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    • Coronado Incline, 1920

    • Coronado Incline, 1920

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • This mine operated until 1923. The last ore from this mine was railed through a tunnel and on to the Humboldt Mine and later to the Number 6 mill.

      A big incline is visible going up the big mountain in the background. The entire mountain...
    • Longfellow Incline, 1915

    • Longfellow Incline, 1915

    • Unknown

    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • The Longfellow Incline is visible to the right of center in this photograph. It runs from the top of Longfellow Ridge under the Shannon trestle and onto the ore bins at the bottom of the canyon. The ore bins fed the Coronado Railroad which ran...
    • The Top of the Shannon Incline, 1915

    • The Top of the Shannon Incline, 1915

    • Unknown

    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • The top of the Shannon Incline. Two approaches to the ore bins were used - to the left and through the tunnel. The ore bins fed the cars which were lowered to the bottom of the canyon to another ore bin and then into the Coronado Railroad to take...
    • Milk and Water Delivery, 1910

    • Milk and Water Delivery, 1910

    • Unknown

    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • Early milk delivery in Morenci and Metcalf. Customers would bring their pot, pitcher or pan out to the horses and have them filled. Similarly, water bags strapped to the sides of mules of donkeys were used to deliver water house to house into...
    • #5 Locomotive, Metcalf, 1915

    • #5 Locomotive, Metcalf, 1915

    • Unknown

    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • The Number 5 Locomotive at the bottom of the Coronado incline, one of three locomotives left at the Coronado minesite and stored in a redwood barn built over three engines. Tracks were removed and sold for their steel during the early war years. ...

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