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    • Arizona Copper Co. Ltd, Greenlee County, Arizona

    • Arizona Copper Co. Ltd, Greenlee County, Arizona

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    • Mining--Arizona; Mining--History; Copper Ore; Mining Technology; Geology

    • Published reports of underground mining advances in the Arizona Copper Company Mines near Clifton, Arizona. Written reports, a letter of inquiry, and a schematic of the smelter; black and white images.
    • Metcalf Town, 1910

    • Metcalf Town, 1910

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • The large building to the left of center in this photograph is the Arizona Copper Company store. The Coronado Railroad is visible in front of the store. In the background on the left side of the mountain above the track, the 3B Bar General...
    • Longfellow Incline, 1915

    • Longfellow Incline, 1915

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    • 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

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    • 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...
    • Chase Creek Canyon, 1910

    • Chase Creek Canyon, 1910

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • The train track on the left is the Shannon Railroad which ran from the north end of Metcalf to Shannon Hill. It came up out of the canyon where the Conoco station is today and went east to Shannon Hill.

      The retaining wall holding up the...
    • Metcalf High School

    • Metcalf High School

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • North-facing view of the Metcalf High School located in the Coronado Gulch, which was on the west side of Chase Creek. The railroad track ran behind the school and up to the incline, the location of the Coronado open pit is today. The school was...
    • Metcalf Store, School and Incline, mid-1930's

    • Metcalf Store, School and Incline, mid-1930's

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • The building on the right is the grade school, built in 1913. The big building on the left is the Arizona Copper Company store. After the town had been pretty much abandoned both the school and the store burned down in 1941. The wooden trestle in...
    • Metcalf, 1920

    • Metcalf, 1920

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    • Mining; Mining--Arizona;

    • The white building in the left of this photograph is the Metcalf High School, built in 1918. It was used for just 3 years. In 1921 students were bussed from Metcalf to Morenci.

      The wooden trestle on the left was the Shannon Railroad...
    • #5 Locomotive, Metcalf, 1915

    • #5 Locomotive, Metcalf, 1915

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    • 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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