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Mines and Early Mineral Discoveries From the . Ground Up Stories of Arizona's Mines and Early Mineral Discoveries ISBN 1-884892-01 - 9 » By ' 50350> GOVERNOR JACK WILLIAMS 9 781884892011 Publishing and marketing rights to "From the Ground Up" have been contributed by Phelps Dodge Corporation to the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum. "From the Ground Up" is copyrighted (1993). Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources. All rights reserved. K :King of Arizona Mine 16 R Kofa 16 Randolph, Epes 16 From the Ground Up ... Redondo, Jose 28 L Regan, Ben 29 It would be impossible to write the history of Arizona without La Paz County 14 Rich Hill 6, 28 Lewisohn brothers 30 Ricketts, Dr. L.D. 5 including a long and colorful chapter on mining. Lezinsky brothers 24 From the time Coronado came searching for the Seven Cities of Live Oak Mine 30 S Cibola, the quest for mineral wealth has never died, and the history Longfellow Mine 24 San Xavier Unit 33 of Arizona is etched with tales of gold, silver and copper. Lovin, Henry 18 Schieffelin, Albert 20 More than 400,000 mining claims have been recorded in Lowther, Sheriff Bill 13 Schieffelin, Ed 20 Arizona, and it is estimated that over the years more than 4,000 Luck Sure Mine 21 Shotwell, A.J . 4 Lucky Cuss Mine 21 Sieber, Al 9, 29 companies were formed for the purpose of mining. Lynx Creek 22 Sierrita Mine 33 In 1981 Phelps Dodge Corporation, then observing its centen­ Silliman, Professor 12 nial year in Arizona, commissioned former Governor Jack Williams M Silver King Mine 25 to research and write these stories about Arizona mines and early Magma Copper Company 25, 30 Silver Queen Mine 25 mineral discoveries. Mangas Coloradas 22 Sullivan, Trooper 26 Maricopa County 6 Superior 25 These are tales told and re-told around campfires by early Mason, Charles G. 26 prospectors, pioneers, soldiers and mountain men ... and as with McCracken Mine 20 T most stories about mineral discoveries, there are several versions Metcalf 23 Thornton Mine 30 for each. Governor Williams has selected the most commonly Metcalf, Jim & Bob 23 Tombstone 21,22 agreed-upon versions. Toughnut Mine 21 Miami Copper Company 30 Jack Williams has been an Arizona resident since his child­ Miami Mine 30 Twin Buttes Mine 33 Miller, Sam 22 hood. He is a former radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist. Mission Unit 33 U He was mayor of Phoenix from 1955 to 1960 and governor of Mohave County 18, 20 United Verde Extension 9 Arizona from 1967 to 1975. Morenci 23 United Verde Mine 8 Governor Williams is an avid student of Arizona, its color, romance and history. In "From the Ground Up," he recounts a few N V New Cornelia Mine 4 Villa, Pancho 9 of his favorite mining yarns from the state's past, and captures the Vulture Mine 6 flavor of an early time when the state was still a rough-and-tumble o Vulture Mining Company 7 territory and mining was just getting started. OK Corral 22 Today about one of every eight jobs in the state depends on the Old Dominion Mine 30 W Walker, Joseph 22 copper mines. And tax revenues generated directly and indirectly Orphan Mine 31 by Arizona's copper industry amount to about one of every four Oxhide Mine 30 Walker Party 22 Warren, George 12 dollars paid to state and local governments. p Weaver Creek 28 This industry that is so vital to Arizona started humbly, but Page, John H. 31 Weaver, Pauline 27 with daring, investment and hard work it grew... from the ground Palo Verde Mine 33 Western Gold and Mining up. Peeples-Weaver Party 5,27 Company 32 Phelps Dodge 1,5,9, 12, 21, 24, 37 Wickenburg 6 Pima County 4, 32 Wickenburg, Henry 6 "From the Ground Up" was originally published in 1981, but the Pima Mine 33 Williams, Governor Jack 1 excitement of Arizona mining continues. In this second edition, printed in Pinal City 26 Winters, Wayne 21 1993, Ken Phillips, Chief Engineer for the Arizona Department of Mines Pinal County 25 and Mineral Resources, has added an epilogue to each of Governor Pinto Valley Mine 30 Y Yavapai County 8,10,22,27 Williams'stories. Q Yuma County 16 Queen Creek 26 36 1 Crown King 10 Index Cyprus 30, 33 A A.F. Budge Mining 10 o Ajo 4 . Daley, Jim 12 I American Smelting and RefIrung 33 De Espejo, Antonio 8 / I I Anamax 33 De Soto Mine 11 I I I An telope Hill 28 Detroit Copper Mining Co. 24 I I I Apache Leap 25 Douglas, Dr. James 1, 9, 12 /' I I Arizona Copper Company 24 Douglas, "Rawhide" Jimmy 9 ./ I I Arizona Gold and Uranium Duval 33 ,,-r-" Grand Canyon. @ I I Company 32 . Arizona Department of Mmes and E / I I Mineral Resources 1, 23 Earp brothers 21 I I Il Arizona Mining and Mineral Ehrenberg 27 t -, I I Museum 34,37 Eichelberger, Charley 16 I I I "~'-"I • Flagstaff Atlanta Claim 12 Eisenhower 33 ® · Kingman I ""L_~ I I Emerald Mine 21 I I I I B Esperanza Mine 33 I @ __ I I I Bisbee 12 R. G I Prescott. @ ~, I I Boddie, John 4 Bradshaw City 11 Geronimo 30 j ( "-, I I Brunckow Mine 20 Gila County 29 -- -' I @ L", -, I Gila River 27 I___ ~ '--_L\ L_- I C Gird, Richard 20 I WiCklnburg_ ..J ~ l I 1 Calumet and Arizona Mining Gladiator Mine 11 Company 13 Gleason, Henry 16 r ® 1 ® \'\ JJ( Camp Pinal 25 Globe 29 --1__ - I Phoenix * I--- @ \ @ A.- _ I Carmen, Charlie 16 Gold Road Mine 18 Casa Grande ruins 27 Grand Canyon 30, 32 I I 1'--- 12 \G;ob'/ I I @ Castle Dome Mine 30 Greenlee County 23 --' (f) I I "0.:",. '''' I \('""" Chase, Captain 23 Greenway, John C. 5 I Gila• Bend I 1 Safford. \ I Chemical Copper Company 12 Chilson 29 H Christmas Mine 30 Harguahala Mine 14 1--(j)----1-----;"~ w:--~-----'. Church, William 24 Harguahala Mountains 14 Clanton Gang 21 Hassayampa River 6, 22 I ~ I Clark, Senator W.A. 9 Havasu Mine 31 I Cleopatra Hill 8 Hoatson, Cap'n Jim 13 r---I ®. Tombslone Clifton 23 Hogan, John 31 -, I Cochise County 12,20 Hope, Bill 29 • Nogales ® Douglas • Coconino County 30 Colorado River 27, 30 I Congress 28 Inspiration Consolidated Copper Contention Mine 21 Company 30 Copper Canyon Mine 31 Inspiration Mine 30 Copper Cities Mines 30 .. Irish Mag 12 Copper Queen Consolidated Mmmg Company 12 J Copper Queen Mine 12 Jerise, Jose 18 Cornelia Copper Company 4 Jerome 8 Coronado 1 Johnson, W.I. 31 2 35 The Arizona Mining The Stories ... CD Investors, hlVentors, Ingenious Engineers (, Mineral Museum ... New Cornelia Mine. Ajo, Pima County ...... ......... ... ....................... .4 A Man, a Burro & a Vulture Arizona's Mining and Mineral Museum attracts thousands of ® Vulture Mine. Wickenburg, Maricopa County.... ......... ...... ........... .6 visitors each year-students, area residents, visitors from out of state and from around the world, hobbyists, collectors and ® In the Natne of God & the King prospectors. It contains more than 15,000 specimens including . United Verde Mine. Jerome, Yavapai County. ........... ... ... ............ .. 8 azurite, the brilliant blue copper oxide, obsidian, turquoise and o Fool's Gold in the Bradshaws malachite. Crown King area. Yavapai County......... .... .... ......... ............. ........ 10 The Museum is the official repository for the identification, ® The Copper Queen, the Irish Mag & Dr. Douglas cataloging and display of specimens, ores, gemstones and lap­ The Bisbee mines. Cochise County ........... ....... .................... ....... 12 idary material found in Arizona. Visitors are invited to attend ® Ed & the Dirty JaclillSS the Museum gift shop where mineral specimens, jewelry made Harquahala Mine. La Paz County.......... ....... ................ .. ... .......... 14 from minerals, publications relating to mining and minerals and a wide range of other items are for sale. Located in Phoenix at CD Charley & the King 1502 W. Washington, the Musuem is open Monday-Friday from King of Arizona (Kofa). Yuma County..................................... ..... 16 8 AM to 5 PM and Saturday from 1 to 5 PM. Admission is free. ® Jose, Tonto & the Grocery Bill The Gold Road Mine. Mohave County..... .... .. ....... .............. .. ....... 18 ® The Town Too Tough to Die Tombstone, Cochise County.. ... ....... ............................................ 20 @) A Lynx & Gold Fever •N SCOTTSDALE Walker Party, Lynx Creek, Hassayampa. Yavapai County.......... 22 <IV Mules & Copper Ride the Rails Morenci, Clifton, Metcalf, Greenlee County... ... ................... ....... 23 @ Return of a Lost Soldier Silver King and Silver Queen Mines. Superior, Pinal County...... 25 MESA @ Pauline Was No Lady Colorado placer mines, Weaver, Rich Hill. Yavapai County........ 27 @ Bill Hope & The Silver Sphere Globe, Miami, Inspiration, Gila County. .. ............................ .... .... 29 @) Grand Canyon 1hrils Copper Canyon, Havasu and Orphan Mines. Coconino County. ... ...... ... ................. .. ... ......... ... ......................... 30 @ Thcson's Phantom Mines Geophysical exploration, the cluster of mines. Pima County.. ................ ........ .................................................... .32 The Arizona Mining and Mineral Musernn ......... ...... ... ...... 34 Index .. .... ...... ......................................... ..... .. ........ .... ...... ... .... ..... 35 34 3 the surface and the phantoms were well hidden. Today, modern technicians-geologists, geophysicists, geo­ chemists, geobotanists-call on every recent scientific develop­ ment to give an area the "third degree." Scientists, for instance, may trail instruments behind an air­ plane, watching needles to tell them there's "something differ­ ent" down deep under the ground. They may lay a grid of wires over the area and take the same readings. They charge the ground with an electric current to fathom the conductivity of what is below. They may drill holes and set off explosives to read on a seismograph the difference in the ~'thud" that results. The geobotanist even tests the plants growing In the area for traces of copper. Investors, Inventors, Painstakingly and exhaustively the process goes on. Then countless test holes are drilled and the samples are carefully assayed.
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