Morenci, Arizona
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Morenci is a census-designated place and company town in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, and was founded by the Detroit Copper Mining Company of Arizona. The population was 2,000 at the 2000
Morenci, about 1910
One of the active pits at the Morenci Mine. The horizontal shelves are the mining benches. The fan-like slopes are leached material, dumped into mined-out portions of the pit.
This Porter 0-4-0 is an 18" gauge locomotive that was once used as a copper mining locomotive in Morenci. The locomotive is currently on exhibit in the Sahuaro Central Railroad Museum in Glendale, Az.
Old Morenci Concentrator, 1942
Greenlee County, Arizona
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Greenlee County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,563, making it Arizona's least populous county. The county seat is Clifto
Morenci, Arizona
…Morenci is a census-designated place (CDP) and company town in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, and was founded by the Detroit Copper Mining Company of Arizona. The population was 2,000 at the 2000 census and 1,489 at the…
Benjamin F. Billingsley House in Duncan, Arizona
1901 Clifton railroad station, now used by the Chamber of Commerce and other community organizations.
Azurite specimen from the Morenci Mine.