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

placed on the boulder, and rode on
into town. The chunk" was broken
up and milled and yielded silver to the
value of about $500. Where the
boulder came from was never discov-
cred.
The Pioneer mines. located on the
eastern slope of Pinal mountain, fiji
teen miles from Globe, were discovered
IN 1878 by George Scott and Tom New
lands, who sold the Pioneer claim to
William Heliings. representing a Phil
adelphia company. The Howard mine
at Pioneer. was sold by DeLarre and
iFord to the Howard Mining company
The mines at Pioneer camp, up to the
time thoy Shut down, in 1888, produced
several thousand dollars in silver.
Other silver miles which yielded
largely Were the Fame Centennial and
Silver Era. Most OF The silver mines
in Globe district shut down in 1885,
and SO bat leasers worked them in a
desultory fashion for ten years there
after.
Following the location of the Globe
and Globe Ledge claims, no other To-
cations were made OIL the lead until the
fall of 1876 when Woodson, Ellis and
Mcdowell located the fIossier and the
Gray. There We're many locations
made on the Globe copper belt that
year, among which may be mentioned
the Copper Hill and adjacent claims,
the Big Johnny, O'Dougherty and
Yuma. The Buffalo mine was located
the same year By Tom Newlands and
Johnny Devine, and sold to Gen. A. A.
Mcdonnell as silver mine. In fact,
| the Globe and Globe Ledge and all
other early locations were made for
silver
Early Copper Mining
| The first mining for copper was on
the Hoosier in 1878, by Van Arsdel and
Garrish, who bonded the claim from
Bud Woodson and partners. The mine
was worked for few months and the
ore extracted was hauled TO Wheat
fields and reduced in primitive smelt-
er, yielding about forty tons of cop
per. Woodson sold the Hoosier mine
in 1881 to John R. Saltzman of Erie
Pa, who erected the Hoosier smelter
on the east bank of Pinal creek at the
northern limit of Globe townsite. 1t
was operated about six month by
Frank Nicholson, and shut down when
copper declined to s cents per pound
The Carrie smelter was erected in
the same vicinity by Devereux Bros. to
treat the ores from the True Blue,
Carrie and Big Johnny mines. The
! superintendent of the Carrie smelter
was John Williams, father of Ben and
Lou Williams. Jr, first superintend-
ent of the Old Dominion after the
smelter was moved to Pinal creek.
The first Old Dominion smelter was
erected at Bloody Tanks in 1881, to
smelt the ores from the New York
and Chicago claims, situated at that
point, but most of the ore came from
the Old Dominion and Keystone claims,
which are situated on the east side of
Pinal creek, about two and a half miles
north of Globe. Capt. Burbage was
the company's superintendent and f.
! O. Kennedy was in charge of smelling
operations The smelter at Bloody
Tanks ran only three or four months.
Soon afterwards the Globe and Globe
Ledge claims were purchased by the
Old Dominion company and the smelt-
er was moved to Pinal creek, about two
| hundred yards north of the present
smelter, and new furnaces added from
time to time. From that time forward
the Old Dominion smelter was never
! shut down for want of ore.
( In 1904 the Old Dominion company
i decided that the wasteful process Of
producing black copper directly from
the ores should be abandoned, and the
much more economical method of pro-
| ducing a matte and bessemeriZing be
adopted; and a comprehensive system
of development and construction was
devised and carried out under the SUI
pervision of DR.. L. D. Ricketts,, who
also had most to do with designing the
new works, completed in 1906. The
plans comprehended the installation of
/ storage at the mine, an ore crushing
and dressing plant storage bins for all
classes of dressed ore, and a concen-
traitor and smelter adapted to treating
these ores, connected with each other
by system of transportation, all OF
which would work in together smoothly
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