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    • The Morenci Club

    • The Morenci Club

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • The Morenci Club was constructed in 1902-03. The Club had a bowling alley, billiard tables, a library, a theater. In the left of this photo a train trestle is visible which belonged to the Morenci Southern Railroad. It came around to the back...
    • Morenci, 1892

    • Morenci, 1892

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • The Detroit Copper Company smelter is visible in the right of this photo, the 2nd smelter built in the area. The first smelter was built in 1880 on the San Francisco River, 5 - 6 miles from Morenci. In 1881, William Church went to New York City...
    • Train Depot

    • Train Depot

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • Detroit Copper Company store is visible in the background. The white-roofed building was the Morenci Southern Railroad depot. Passengers cars as well as freight cars would arrive from Guthrie into this plaza.
    • Arizona Central

    • Arizona Central

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • Detroit Copper Company Hospital built in Fairplay on the west side of Morenci. The headframe to the right was Arizona Central's from which ore was loaded into a 20-inch guage locomotive and hauled to a smelter.
    • Detroit Copper Company Store, Morenci, AZ. 1901

    • Detroit Copper Company Store, Morenci, AZ. 1901

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • The Detroit Copper Company Store was begun in 1900 and completed construction in 1901. The Morenci Southern Railroad could bring boxcars to the side of the dock in the basement.

      Ore cars are visible in the yard (foreground). This was the...
    • Morenci, 1918

    • Morenci, 1918

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • The building on the right is the Detroit Copper Company smelter. The wooden trestle between the machine shop and the smelter is the 5th Loop of the Morenci Southern Railroad which ran from Guthrie 18 miles into Morenci. The train depot was in...

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