El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-22
Modern Hayden VS.. Old Kelvin;
How Mine Makes Town Grow
Settlement Near There Phoenix Was Dreamed Of but It
Florence Important Points
By G A. &ARTIN.


Hayden, Ariz., lSov z2.-Rea1 estate
booms have made many town in a
short time. and oil discoveries have
made others, but mining has made
more towns in a short time and ket
them on the man as progressive COM
munities than any other inouSIry ~
the history Of the country. rms Is
particularly true Of the west ana OF
Arizona more than any other locallty.
HAYDEN. then. is not an exception but
is merely another example OF the rae.
Hayden as q settlement IS not new .
for, as Kelvin, 1t was pioneer "esC-
ern settlement, but as Hayden tae
town it is of comparatively recent
origin. The growth Of Hayden oates
back only to the coming OF the 1lS
mining capitalists Of recent years. zen
the railroad failed to make Kelvin, DuI
when the miners came with tnelF
money and began to do things, HAYDEN
that has risen on the site OF KELVIN
began to grow and it continues even
now.
In a community that was among the
first settled in the great desert Couh-
try Of the southwest as II vas known
half a century ago, 1t took the modern
miner with modern machinery TO come
in, claim the copper values from the
rocks of the mountains and develop the
town into a veritable young city. me
Spaniards settled here or near here
when this was but a wilderness; when
buffalo roamed the plains and indlanS
disputed every foot of advance by an
alien race. The original settlement Is
ago-a town called Sonora-but Hay
den, alias Kelvin, is not primitive any
more; it is the modern antttheSts or the
ancient Sonora, and modern mining mas
What Mine Can Do.
HEADQUARTERS Of the Ray COnsoi-
dated Mining company, Hayden is even
now one of the important mining CEN
aH z na~r~ ND
lions are that it is going to divide
hOnors with Globe and Bisbee in the
next few years. Ray, Ar1Z-, the nome
Of the Ray Consolidated Mining com
pany, is just a few miles from here
and the big cyaniding plant of the Ray
company Is located at this place The
American Smelling and Refining COM
pany is also building a Smelter here to
take care of the concentrates OF the
Ray and other mines in the district
The Ray company alone employs 2Z5O
men at the mines at Kay and at It's
mill and offices here, and the smelling
company will employ about 700. The
Raw payroll for each month Is about
$500 900 in the district. This, then,
accounts for the wonderful activity
and the rapid growth Of this young
mining metropolis.
The Ray Consolidated is most largely
responsible for the growth Of Hayden,
which Is the junction point on the main
line of the s. P. (ArizOna EASTERN
road between Phoenix and Winkleman.
from this point a branch line runs up
to Ray, distant few miles. At both
places, the copper company has erected
comfortable homes for Its employees, the
prevailing custom being, as in all min
ing camps, to construct the homes on
the hillsides, while the business part
OF the town is down in the valley or,
more properly, gUlch, through which
the railroad makes II way between the
Hayden Real City.
Hayden is to have a bank in short
time; one is being installed now, and
It has ample accommodations in the
way Of commercial enterprises, includ-
ing good hotels. There is but one sa-
Standard Mercantile company. Among
the other business interests OF the
town is the Taylor-Hatch company,
mems furnishings, clothing and shoes'
the Hayden Mercantile company, gen
eral merchandise; the John Mcintyre
company, general merchandise, all
creditable Institutions, in we'll fur
nished establishments, and carrying
large stocks. Electric lights have sent
the candle and the coal oil lamp the
way they have gone in all progressive
towns.
The smelter will be completed in a
short time and when this Is done, there
viii be much activity IN the mining re-
giOn around here, for several indie
pendent concerns will be able to have
their ores treated, in addition to the
Kay company WHICH IS now PRAGUE
ally the only producer. although the
Ray Central is employing about so men
in its mines near the town of Ray.
The Ray Central is preparing to build
mills also and the officials expect to
spend 100000 in the next few
months on Improvements.
In the town Of Hayden are many
former Cananea men, who have come
here to work in the smelter and mill,
preferring the United States to Mex
leo for emplpOyment
Ray q Good Town.
Ray is even larger as a town than
Hayden and has two business streets,
down in the inevitable gulch. with the
homes Of the residents of the place on
the surrounding hills Ray has two
banks. the Ray State bank and a
branch Of the ella Valley Bank and
Trust company. The town Is Of a very
substantial character and has many
really creditable business enterprises.
Hotel accommodations for visitors are
in keeping with other cOnveniences IN
the town.
The old Mexican town Of Sonora is
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