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GNIS feature ID. 29342. Website. www.globeaz.gov. Globe (Western Apache: Bésh Baa Gowąh "Place of Metal") [3] is a city in Gila County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,249. [4] The city is the county seat of Gila County. [5] Globe was founded c. 1875 as a mining camp.
In Arizona, copper mining has been a major industry since the 19th century. In 2007, Arizona was the leading copper-producing state in the country, producing 750 thousand metric tons of copper, valued at $5.54 billion. Arizona's copper production was 60% of the total for the United States. Copper mining also produces gold and silver as ...
This is a list which includes a photographic gallery, of historic structures, some which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, of significance in Miami, Arizona, a mining town. Miami was founded by Cleve W. Van Dyke in 1907 and is located on the northeastern slope of the Pinal Mountains , between the towns of Superior and ...
Updated October 10, 2024 at 9:21 PM. A rescue operation in Colorado on Thursday to bring trapped mining tour visitors out of an underground mine was successful, seven hours after one person died ...
October 12, 2024 at 1:07 PM. Colorado authorities have identified the person that died in a former gold mine that is now a tourist attraction. Patrick Weier, a Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tour guide ...
In 1884–85 the mine was offered for sale to London investors for £350,000, but the offer was not taken up. [13] In the early 20th century, the Copper Queen ranked as the most productive copper mine in Arizona and was viewed by many as the best run copper mine in the United States. [3] Deposits of gold and silver were also discovered in the ...
The Arizona Eastern Railway (reporting mark AZER) is a Class III railroad that operates 206 miles (332 km) of railroad between Clifton, Arizona, and Miami, Arizona, in the United States. This includes trackage rights over the Union Pacific Railroad between Lordsburg, New Mexico, and Bowie, Arizona. The railroad serves the copper mining region ...
Number. +2,000. The 1983 Arizona copper mine strike began as a labour dispute between the Phelps Dodge Corporation and a group of union copper miners and mill workers, led by the United Steelworkers. The subsequent strike lasted nearly three years and resulted in the replacement of most of the striking workers and decertification of the unions.