Tag: mining
Lavender Pit in Bisbee Produced Massive Amounts of Copper
BISBEE – If you've ever used a kitchen spoon to dig a hole in your back yard, or wondered how long it would take you to shovel your way to China, the Lavender Pit may be your personal mecca. It's a big hole in the ground, dug over a 23-year span as part of a ...One of the World’s Largest Open Pit Mines in Sahuarita
SAHUARITA -- The Asarco Mineral Discovery Center, a tourist attraction south of Tucson, shows guests how big things get in Arizona. The center is affiliated with the Asarco Mission Mine, an open-pit operation that has been around since 1911. The hole measures more than 2.3 miles long...Pick Mining for Peridot on the San Carlos Apache Reservation
PERIDOT -- Several roads lead to the world's largest deposit of peridot but less than half of them actually lead to the mine itself. They do, however, lead to roads that might lead to the mine. But once there, there's no actual mine...The Mine That Ate an Arizona Town
MORENCI -- If you ever dug up your mom's garden with a tin scoop shovel and hauled the dirt away in a toy dump truck, you might want to look down into the Morenci Mine and appreciate what grownups can do with real tools.Amulet Mine a Surprising, Somewhat Painful Find
LYNX CREEK — One of the first things a miner should learn is to be careful where he puts his pick. As proof, consider an item from the May 13, 1899, edition of the Prescott Journal Miner concerning J.M. Moore and how he discovered the Amulet Mine. According to the report, Moore was prospecting on ...Featured Artist: Pete the Miner
About once a month, Arizona Oddities features a Q&A with a talented Arizona artist who is influenced by our state’s people, places and history. This month, sculptor Pete Incardona - aka Pete the Miner - shares his rocky path to becoming a bona fide artist.Anthony Blum: The Man Who Conned a Priest
Have you heard the one about how Anthony Blum's deathbed confession kept him out of jail? It happened more than a century ago. In 1910, Blum was on trial in Connecticut, accused of bilking Father Arthur DeBruycker of $5,000 in a scheme involving a fake mining claim in Gleeson, Arizona Territory.Salting Schemes in Old Arizona
One over-zealous promoter distributed brochures back east extolling the mineral riches in the Bradshaw Mountains. On the cover was a picture of an ocean-going, ore-laden vessel steaming down the mighty Hassayampa River. Unscrupulous prospectors upgraded their dubious mining properties in a manner contrary to nature by a process known as salting.Roam Among Wild Burros in Oatman
OATMAN – Tourists flock to this former mining town along historic Route 66 in droves. Situated in the Black Mountains of Mohave County, many come for a taste of the Wild West while others come to feed friendly families of wild burros who’ve staked claim to the land for generations.History, Theories Surrounding the Lost Dutchman Mine
Arizona's most notorious lost treasure story for both believers and otherwise takes place in the mysterious Superstition Mountains. The rugged range of mountains east of the Salt River Valley encompasses some of the most breathtaking, untouched wilderness recesses in America. There is also an aura of mystical beauty that can possess the soul. They are regarded ...
