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lockedThe Mining Company That Stole a Town

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The Harrison Gulch townsite was owned by two mining companies – the Midas Gold Mining Company and the Victor Power and Mining Company. The Victor Company had nefarious plans for the town, resulting in a legal battle that lasted over a decade, with one paper declaring that the “townsite war is on.”

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lockedParrett Mine – Lundy, California

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The Parrett mine is a gold mine located in Mono County, California, near the ghost town of Lundy. It is said to be in the same vein system as the famous May Lundy mine. The mine is most notable for its early history under the ownership of Jasper Parrett.

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Principal Gold Districts of Utah

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Utah produced approximately 17,765,000 ounces of gold through 1960, making it sixth among the gold-producing states. Thirteen districts in nine counties yielded more than 10,000 ounces of gold each.

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lockedThe Bingham Canyon Mine

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The Bingham Canyon mine has produced more copper than any mine in the world, and with a depth of three-quarters of a mile, it is also the deepest open-pit mine in the world. The mine has operated for 120 years, and is now operated by Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, a division of Rio Tinto Group.

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lockedRawley Mine – Bonanza District, Colorado

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The Rawley mine in Colorado’s Bonanza district created a lot of excitement in the area during the early 1880s. However, difficulties bringing the mine into production would result in over four decades of ownership changes and large capital losses until the mine finally realized its potential in the 1920s.

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lockedTerra Incognita – The Search for Minerals in Spanish Arizona

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From The Mineralogical Record, Volume 14, No. 2, March-April, 1983: “Nearly a century before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, Spaniards were exploring what is now southern Arizona. They found a number of important deposits including those at Ajo and Jerome.”

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lockedMongst Mines and Miners – Cornwall 1893

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In this article, we take a field trip to Cornwall in 1893, featuring a collection of photos that showcase the underground workings of the mines that were famous throughout the world.

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lockedThe Old Yuma Mine

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From The Mineralogical Record, Volume 14, No. 2, March-April, 1983: “The Old Yuma mine, near Tucson, has produced North America’s finest vanadinite specimens and is also well known for large and beautiful yellow wulfenite crystals. Sizeable pockets of these minerals have been found since the 1880’s and are still being found today.”

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lockedStevens Mine – Argentine District, Colorado

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The Stevens mine is located in the Argentine district of Clear Creek County, Colorado. The mine was notable for the very difficult location of the vein that was at about 12,500 feet in elevation on the face of a cliff on McClellan mountain.

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lockedArizona’s Kofa Gold District

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Arizona’s Kofa district was a significant producer of gold between 1897 and 1911. This article summarizes the history of the two primary mines of the district – the King of Arizona and the North Star. Featuring the photography of Owen Kennedy.

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