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L 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 <narcter of Ore ALWt Neuest Town County 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.