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Progress Report:
Goldwater Collection

What's the latest on the processing of the Goldwater Colletion? Check out the 6th and Final Progress Report by archivist Linda Whitaker.



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Mining Resource Guide

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Manuscript Collections

John W. Galbreath Development Corporation-MSS 22
This collection includes records relating to the town of Kearny and the Kennecott Copper Company. Included is correspondence, contracts, and townsite maps and plans.

Mines and Mining Collection-MSS 34
Includes files on various individual mining companies.

Vulture Mine Records-MSS 19
This collection includes records from the Central Arizona Mining Company’s Vulture Mine operation which is divided into two series of employee and financial records.

Photographs

Dane Coolidge Photograph Collection (FP DC COO)
Includes various images on individual mines and mining in general.

Books
TN24.A6 D8 1966 Rock to Riches; the story of American mining, past, present and future, as reflected in the colorful history of mining in Arizona, the nation’s greatest bonanza by Charles H. Dunning, 1966.
TN24.A6 H57x 1987 History of Mining in Arizona edited by J. Michael Canty and Michael N. Greeley, 1987.
TN413.A7 W55x Superstition Gold Mines and the Lost Dutchman by John D. Wilburn, 1984.

 

Periodicals
TN1.P3 Pay Dirt(Arizona Small Mine Operator’s Association), 1938-1975
TN24.A6 A32 Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Annual Report, 1939-1966, scattered issues
TN443.Z6 M34x Magma Copper Company Annual Reports, 1915-1968

Additional Resources

Arizona Mining Association
This website provides information about mining, specifically copper mining and its impact on Arizona and the world. The association also offers workshops and has links to its publications.

Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources (ADMRR)
This state agency aids in the promotion and development of Arizona’s mineral resources and provides helpful links to their publications, events, and information about the Mining and Mineral Museum.