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Major centers of mining, and hence locations of ghost towns, include the following: Arizona - in the central mountains between Phoenix and Flagstaff, in the mountains and valleys of the far southeast, and in the northwest corner, north of Kingman.

Welcome to Ghost Towns of Arizona and Surrounding States A ghost town is a completely abandoned or semi-abandoned town or city. A ghost town occurs because the economic activity that supported the town or city has failed due to natural or human-caused disasters such as a flood, government action, uncontrolled lawlessness, or war.

While the village of Laurium is not a ghost town, it is the site of large homes that rose up from the hey-day of copper mining and lumbering. The most opulent is the Laurium Manor, a 45-room mansion built in 1908 for Calumet & Arizona Mining Co. owners Thomas H. & Cornelia Hoatson.

Aug 10, 2018· The town is staged as a major tourist stop on the Arizona Copper Corridor tour that includes San Manuel, Mammoth, Winkelman, and Kearny. And mining is returning to Superior. Permitting is underway to launch the Resolution Copper mine, one of the largest porphyry copper deposits in the world.

Tribal Concerns with Mining. Throughout history, tribes have faced displacement, discrimination, and marginalization due to mining on their lands (Ballard, 2003). The copper mining industry is an important source of wealth and employment in Arizona (AZ Mining Assoc., 2011).

Yuma Territorial Prison is now an Arizona State Historic Park. We end our tour of southern Arizona ghost towns at KOFA. KOFA (short for King of Arizona) was a bustling gold mining operation in the early part of the twentieth century (the Post Office was established in 1900).

Back to Arizona Page. copper mining town of Jerome, Arizona. I recently drove up to and spent a beautiful day in Jerome, Arizona. Here is some information from : "Located high on top of Cleopatra Hill (5,200 feet) between Prtt and Flagstaff is the historic copper mining town of Jerome, Arizona.

If you like Ghost Towns, you will want to join us on one of our Ghost Town Tours. This listing is about the Arizona ghost towns that we have found here in Southern Arizona. Ghost Towns in Arizona are mostly about mining boom and bust. We would include Tombstone, but it survives.

The original copper smelter was located in the town of Clifton, but copper operations in Clifton and neighboring Morenci has been managed by several mining companies, including: the Detroit Copper Mining Company, the Shannon Copper Company, the Arizona Copper Company, Phelps Dodge, and finally Freeport-McMoRan.

Cedar - Cedar was a gold, silver and copper mining town in Mohave County, Arizona. It was founded around 1875 on the east slope of the Hualapai Mountains, sixty miles southeast of Kingman. A post office was established on September 24, 1895 and closed on July 31, 1911. In addition to the post office there were two saloons, and a general store with several homes.

Copper mining in Arizona, a state of the United States, has been a major industry since the 19th century. In 2007 Arizona was the leading copper-producing state in the US, producing 750 thousand metric tons of copper, worth a record $5.54 billion. Arizona's copper production was 60% of the total for the United States.

Aug 23, 2015· With its rich history in mining, Arizona is home to over 200 ghost towns. Unfortunately, majority of these have been reduced to nothing more than the rubble of building foundations or no longer have any trace of civilization and have simply reverted back to empty land.

Mining Towns, Ruins and Artifacts These are some of the mining ruins and mining ghost town sites I have stumbled upon and explored in recent years.

Arizona had it's share of famous silver mines, and the state ranks 7th out of the 13 Western states for gold production. Arizona's real claim to fame is in its significant and widespread copper deposits. Arizona is the leading US producer of copper and the copper industry in the state has been an economic powerhouse for well over 100 years.

Courtland is a true ghost town that sits 9 miles directly south of Pearce and is a mere 15 minute drive away. In terms of age, this town is relatively young; it was founded in 1909 during copper's mining heyday and evidently was a lively town with a more friendly atmosphere than plenty of other boomtowns in Arizona.

This is a partial list of ghost towns in Arizona in the United States of America.Most ghost towns in Arizona are former mining boomtowns that were abandoned when the mines closed. Those that weren't set up as mining camps were usually established as locations for mills, or supply points for nearby mining operations.

Ruby is the best of the hundreds of Arizona ghost towns, or at least the best preserved of the many in Southern Arizona. Ruby Arizona is about 12 miles south of Arivaca. About half way there, the road goes from pavement to dirt. But it's well-maintained and a standard sedan can easily travel on it (unless of course the area gets a hard rain).

Oct 11, 2019· 18 of the Spookiest Ghost Towns in America. Old mines, abandoned buildings, and ghostly orbs: These are a few of the most haunted locales in the country. ... Considered the best remaining example of early 20th-century copper mining, this mill town is at the end of a 60-mile dirt road in the middle of Alaska's massive Wrangell–St. Elias ...

Morenci is the largest copper producer in North America and remains a major contributor to Phelps's copper output, which is second only to that of Chile's Codelco. In 1986, Phelps Dodge Morenci was established as a partnership between Phelps Dodge Mining Company (72%) and Sumitomo Metal Mining Arizona Inc.

The most important mining aspect of Arizona is undoubtedly copper. Essential to Arizona's current economy, copper mining provides a $4.6 Billion addition to Arizona's economy, $3.2 Billion of which directly contributes to personal income of Arizona's mining workers, according to data gathered in 2011.

High-grade native copper made Ajo one of the first copper mines in Arizona. Soon the Arizona Mining & Trading company, formed by Peter M. Brady, a friend of Childs, worked the rich surface ores, shipping loads around Cape Horn for smelting in Swansea, Wales, in the mid 1880s. Long supply lines and the lack of water discouraged large mining ...

Mar 20, 2016· The Big Eye Mine and its cabin remain a very popular hiking and jeeping destination in the far reaches of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and its Castle Dome Mountains in Yuma County, Arizona ...

Mar 15, 2015· Gleeson is a populated place situated in southeastern Cochise County, Arizona. It has an estimated elevation of 4,924 feet (1,501 m) above sea level. The town was first settled as Turquoise[4] in ...

A burgeoning mining industry stimulated early growth in the Arizona Territory, and by 1864 nearly 25 percent of the male, non-native populace was prospectors. By the 1870's a plethora of hardrock mines were yielding prodigious volumes of copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold ore.
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