Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-06-17

which prospecting was carried on in the near
by hills. Several other smaller camps were
established, including McMillen, Richmond
Basin, Cottonwood Springs and jacksonville,
all of which have long since been abandoned
Rich nuggets Of native silver were found at
and near the surface In what is called Richard
Basin, about ten miles northeast of Globe, and
many claims were staked and worked
About 1877 the camp on Pinal creek near
the Globe claim became the principal settle
ment on account Of the better location and
water supply, and the town of Globe saw its
beginning.
A few miles farther east from Richard
Basin, on the east side of the Apache noun
tains, rich silver ore was discovered, and the
camp of McAIilen established Numerous
claims were located in the hills east of Globe.
Among the mines that became famous for
their rich silver deposits were the McMorris
mine in Richmond Basin which was worked
to depth Of 800 feet; the Stonewall Jackson,
Little Mack, Irene and Golden Eagle at Nc
Millen; the Nugget, Fame, Centennial, Silver
Era and others.
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and early SOS. In 1883 there were about
dozen stamp mills along Pinal creek, treating
ores from the several mines, but owing to the
exhaustion Of the rich ore near the surface the
industry began to decline and by 1887 had
practically ceased to exist. There are no rec
ordS OF production from the old silver mines
OF the district, but the mines about McNlillen
are estimated to have produced about $780,
0O0 Of which 100000 came from the Stone
wall Jackson mine The McMorris mine is
credited with having produced in amounts
varying from 100000 to $650,0O0
Mining in the '70's was confined to the rich
silver ores, and while mention is made Of cop
per ore found in the shallow workings on the
Globe and the Globe Ledge claims little at
tentlon was given to copper mining until
1881. At this time corporation, known as
the Old Dominion company, was mining car
Donate and siicate copper ore from vein in
Pinal schist on the Chicago and New York
claims near Bloody Tanks, about mile and Il
half southwest Of what is now known as
Miami
A small furnace was erected nearby on the
Western Pass road, now generally known as
the Gibson road, and ore from this mine was
CIltlC COSCUICI Will Sl1lCCOuS OIC IdhtH
from the original Old Dominion claims about
four miles north of Globe
The deposit in the schist was soon ex-
hausted and the mine abandoned. The fur
mace was moved to Globe and worked for
short time on ores taken from the Old Do
minion claims, but as these did not prove
profitable, the Globe Ledge and other claims
were purchased and their active development
started. The Globe claims were thereafter
known as the Old Dominion mine, and the
original claims four miles north Of Globe we're
abandoned. By 1884 the mine and smeter
were in full operation with two Bottom fur
naces going.
In the latter part of that year the mine was
producing 5000 tons of ore each month, aver
aging Is per cent copper, and the smelter pro-
duction for the year was 100000 pounds of
copper, which was much in excess of the pro-
duction from the mines Of Clifton for that
year.
During the year several smaller mines and
furnaces, including small custom smelters,
were producing small amounts of copper. In
those days the cost of operation was very
high. All supplies were freighted in by wagon
from Wilcox, a distance of 100 miles, and coke
for the furnaces cost $64 a ton.