchfleld Maricopa Park St. Joe American Corporation Sunrise Mine LeadlSilver B. Renzzeti Amado Santa Cruz Stan Development Co. Gold J. Thompson Aguila Maricopa State of Maine Mining Co. State of Maine Pad Leach Silver L. Escapule Tombstone Cochise Sunburst Mining Company Vekol Mine Silver J. Smith Stanfield Pind Sunrise Mining Company Glove Mine LeadlSilver H. Ruppel Amado Santa Cruz Superior Companies Drake Limestone Pit & Mill Limestone J. South Paulden Yavapai Verde Gypsum Pit & Mill Gypsum B. South Camp Verde Yavapai Winkelman Gypsum Pit Gypsum W. Fisher Wielman Pinal Tech Leasing Construction Coronado Metals Silver/Gold D. Holland Arivaca Santa Cruz Tonto Mining & Milling Blue Bird Mine Fluorspar J. Roberds Tonto Basin Gila Red Rock Mine Fluorspar E. Waite Payson Gila Tonto Mill Fluorspar J. Hamilton Tonto Basin Gila WWY Mine Name QuncterofOre Agent NmtTown County I = Trds End Mining & Miffling Old Dean Mill Site Gold N. Mischke Kirkland Yavapai Trimble Gypsum Mine Gypsum W. Trhrble Mome Yuma U. S. Lime Products Nelson Iime Pit Limestone T. Roberts Peach Springs Yavapai Nelson Lime Plant- Mill Quicklime J. MacDonald Peach Springs Yavapai Van Dyke's Crushing Inspiration Slag Dump Copper C. Hafker Inspiration Gila & Screening Venture Drilling Company Ray Fit Copper A. Kalaf Kearny Pinal Gordon Wainwright Camp Grant Quarry Silica , G. Wainwright Wielman Pinal Construction Chilito Quarry Siica G. Wainwright Hayden Gila Tiger Silica Pit Siica G. Wainwright San Manuel Pinal Western Fluorspar Mine Fluorspar F. Murphy Young Gila Western Mining & Milling, Inc. Cherry Creek Claims Tungsten G. Bennett Camp Verde Yavapai Woods Canyon Mining, lnc. Commonwealth Mill Tungsten M. Zulps Pearce Cochise Silver Bell Prospect Tungsten M. Zulps Pearce Cochise Yellow Dog Mine Gold R. Fanar Quartzite Yuma Compmy Nune Fit or Plant Nune %snt N~atTown Arizona Sand & Rock Plant No. 1 E. Clark Phoenix Maricopa (cont) Plant No. 3 E. Clark Phoenix Maricopa Ashton Company, Inc. Hackberry Road Pit A. Hempel Kingman Mohave Job 78-18 A. Hempel Tucson Pirna Lake Havasu City Pit H. Ashton Lake Havasu City Mohave Lake Havasu State Pit H. Ashton Lake Havasu City Mohave No. 8374 Aztec Materials R. Perkins Mesa Maricopa B & C Redi-Mix, Inc. Valenzuela Pit F. Crabtree Yuma Yuma B & R Materials Corp. North Pit P. Richardson Tucson Pirna West Side Plant P. Richardson Tucson Pirna Bagdad RedbMix, Inc. Santa Maria Pit R. Warner Bagdad Yavapai Black Rock Construction Co. Black Rock Sand & Gravel P. McKinnon Holbrook Navajo Blue River Concrete & Agp?gate Blue River Pit T. Daugherty Parker Yuma M. R. Bowers Cinders Second Knoll Pit M. Bowers Lakeside Navajo Brimhall Sand & Rock Cottonwood Wash Pit D. Brimhall Snowtlake Navajo Jim Bush Ready Mix New Cornelia Slag Scmn J. Bush Ajo Pima C B Ready Mix F. Bleak Flagstaff Coconino CKC Materials Divisions Airport Pit R. Kay Safford Graham Hot Plant R. Kay Safford Graham Chandler Ready Mix W. Wright Mesa Maricopa Cindrich Rock - Sand C. Cindrich Tucson Pima Fred Clark Trucking Company Pit F. Clark Mammoth Pinal Cochise Materials, Inc. Rural Land Corp. M. Battagb Benson Cochise Company Nme Plt or Plant Name rbmt Newrt Town County Coconlno County Sheep Hill Pit K. Genteman Flagstaff Coconino Highway Dept. Columbia Rock Mining Drexel Road Pit J. Steward Tucson Plma & Crushing Columbia Sand & Gravel Ina Road Pit F. Longfiofer Tucson Pima A. C. Cornstock Comstock Gravel Pit A. Comstock hagoon Cochise Curtis Construction Co. Vicksburg Pit M. Curtis Mome Yuma D. C. Contractors D. C. Pit & Hot Plant A. Kramer Sierra Vista Cochise Pablo del Sol Rt A. Kramer Sierra Vista Cochise Francis Day & Sons Concho Sand & Gravel Plt F. Day St. Johns Apache hert Construction Co., Inc. v. Short Kingman Mohave Desert Materials Company Goodman Wash Pit R Bayles Ehrenberg Yuma Ray DeSpain Sand & Gravel R. DeSpain Holbrook Navajo Dreeszen Gravel Company Charleston Pit G. heeszen Sierra Vista Cochise Eads Sand & Gravel Co. Eads Concrete Batch Plant C. Eads Bisbee Cochise Wade Hampton Pit C. Eads Don Luis Cochise Earth Products, Inc. Stearling Pit W. Hyslip Humboldt Yavapai Earth Products Unlimited Earth Products Pit E. Federico Lake Iiavasu City Mohave James I,. Fann Contracting Co. Lynx Creek Pit J. Fann Prescot t Yavapai First KqoU Cinders Cinder Pit C. Brewer Show Low Navajo Flagstaff Cinder Sales Black Pit R. Oliver Flagstaff Coconino Red Pit R Oliver Flagstaff Coconino Foothills Transit Mix Foothills Sand & Gravel G. Thomas Yuma Yuma Company Name Plt ox Plant Nune 4Pt Nearest Town county GRL Construction Co. Foothills Operation G. Inson Mold Graham Garwatt Enterprises, Lnc. Sheep Iiill Pit D. Walter Flagstaff Coconino G. Galaspie Gend Rock & Sand Pap Plant M. Jessup Wse Coconino Gila Ready-Mix Company J. Hopkina Gi Bend Maricopa Gila Valley Block Company W. Maher Snfford Graham Gotrocks Stone Company H. Heine Wickenbuq Yavapai Graham County Highway Dept. Graham County Crusher J. Payne Safford Graham Guzman Construction Co. Superior Plant hi. Gu~nan,Sr. superior Pins! H & S Developers H. Schechert Yuma Yuma J. D. Harris Granite Campany Decomposed Granite Pit J. Harris Glendale Maricopa htze Development Co. J. Jones Glendale Maricopa Humboldt Sand & Rock D. Richards Humboldt Yavapai Hunter Contracting Company A. Taddei Phoenix Maricopa Johnson-Stewart-Johnson Mesa Plant No. 1 V. Wilson Mesa Maricopa Mining Co. North Phoenix Plant J. Johnson Phoenix Maricopa Don Kelland Materials Roll Plant & Pit D. Kelland Tacna Yuma E. S. Kelton Contracting Co. Deer Valley'Pit-Plant No. 1 E. S. Kelton Cave Creek Maricopa Deer Valley Pit-Plant No. 2 E. S. Kelton Cave Creek Maricopa Peter MtSons Company Airport Road Pit J. Knight Buckeye Maricopa South Central Pit J. Knight Phoenix Maricopa State Pit No. 5907 D. Benigar Ash Fork Yavapai P. Kocjan page Coconino Nanat Town CouAW Maddux & Sons, Inc. Hereford R. Maddux Henford Cochisc Tiffany Pit R. Maddux Huachuca City Cochise Twin Buttes R. Maddu Dodw cochise Madison Granite Company L. Madison Glendale Maricopa Mdormick Properties Hancock Pit N. Menill Bullhead City Mohave Oatman Road Pit N. Merrill Bullhead City Mohave McCnckm Materials Verde River Plant & Pit H. Mdracken Camp Verde Yavapai Mesa Sand & Rock 0. shill Mesa Maricopa R. E. Miller Paving & Const. Pit No. 5 R. Miller Tucson Pima Mohave Concrete & Materials Havarin Ranch Pit Q. Polidod Lake Havasu City Mohave W. A. Moms Sand & Gravel W. Moms Safford Graham Multi-Metals Company Maripom Pit P. Arb0 Nogales Santa CNZ Nesbitt Construction Co., Inc. J. Conder Peridot Gila Nesbitt Contracting Co. Ehrenberg Pit T. Nesbitt Ehrcnberg Yuma Lynx Creek Fit J. Nesbitt Prescott Yavapai Plant No. 1 T. Nesbitt Tempe Mnricojm Sacaton Pit T. Nesbitt Saca ton Pinid New Pueblo Connnrdon. Inc. Agua Fria Pit K. Ronstadt Nodes Santa Cruz Fico Pit No. 75-200 K. Ronstadt Green VaHy Pirnr Hughes Pit K. Ronstadt Tucson Pima 1-19 Pit K. Ronstadt Tumacacori Santa Cnrz Josephine Canyon Pit K. Ronstadt Nodes Santa Cm Screening Plant No. 74-100 E. SneU Nogales Santa Cm Canprny Name FitorA.nt Name 4Wt Ne~estTown New Pueblo Constructon, Inc. West Ina Road Pit Tucson Pirna (mt) I Oro Rock & Sand Company R. Kroecker Tucson Pima Pantano Sand & Gravel Pantano Pit B. Pryde Tucson Pirna E Papago Materials, Inc. West Ajo Way Pit C. Barton Tucson Pima X Paulden Sand, Rock & Redimix W. Dunbar Chino Valley Yavapai el Gila Payson Concrete Materials Rye nt G. Randall Payson 2m 4 Joy T. Pearce Construction, Inc. Xhdm Plt &Plant J. Pearce Show Low Navajo m Phelps Dodge Corporation Mormci Sand & Gravel J. O'Neill Morenci Greenlee Z L, Operation 2 K. H. Phillips & Company Cottonwood Wash Rt K. H. Phillips Window Navajo * Rlanix Redi-Mix M. Valente Phoenix Maricopa $ nomix Sand & Rock Agua Fria Pit E. Johnson Phoenix Maricopa 2 KMI County Highway Dept. Lee Pit J. Taylor Florence Pinal P Knal Materials Plant8 No. 7 & No. 8 B. Zink Casa Grande Pinal P Plant No. 9 B. Zink Casa Grande Pinal 0 Miteriala, Inc. 7a Eaton Parker Pit D. Shepardson Parker Yma el R & L Cinders C. Roeder Ashfork Yavapai Rcd Mountain Mining Company T. Dyke Mesa Maricopa &eves Sand & Rock Company Pit No. 1 L Reeves Phoenix Maricopa Reidhead Send & Rock, Inc. Main Plant V. Gillespk Taylor Navajo River Road Sand & Gravel M. Padilla Nmm Santa Cruz Saguaro Concrete Company C. Frie Kearny Pinal Company Name Rt or Plant Name mt Narest Town County Salcido Sand & Gravel Columbia Gravel Pit J. Salcido Sima Vista Cochise No. 1 Pit J. Salcido Paul Spur Cochise Sand Specialties Beeline Plant C. Thomas Mesa Maricopa Granite Reef Plant C. Thomas Mesa Maricopa Sanner Construction Company Granite Pit 8. Sa~er Phoenix Maricopa San Xavier Rock &Material Co. Valencia Pit C. Seal Tucson Pima Wally Schull Materials Kern Pit W. Schufl Tucson Pima Pantano Pit W. Schull Tucson Pima 1. F. Shea Sand &Gravel Co. Buckskin Project E. Murphy Parker Yuma Sim Ready Mix &Contracting E. Cyr Sierra Vista Cochise W. R Skousen Contracting ABC Fit No. 1 W. Skousen Sells Pirna Coolldge Pit No. 7380 W. Skousen Coclidge Pinal Cotton Lane Pit W. Skousen Mesa Maricopa Pisinimo Pit W. Skousen Tucson Pima Ward Road Pit B. Allred Mesa Maricopa D. C. Speer Construction Co. Agua Fria Pit D. Speer Phoenix Maricopa Arivaipa Pit D. Speer Aravaipa Pinal Gray Mountain Pft 8491 D. Speer Flagstaff Coconino Kingman Project D. Speer Kingman Mohave McConnico Pit D. Speer Kingman Mohave Starr Ready Mix R. Taylor Lake Havasu City Mohave Sun Valley Crushjng Co. Arlinflon Pit J. Weik Arlington Maricopa Bylas Pit J. Weik Safford Graham -my N- PHarhtNune mt NmtTown Sun VaUey Crushing Co. LPPbnrRodPIt W. Walker Mesa Find (cant) Sun City Pit W. Walker Sun City Maricopa Sun Vdey Pit-Weik Unit J. Weik Sun City Maricopa 5 1st Ave. & Salt River J. Weik Phoenix Maricopa Superior Companies Camp Verde Materials B. South Caralp Verde Yavapai El Jay Portable Plant B. South Camp Verde Yavapai Superlite Builders Supply Darling Pit F. Bangston Flagstaff Coconino The Tanner Companies Cuckelbur Pit 0. Gillen Casa Grande Pinal High Lomome Pit K. Rogers Bisba Cochise Luzena Pit (Yard No. 3) K. Rogen Bisbee Cochise Quartzite PIt 0. Gillen Quartzite Yuma WoPit T. Suter Red Rock Pima Tanner Pavine Black Top A. Gray Parker Ywna Walnut Grove Pit K. Rogen Prescott Yavapai mompaon MiMix D. Thompson Bullhead City Mohave Thunderbird Granite Supply J. Johnson Glendale Maricopa Tri City Redi Mix B. Patterson Tempe Maricopa Tucson Rock & Srnd Company Plant No. 23 W. Murray Tucson Pima Plant No. 26 T. Matz Tucson Pima Tucson Ssnd & Soil D. Hudder Tucson Pima Union Rock k Materials Corp. El Mirage R. Keefer Peoria Maricopa Plant No. 2 D. Hass Phoenix Maricopa South Central Plant R. Keefer Phoenix Maricopa -my- Name Plt or A.nt Num rbat NepaTown CounW United Metro PhtNo. 1 J. Tanner Phoenix Wcopa Plant No. 2 R. Smithers Glendale Maricopa Plant No. 3 E. Tanner Phoenix Maricopa Plant No. 5 R. Srnithen Mesa Maricopa Plant No. 6 R Smithers Phoenix Maricopa Plant No. 7 E. Tanner Coolidge Pinal Plant No. 9 W. Wadkins Casa Grande Pinal Plant No. 10 R. Smithers Buckeye Maricopa Plant No. 11 J. Jarlney Yuma Yuma Valley Concrete & Materials D. Heath Cottonwood Yavapai Valley Rock & Sand Co. McCann Pit M. McCh Tucson Pima W.M.K. Transit Mix Bullhead City Won L. Taggert Bullhead City Mohave Kingman Division R Kloninger Kingman Mohave Western Snnd & Rock H. Quackenbush Avondde Maricopa Wincox Rock & Sand Co. Gallagher Pit K. Gallagher Wicox Cochise Riggs Pit K. Gallagher Willcox Cochise Yavapai County Highway Dept. Beaver Head Flat Pit J. Sarvis Cottonwood Yavapai Lynx Creek Pit M. Penticost Prescot t Yavapai Walnut Grove Pit M. Penticost Rescott Yavapai Yavapai Materials Wilkinson Pit B. Pemberton Prescott Yavapai Young Block Company, Inc. Screen Pit T. Young Sierra Vista Cochise Yuma County Highway Dept. Pit No. 1 D. Fortney Yuma Yuma Roll Plant D. Fortney Yuma Yuma UNDERGROUND MINES I "N Number of Inspections - Number of Employccr I December 1,1977 through December 31,1978 Explanation of Column Headingi Number of inspections made at property Number of diesel equipment checks Number of dust rumples Number of gas anmpks Number of nobe readingi Number of radiation sample8 Number of ventilation readinlg Number of complaints filed and indgted Average number of employees COMPANY NAME - MINE NAME I Di Du G N R V C # Anarnax Mining Company - Twin Buttes No. 1 Adit 1 1 6 Arizona Silver Company, Ltd. 1 4 Beard Mining Company - Taylor Mine 4 1 5 &aver Exploration Co. Chance Mine 1 Closed Bisbee Blue Turquoise - Copper Queen Mine 1 Closed *Bit Mining Company - Lookout Mine 3 5 UNDERGROUND MINES Continued- COMPANY NAME - MINE NAME Boyles Brothers hilling Co. Oracle Ridge Mine Cementation Company - Twin Buttes No. 1 Adit Cities Service Company Miami East Mine Miami baching Operation Old Dominion Mine Cobn Loma Mining Company Middlemarch Mine Comlock Gold, Silver & Copper, Inc. - Lincoln Mine Group Double Eagle Mining Co. - Double Eagle Mine El Portal Mining Co. - Blue Rock Mine El Toro Mining, Inc. - Bond Group Mines Frontiers Constructors - Williams Shaft Gleeson Heights Minerals Co. - Silver Bill Mine 2 Gold Cave Mine & Development - Gold Cave Mine Closed Hamson Western Corp. - ASARCO Shaft 33 Hecla Mining Company - Lakeshore Mine 74 Hopewell Claims - Middle Camp Area I Inspiration Consolidated Copper - Christmas Mine 5 Jaquays Mining Company - El Dorado Mine 14 UNDERGROUND MINES Continmod- COMPANY NAME - MINE NAME I Di Du C N R V C # Sam D. Lynch - Missey Miley Mine MPM Mining & Exploration Co. - March Annex Mine Magma Copper Company San Manuel Underground 1 1,898 Superior Division 1 1,233 Oracle Drilling San Manuel Won 12 *Oracle Ridge Mining Partners - Oracle Ridge Project 57 Ralph M . Parsons Company Varies PetroChm Co. - King Midas Mine 4 Phelps Dodge Corporation Copper Queen Branch 81 Foothills No. 1 & No. 2 148 Ralph & Ross Punley - March Annex Mine 3 Ramhead Mining Co. - Western fluonpar Mine Closed Red Rover Mining Company - Red Rover Mine Closed J. F. Shea Contracting - Buckskin Tunnel 38 Soil Sampling Service - Anamax Twin Buttes No. 1 Adit St. Joe American Corp. - Sunrise Mine SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REWRT 25 OPEN PIT MINES Number of lnqections - Number of Employees December 1,1977 December 31,1978 Explanation of Cdumn Hadhg Number of inclpections made at property Number of dust sampks Number of electrical tests Number of gas sampks Number of noiv readinp Number of ladiation samples Number of complaints fded and invertigted Average number of employas COMPANY NAME MINE NAME 1 D E C N R C # ------Anamax Mining Company - Twin Buttes Open Pit Andrada Marble Company Andrada Marble Pit Apple Mining Company, Inc. Arizona Portland Cement Company Anamax Quarry Pantano Clay Pit Rillito Quarry OPEN PIT MINES Continued- COMPANY NAME - MINE NAME I D E G N R C # Arizona Silica Sand Company - Houck Operation Arizona Western Mine!, - Old Eagle Mine ASARCO, Inc. Mission Unit Sacaton Open Pit Silver Bell Open Pit Can-Am Corporation - Paul heDivision Quarry Catalina Marble Company Cataha Marble Quarry Chantell, Inc. - Azurite Oxide Copper Prospect Cholla Construction - Union Carbide Chabazite Mine Cities Service Company - Pinto Valley Operation Cochise Mining Company - San Juan Mine Don Collum Drilling Service - Cyprus Johnson Pit Cooke Tillage - Union Carbide Chabazite Mine Copper Hills Silica Cyprus Bagdad Copper Co. - Bagdad Open Pit Cyprus Johnson Copper Co. - Johnson Pit Cyprus Pima Mining Co. - Pima Mine Denning Mining Company Antelope Pit Little Chief Mine OPEN PIT MINES Continued- COMPANYNAME-MINENAME Dwal Corporation - Mined Park Open Pit 150 Skrrita Pit & Shops 2 %7 Filtrol Corporation - Cheto Mine No. 2 9 A. J. Gilbert Const. Co. Don Luis Silica Pit 12 Grubbs & Sons Drilling, Inc. 6 Gulf American Mining Enterprim - Cat Paus Mine Closed L W. Hardy Company, Inc. - Sleeping Beauty Pit Site 20 L W. Hardy Turquoise 9 Hemphill Brothers. Inc. - Silica Plt 5 Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co. - Inspiration Open Pit 430 Joy Drilling Company - Twin Butter Pit 24 Joy Manufacturing Co. - Mineral Puk Mine 9 Kmnecott Copper Corporation - Ray Miner DMsion Kearny Lime Quarry 11 Kearny Pit & Leaching 1,070 Utle Hills Mining Co. - Gold HIIl Mine 3 Mlddux & Sons, Inc. - Commonwealth Tailing 1 McFarland & Hullinger - Lime Pit 4 Robert E. McKee, Inc. - Shipley Fit 23 Walter Myers - New Hope Claim 1 OPEN PIT MINES Continued- COMPANY NAME - MINE NAME I D E G N R C # National Grpsum Co. - Feldman Quny Pattullo hePlant Payson Concnte Materials - Harborlight Kt Phelps Dodg Corporation Metcalf Mine, Mill & Lerchhrg bt Morenci Assay Office Bucking Room Morenci Evans Point lime Quarry Morenci Pit & Mill Morenci Sica Pit New Cornelia Open Kt Phamix Brick Yard - Tolleson Clry Pit Phoenix Cement Company - Clarlrdale Qumy Pi4Minerals & Mining, Ud. - Lucky Boy Mine Pope Mining, Inc. - Pope Mine Ranchers Exploration & Dmlopneclt Co. - Bluebird Mine Resources International Robart Mining Company - Orhba Pit Robinson Mines, Inc. Savahai, Inc. - Billy Mack Mine Silver Bonanza Mining Association OPEN PIT MINES Continued- COMPANY NAME - MINE NAME I D E G N R C # Smith & Bell - Union Carbide Chabazite Mine Southwest Salt Company State of Maine Mining Co. - State of Maine J~achPad Sunbunt Mining Company - Vekol Mine Superior Companies Drake Limestone Pit & Min Verde Gypsum Plant &Pit Wielman Gypsum Pit Trimble Gypsum Mine U.S. Lime Products - Nelson bePit Venture Drilling Company - Ray Pit Gordon Wainwright Construction Camp Grant Quarry Chilito Siica Quarry Tiger Silica Pit Western Mining &Milling, Inc. - Chmy Creek Claim Woods Canyon Mining, Inc. - Silver Bell Prospect Totals MILLS AND SMELTERS Number of Inqcctha - Numbu of Employes December 1,1977 thm* Dcamber 31,1978 I = Number of incpections made at property D = Number of dust sunpks E = Number of electrical tests G = Number of gas ssnpks N = Number of nok ndinp R = Number of radiation samples C = Number of complaints fded and investig8ted # = Averrye number of employes COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E G N R C # Anamax Mining Company Twin Buttes Electrowinning Plant 2 Twin Buttes Mill 4 1 11 Twin Buttes Oxide Plant 3 1 Andrada Marble Company - Andrada Crusher &Sacker 2 10 4 Apache Hillside Metals, Inc. 2 3 Aritex Mining, Ltd. - Cyanide Plant 2 1 1 1 MILLS AND SMELTERS Continued- COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E C N R C # Arizona Portland Cement Company Rillito Mill ASARCO, Inc. Hayden Smelter Mission Mill Sacaton Concentrator Silver Bell Mill Can-Am Corporation - Paul heDMsion Plant Cities Service Company - Pinto Valley Mill & Cnrsher Cobre haMining Company - Commonwealth Mill Con- Consolidzted Cold Mine Co. Congress Mine Coronado Metals, Inc. Cyprus Bagdad Copper Company Electrowinning Plant New Bagdad Mill Site Cyprus Johnson Copper Company - Johnson Leaching Plant Double Eagle Mining Company - Manzanita Mill Dwal Corporation E.speranza Mill/Lerching Plant Mineral Park Mill Sierrita Concentrator MILLS AND SMELTERS Continued- COMPANY NAME - PMNAME I D E G N R C # Eocme Research - Tripk X Claim Filten International - Perlite Mill Harbodite Corporation - Superior Plant Hemphill Brothers, Inc. - Taylor Mill Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company Inspiration Mill Inspiration Smelter Jaqurys Mining Company - Asbestos Mill Kcnnccott Copper Corporation - Ray Mines Division Hayden Acid Plant IS Haydm Concentrator 53 Hayden Lime Rant - Flux Unit Closed Hayden Smelter 200 Kemy Electrowinning Plant 1 49 Ksnnecott Copper Corporation - Safford Project 15 Kennecott Copper Corporation - Smelter Division Lime Plant - Flux Unit L & B Partners Llttk Jessie Mine - Cyanide Iwching Rant The Madden Company -Jackpot Mill MILLS AND SMELTERS Continued- COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E G N R C # Magma Copper Company San Manuel Lime & Flux Plant San Manuel Mill & Crusher San Manuel Plant Maintenance San Manuel Smelter Superior Mill McFarland & Hullinger - Silica Mill Metals International - Katie Claims Frank Mitchell Gold MiU 0.K. J. Corporation - Lyman Walls Mill Phelps Dodge Corporation Douglas Preparation &Leach Plant - Reduction Works Douglas Smelter - Reduction Works Morenci Smelter Morenci Smelter Bedding Plant New Cornelia Concentrator New Cornelia Smelter Phomix Cement Company - flarkdale Plant 71 Minerals, Ltd. - Tombstone Leach Plant Tech Leasing Construction - Coronado Metals MILLS AND SMELTERS Continued- COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E G N R C # Tonto Mining & Milling - Tonto Mill 1 4 Trails End Mining & Milling - Old Dean Mill Site 1 1 Closed U.S. Lime Products - Nelson Lime Plant-Mill 1 3 3 19 Van Dyke's Crushing & Screening - Inspiration Slag Dump 2 5 Woods Canyon Mining, Inc. - Commonwealth Mill 2 1 1 2 Totals 173 330 7 153 302 3 4 7,680 SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS Number of Impedhm - Number of Employees December 1,1977 thron* Dccmbn 31,1978 I = Numberofiarpcctkarmdcrt~ D = Number of dust amnpkr E = Number of elccbicrl terb N = Number of noise reading C = Number of complaints Wsd d imatipted # = Avenlp number of mployeea COMPANY NAME PLANT NAME I D E ,N C # A & A Materials Granite Pit Screening Rant Webb Granite Pit A & J Contractors, Inc. - WfIrnot Road Sand At Acme Sand & Gravel Action Sand & Gravel Agua Fria Sand & Rock Men's Lawn Supply - Pete's Granite Pit SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS Continued- COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E N C # Allied Concrete, Inc. Sand &Gravel Plant Mesa Plant Arizona Crushers, Inc. 7th Street Pit 7th Street Pit -Plant B 79th Avenue Plant Arizona Crushing Company McKeUips Road Pit San Pedro Pit Thunderbird Pit Townsend Pit Arizona Department of Transportation Safford Pit 2nd Knoll Pit Arizona Gold Granite Arizona Sand & Rock Agua Fria Plant Plant No. 1 Plant No. 3 38 SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS Continued- COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E N C # Chandler Ready Mix Cindrich Rock - Sand Fred Clark Trucking Company - Pit No. 1 Cochise Materials, Inc. - Rural Land Corp. Coconino County Highway Dept. - Shep Hill Pit Columbia Rock Mining & Crushing - Drexel Road Pit Columbia Sand & Gravel - Ina Road Pit A. C. Comstock - Comstock Gravel Pit Curtis Construction Company - Vicksburg Pit D. C. Contractors D. C. Pit & Hot Plant Pablo del Sol Pit Francis Day & Sons - Concho Sand & Gravel Pit Desert Construction Co., Inc. Desert Materials Company - Goodman Wash Pit Ray DeSpain Sand & Gravel Dreeszen Gravel Company - Charleston Pit Eads Sand & Gravel Company Eads Concrete Batch Plant Wade Hampton Pit SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS Continued- COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E N C # Earth Products, Inc. - Stearling Pit Earth Products Unlimited - Earth Products Pit James L. Fann Contracting - Lynx Creek Pit First Knoll Cinders - First Knoll Cinder Pit Flagstaff Cinder Sales Black Pit Red Pit Foothills Transit Mix - Foothills Sand k Gravel GRL Construction Co. Foothills Operation Ganvalt Enterprises, Inc. - Shap Hill Pit 3 General Rock & Sand - Page Plant 3 Gila Ready-Mix Company 2 Gila Valley Block Co. 2 Gotrocks Stone Company 3 Graham County Highway Dept. - Graham County Crusher 3 Cuzman Construction Company - Superior Plant 4 H & S Developers 2 J. D. Harris Granite Co. - Decomposed Granite Pit 3 Hintze Development Co. 4 Humboldt Sand & Rock Closed SIXTYSEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 4 1 SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS -Continued- COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E N C # McCncken Materials - Verde River Plant & Pit Mesa Sand & Rock R. E. Miller Paving &Construction - Pit No. 5 Mohave Concrete & Materials - Havarin Ranch Pit W. A. Morris Sand & Gravel Multi-Metals Company - Mariposa Pit Nesbitt Construction Co., Inc. Nesbitt Contracting Co. Ehrenberg Pit Lynx Creek Pit Plant No. 1 Sacaton Pit New Pueblo Constructors, Inc. Agua Fria Pit Fico Pit No. 75-200 Hughes Pit 1-19 Pit Josephine Canyon Pit Screening Plant No. 74-100 West Ina Road Pit SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS Continued- COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E N C # Om Rock & Sand Company 3 Pantano Sand & Gravel - Pantano Pit 3 Papago Materials, Inc. West Ajo Way Pit 4 Paulden Sand, Rock & Redimix 3 Payson Concrete Materials - Rye Pit 7 Joy T. Pearce Construction, Inc. - Linden Pit &Plant 8 Phelps Dodge Corporation - Monnci Sand & Gravel Operation 8 K. H. Phillips & Company - Cottonwood Wash Pit 5 Phomix Kedi Mix 10 Phoenix Sand & Rock - Agua Fria Plant 8 Pinal County Highway Dept. La Pit 5 Pinal Materials Plant No. 7 &No. 8 9 Plant No. 9 Closed haton Materials, Inc. - Parker Pit 2 R & L Cinders 2 Red Mountain Mining Company 7 Reeves Sand & Rock Company -Pit No. 1 22 Reidhead Sand & Rock, Inc. - Main Plant 25 River Road Sand & Gravel 4 SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS Continued- COMPANY NAME - PUNT NAME I D E N C # Saguaro Concrete Company 3 Wcido Sand & Gravel Columbia Gravel Pit 4 No. I Pit 3 Sand Specialties Beeline Plant Closed Granite Reef Plant 3 Srnner Construction Company -Granite Pit 2 San Xavier Rock & Material Co. - Valencia Pit 11 Wally Schull Materials Kern Pit 3 Pantano Pit 6 J. F. Shea Sand &Gravel Co. - Buckskin Project 2 Sierra Ready Mix & Contracting 32 W. R. Skousen Contracting ABC Pit No. 1 5 Coolidge Pit No. 7380 Closed Cotton Lane Pit 7 Pisinimo Pit 6 Ward Road Pit 5 SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS Continued- COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E N C # D. C. Spar Construction Co. Agua Fria Pit 2 6 Arivaipa Pit 2 4 4 5 Gray Mount Pit 8491 2 1 7 Kingman Project 2 4 4 9 McConnico Pit 1 3 3 9 Stan Ready Mix 2 2 1 10 Sun Valley Crushing Arlington Pit 2 3 3 3 Bylas Pit 1 4 La Palma Road Pit 2 5 Sun City Pit 5 3 3 4 Sun City Pit - Wdk Unit 2 1 1 3 5 1st Avenue & Salt River 1 2 2 4 Superior Companies Camp Verde Materials 6 2 10 El Jay Portable Plant 2 6 Superlite Builders Supply - Darling Pit 3 4 The Tanner Companies Cuckelbur Pit 2 4 4 SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS Continued- CWPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E N C # The Tanner Companies (cont) High Lonesome Pit Luena Pit (Yard No. 3) Quartzite Pit Rillito Pit Tanner Paving Black Top Walnut Grow Pit Thompson Redi Mix Thunderbird Granite Supply Tri City Redi Mix Tucson Rock & Sand Company Plant No. 23 Plant No. 26 Tucson Sand & Soil Union Rock &Materials Corp. El Mirage Plant No. 2 South Central Plant United Metro Plant No. 1 SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS Continued- COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E N C # United Metro (cont) Plant No. 2 21 Plant No. 3 7 Plant No. 5 3 Plant No. 6 76 Plant No. 7 12 Plant No. 9 1 Plant No. 10 10 Plant No. 11 18 Valley Concrete & Materials 3 Valley Rock & Sand Co. - McCann Pit 3 W. M. K. Transit Mix Bullhead City Division 4 Kingman Division 4 Western Sand & Rock 8 Wilcox Rock & Sand Co. Gallagher Pit 2 Riggs Pit 3 Yavapai County Highway Dept. &aver Head Flat Pit Closed SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS Continued. COMPANY NAME - PLANT NAME I D E N C # I Yavapai County Highway Dept. (cont) Lynx Creek Pit Walnut Grove Pit Yavapai Materials - Wilkinson Pit Young Mock Co., Inc. - Screen Pit Yuma County Highway Dept. Pit No. 1 Roll Plant Totals SIXTYSEVENTH ANNUAL REN)RT -49 UNDERGROUND MINES TohlNmakrmd~of La6t TieAccidents (Bred on Available Infonodom) Cementation Compmy win Buttes NO. I ~ft CitiessM.iaCampmy Miami Leaching Jpc rtion 1 1-Ihcibg~terial Inspiration Consolidated Copper Christmu Mine 1 1 -LiunilingMataiJ JawsMining Company El Dondo Mine 2 1 -Mdhi&y 1 -HandlinglUltnirl ~Copper-prny San Manuel Undcrp lund 69 2-Electricity 4 - Fall of Back 2 - Fall of Face 1 - Hand Tool 26 - Handling Mm I -Hadage 10 - Machin- 16 - Mk. 7 - SliplFdl Superior Underground 25 1-IirndTd 9 - Handling Ma- 2 - Machinery 8-Misc. 3 - SliplFdl 2 - Truclcr, etc. IMlling San Manuel Division 5 0 SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT Number CIok ~ostTime ~ortri Company & MiName Acddents Accidm b Oracle Ridge Mining Partners Oracle Ridge Project 26 4 - Fall of Face 2 - Handling Material 3 - Machinery 8 - Misc. 1 -RockM 7 - SliplFaIl 1 - Tractor mps Dodge Grp. Foothills No. 1 & No. 2 6 1 - Fallof Back 1 - Fall of Face 2 - Handling Material 1 - Machinery - 1 - SliplFaU Total 134 SIXTYSEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 5 1 OPEN PIT MINES Totd Nwber d hof Lost TieAccidents (Badon Avaihbk Infomution) LMU Tune Loa Ti ampmy&Mhn!N.me Accidae Accidents --Company Twin Buttes Open Pit 15 1 - Electricity 4 - Handling Material 1 - Machinery 5 - Misc. 3 - SlipFgn 1 - Truck, etc. Arizona Sith Sand Company Houck Operation ASARCO, lac. Mission Unit 3 1 4 - Hand Tool 6 - Handling Material 2 - Machinery 12 - Misc. 4 - Slip/Fall 3 - Truck, et~,.,- Sacaton Open Kt 14 3 - Handling Material 2 - Machinery 6 - Misc. 3 - Slippan siker Ben open pit 8 3-ICandlingMWd 1 - Machinery 1 - Mix. 2 - slippan 1 - Truck, etc. cm-Am coqmntion Paul heQuarry 52 SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT Colnpmy & Mine Name Accidcntr Accidents citiessemicecampany Pinto Valley Operation 24 1-Dozcf I - Hand Tool 3 - Handling Material 4 - Machinery 7 - Misc. 6 - slip/Flln 2 - Truck, etc. Cypnrs J~~ Copper Company Johnson Pit 5 1-HmdTd 1 - Hadage 1 - Machinery 2-Misc. wc~tion Mineral Park Open Pit simita Fit & Shops 16 1-ElecMcrl 2-Handiing1U1terid 1 - Machinery 8 - Mix. 4 - sliplFlln L W. Hardy Company, Inc. S1ecping Beauty Site 1 1 -~g~teri8l Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co. Inspiration Open Pit 25 3 - Hurd Tool 3 - Haulage 11-Misc. 7 - SlrplFaU 1 - Truck, etc. SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 53 Numkr -use Lost Time Lea Ti Comprny & hNme Acc#cnts Accidents Kmncott Copper Corp. Ray Pit & Leaching 1 - Hand Tool 1 - Handling Mat& 1 -Mist. 3 - SliplFaIl Phelps Dodge Corporation Metcalf Mine, Mill & Leaching Plant 3 2 - Hand Tool 3 - Handling Material 1 - Haulage 3 - Machinery 2 - Misc. 3-H8ndlingMaterial 3 - Machinery 5-Misc. 1 - SliplFdl 1 - Truck, etc. Rmchen Exploration & Developinant Corp. Bluebird Mine 11 2-HandlhgMatarial 2 - Machinery 2 -Mist. 5 - SliplFdl Southwest Salt Company 3 Superior Companies Drake Limestone Gordon Wainwright CcnWmdion Crmp Gmt Quuy -1 54 SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT MILLS & SMELTERS Total Number and heof Last TieAccidents (Baaed on Available Information) Number CIme lmt Time Last Time Comprny & Mi Nnw Accidents Addents Anamax Mining Capany Twin Buttes MiIl 19 1 - Hand Tool 6 - Handling Mataial 3 - Machinery 5 -Mist. 4 - SliplFd Twin Buttes Oxide Plant 1 1 -Mist. Arizona Portland Crmmt Company Rillito Mill 7 1 - Handling Material 2 - Machinery 4 - Misc. ASARCO, Inc. Mission MiU 16 1-IbdToob 5 - Handling Material 2 - Machinery 4 - Mix. 4 - slip/Fdl Sacaton Concentrator Silver Bell Mill Can-Am Corporation Paul heDivision Plant 13 3 - HandIing Material 6 - Misc. I - Occupational w 3 - SliplFaU SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 5 5 Number Clusc Lost Time Lost Time Company & Mine Name Accidmts Accidents Cities Smice Company Pinto Valley Mill & Crusher 29 3 - bdTool 9 - Handling Material 2 - Machinery 9 - Mix. 6 - SliplFdl Cyprus Bagdad copper company New Bagdad Mill Site 1 M Corporation Esperanza MilllLeaching Plant 1 Mineral Park Mill 3 1 - Hand Tool 1 - Handling Material 1 - Misc. Sierrita Concentrator 22 3 - Hand Tool 6 - Handling Material 4 - Machinery 5 - Misc. 4 - Slip/Fdl Filters International Perlite Mil 1 - Machinery 2 - SliplFall Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company Inspiration Mill 14 2 - Hand Tool 2 - Handling Material 2 - Machinery 2 - Mix. 6 - SliplFd Inspiration Smelter 1 - Handling Material 1 - Misc. 56 SIXTYSEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT Number Qwe ~ortri ~ortri Accidents Accidents -Copper-tion RayMinesDivision Haydm Concentrator Hayden LimePlwt/Flux Unit M;tenaCopperC~pny San Manuel Mill 12 1 - Hand Tool 3 - Handling Material 1 - Machinery 4-Misc. 2 - Slippall 1 - Truck, etc. San Manuel PhtMaintenma 9 1 -IhndT001 3 - Handling Material 4 - Misc. 1 - slip/Fan Saa Mtnuel Smelter 28 1 -HPndT~ol 5 - Handling Material 3 - Machinery 16 - Mix. 3 - Slip/Fdl Superior Mill 2 1 - Hand To01 1 -Mist. &Ipt Dodge Corpontion Douglas Reparation & hchPlant 3 2 - Handling Material 1 - Misc. Morenci Smelter MdiiPlant 3 1 - Machinery 1 - Misc. 1 - Slip/Fall New Cornelia Mill 10 1-HandTd 7 - Handling Material 1 - Misc. 1 - Slippall SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REIORT 57 Nornk came Lost Ti Lart Ti Company & Mine Nrma Acddcn(r Accidents Phoenix Cement Campany Clarkdale Plant 13 2-WTd 2 - Handling Materid 5 - Machinery 4-Misc. US. Lime Products Nelson Iime PlantlMm 58 SIXT Y-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS Total Number and Cause of Lost TieAccidents (Bad on Available Information) LW ri on Time Company & Mime Name Accidents Accidents A & A Materials Granite Pit 2 1 - Hand Tool 1 - Handling Material Scmning Plant 1 1 -Mist. Arizona Crushers, Inc. 7th Stmt Pit 1 1 - Handling Material Arizona Sand & Rock Agua Fria Plant 1 1 - Misc. Plant No. 1 3 1 - Handling Material 2 - SlipIFall Plant No. 3 1 1 - Misc. Flagstaff Cinder Sales Black Pit Guzman Construction Co. Superior Plant 3 1 - Mi%. 2 - Slip/Fa JohnsorrStewart-Johnson Mining Co. Mesa Plant No. 1 1 1 - Misc. E. S. Kelton Contracting Co. Deer Valley Pit - Plant No. 1 2 2 - SLip/Fd Mesa Sand & Rock 1 1 - Machimy SIXTY SEVENTH ANNUAL REIORT 59 Nmba Crore ~ortri LOS~ri Compny I: Mine Nane Accidenls ACC~CII~S W. A. Morris Sand & Gravel 2 1 - Hand Tools 1 -Mist. Nesbitt Contracting Co. Plant No. 1 PhanixSmd&Rodc Agua Fria Pit 4 1-HmdTod 3 - Handling Materid Final Materials Plant No. 7 &No. 8 Raves Sand & Rock Compy Pit No. 1 3 l-IbmdhgMaM 1 -Mist. 1 - sliplFan Superior Companies Camp Verde Materials El Jay Portable Plant Superlite Buildm Supply Darling Pit 1 I - Tmck, etc. Tucson Rock & Sand Company Plant No. 23 1 1 - Explosion of Gas United Metro Plant No. 1 Plant No. 2 I 60 SlXTYUEVENTU ANNUAL REPORT Udtd Metro (cont) Plant No. 3 btNo. 6 Plrnt No. 10 NUMBER AND CAUSE OF FATAL ACCIDENTS UNDERGROUND MINES ~~~prn~Jeny P. Neff 7-27-78 Mr. Neff md his putner were in the process of San Manuel Underground reding a derailed Eimco 40 muckbt. They were attempting to elevate the machine to track level by using pieces of timber between the bottom wheels and the ground. The motor was moved to raine the loader when the sprag dipped, pinning Mr. Neff against the drift post by the car stake in the flat car. lUrsrorCopper-prny Edward V. Vddez 9-19-78 Mr. Vdda ms in the pmcems of switching and Son Mrmrel Underground uncoupling two lorded muck cars when the lead car demiled outwardly, catching him betwan the side of the derailed car and the outside rib of the drift. NUMBER AND CAUSE OF FATAL ACCIDENTS MILLS & SMELTERS Phelps Dodge Corporation Henry Guenero 2-2 1-78 Mr. Guenero wrs standing at the rear of his Morenci Pit & Mill truck filling an oil squirt can while waiting for a (Reduction Works Machine Shop) boom truck to pass. The boom truck backed up, pinning Mr. Guerrero against his service truck. wma Copper ComI#rny Donald Bruce Hitt 4-1 1-78 Mr. Hitt was working on the repair of a panel of San Manuel Smelter brick in the suspended arch of a xwerbatory furnace. He was throwing brick units from the feeder deck into the crane aisle when he fell from the deck floor of the reverb to the floor of the converter aisle. NUMBER AND CAUSE OF FATAL ACCIDENTS SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS Peter Kiewit & Sons Company Sandra T. Brafford 1 1-3-78 Mrs. Brafford was attempting to change a grease State Pit No. 5907 fitting on a self-cleaning tail pulley when her shirt sleeve became entangled in the pulley, dragging her onto the conveyor and into the pinch point of the screening plant chute lips. Arizona Crushing Company Kenneth WhnKeeton 12-27-77 Mr. Keeton was performing preventive Seventh Street Pit maintenance on a conveyor belt feeding and shaker screen when he became caught in the pinch point. SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 65 SUMMARY Continued- AVERAGE REPORTED JMPLOYMENT Average number of employees underground ...... 3.757 Average number of employees in open pits ...... 7.141 Average number of employees in mills & smelters ...... 7.680 Average number of employees in sand &gravel operations ...... 1.4 55 TOTAL AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT IN ALL OPERATIONS .. .20.033 ACCIDENT STATISTICS FATAL ACCIDENTS Underground Mines ...... 2 OpenPitMines ...... 0 Mills & Smelters ...... 2 Sand & Gravel Operations ...... 2 TOTAL FATAL ACCIDENTS IN ALL OPERATIONS ...... 6 LOST TIME ACCIDENTS UndergroundMines ...... 134 OpenPitMines ...... 198 Mills&Smelters ...... 220 Sand & Gravel Operations ...... 48 TOTAL LOST TIME ACCIDENTS IN ALL OPERATIONS ...... 600 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION Number of complaints filed ...... 11 Number of new mines starting operation ...... 40 Total number of miles traveled by department ...... 243. 632 66 SIXTYSEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OFFICE OF STATE MINE INSPECTOR STAFF CHAMBERLAIN, Edward J., Deputy Mine Inspector 645 1 Calle Mercurio Tucson, Arizona 85710 ...... -747-2507 DALE, Vernon, Deputy Mine Inspector Post Office Box 192 Dragoon, Arizona 85609 ...... -586-2636 DeVORE, Robert, Deputy Mme Inspector Post Box 678 Bagdad, Arizona 8632 1 ...... 6334243 DUNIVIN, Roy, Chief Deputy Mine Inspector Post Office Box 26 Dewey, Arizona 86327 ...... -632-304 DUNLOP, IaVerne, Accounting Clerk 8733 West keyAvenue Phoenix, Arizona 85037 ...... -9364712 EUUNS, Buren, Deputy Mine Inspector 7 12 Anderson Street Thatcher, Arizona 85552 ...... 428-2321 FELIBWS, William G., Training & Education Coordinator 6540 North Bkk Canyon Phomix,Arizona85017 ...... 242-5754 HARVEY, Pamela, Administrative Assistant 1504 East Colter, Apt. 210 Phoenix, Arizona 85014 ...... -2774103 HURSH, Diane, Typist 8239 North 7th Street Phoenix, Arizona 85020 ...... -944-297 KAMANSKI, Barbara A., Secretary 2008 North 72nd Lane Phoenix, Arizona 85035 ...... I3493418 SIXTYSEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 67 OFFICE OF STATE MINE INSPECTOR STAFF Continod- MANQUEROS, David, Deputy Mine Inspector 1 1 Mingus Turn, Payson Star Route Globe, Arizona 85501 ...... -425-9255 MATT, Jma R., Deputy Mine Inspector 1009 West Wagonwheel Drive Phoenix. Arizona 8502 1 ...... -944-43 10 McCUTCHAN, James H., State Mim Impector 68 15 East Bemeit Drive Scottsdale, Arizona 85253 ...... 948-2601 SEN& Canuto A.. Deputy Mine Inspector 15 18 South Rosemont Tucson, Arizona 85 7 1 1 ...... 790-9302 SEPULVEDA, Frank G., Deputy Mine Inspector 4621 East Wayland Road Phoenix, Arizona 85040 ...... %7-6924 TAYLOR, John, Deputy Mine Inspector Desert WiUow Mobile Estates. 6001 South Palo Verde. No. 24 Tucson, Arizona 85 706 ...... 294-8504 PLEASE ADDRESS ALL MAIL TO: State Mine Inspector 705 West Wing, Capitol Building Phoenix, Arizona 85007 TELEPHONE: Use residence telephone numbers in case of an emergency only.