History of Mining in Arizona - v. 1 & 2

The history of mining in as large a territory as is embraced in Arizona is difficult to coordinate. Each district had its start, to a large extent, independently of the others. and each continued, as an isolated entity. Certain economic factors, however, govenned their growth as a whole, and these factors are shown in the suceeeding chapter on General History. The legendary mining done prior to the United States' occupation in 1849 is lightly touched. The period embraced in the following pages is virtually the eighty-year period from 1849 to 1930. In the chapters following Chapter I the history of the nine largest camps is given, followed by chapters giving a more generalized history of the smaller camps grouped areally. In the Appendix, the production records in detail are given of the camps and the individual mines.These records are as complete as possible, and the degree of error where estimates are given. is shown.This work has been edited. and prepared from Mr. Tenney's original manuscript by the Special Collections Division, University of Arizona Library, 1959-1960. The quality of the original manuscript ranged from good to fair. Care was taken in scanning the manuscript and the resulting product is legible. AZGS thanks Avi Buckles and Lori of Westland Resources, Inc., for scanning and contributing the document.Documents in the AZGS Document Repository collection are made available by the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) and the University Libraries at the University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please contact azgs-info@email.arizona.edu