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Magma Copper Company Photographs
1922-1923
CP SPC 136
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| Creator: | Magma Copper Company
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| Title: | Magma Copper Company Photographs
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| Inclusive Dates: | 1922-1923 |
| Quantity: |
1 Box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
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| Abstract: | This collection houses 163 silver gelatin-chloride prints and 17 silver gelatin Cirkut panoramas documenting the Magma Copper Company's smelter in Superior, Arizona. |
| Identification: | CP SPC 136 |
| Language: |
Material in English
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| Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, AZ 85287-1006
Phone: (480) 965-4932
E-Mail: archives@asu.edu
Questions? Ask An Archivist!
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Historical Note
William Boyce Thompson purchased the Silver Queen Mine (located near Superior, Arizona) and founded the Magma Copper Company in 1910. The mine converted production from silver to copper and explored and developed a number of high-grade copper veins. By the end of World War I, the company's mine was one of Arizona's greatest bonanza mines. The mine was closed in 1971.
Scope and Content Note
This collection houses 163 silver gelatin-chloride prints and 17 silver gelatin Cirkut panoramas documenting the Magma Copper Company's smelter in Superior, Arizona. Among the scenes depicted are land at the 2810 elevation, the main yard, the engine house, the approach track to the receiving bins, the oil storage tanks, the bedding bins, the machine shop, the warehouse, the crushing plant, the reverberatories, the converter aisle and building, the roster plant, the slag tunnel, the power plant, the filter plants, the cottrell plant, the stack foundation, the cooling pond and dam, the gravel dump trestle, the tailings pond bridge, the transfer station, the junction house conveyors, and the brick plant.
Arrangement
This collection consists of one box.
Access Restrictions
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Copyright
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Access Terms
Corporate Name(s)Magma Copper Company.
Geographic Name(s)Superior (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Subject(s)Copper mines and mining -- Arizona -- Superior.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Magma Copper Company Photographs, CP SPC 136, Arizona State University Library.
Provenance
Archives and Special Collections purchased these photographs in 1990 (Accession #1990-00240).
Container List
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| 1 | Site of the Future Magma Copper Mine Smelter. Superior, Arizona, 1922 |
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| 2-18 | Desert Landscape Showing Site of Planned Magma Copper Company Smelter. Superior, Arizona, 1922-1923 |
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| 19-30 | Magma Copper Company Smelter During Various Stages of Construction. Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 31-36 | Railroad Engine House During Various Stages of Construction. Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 37-39 | Approach Track to Receiving Bins During Various Stages of Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 40-41 | Oil Storage Tanks at the Magma Copper Mine. Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 42-53 | Bedding Bins During Various Stages of their Construction. Magma Copper, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 54-64 | Receiving Bins and Track Scales During Various Stages of their Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 65-73 | Machine Shop During Various Stages of Construction. Magma Copper Mines, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 74-80 | Warehouse During Various Stages of Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 81-91 | Crushing Plant During Various Stages of Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 92-111 | Reverberatories and Converter Buildings During Various Stages of Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 112-118 | Roaster Plant Buildings During Various Stages of Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 119-125 | Slag Tunnel During Various Stages of Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 126-133 | Power House During Various Stages of Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 134 | Engine House, Machine Shop and Power House Under Construction with Railroad Cars in the Foreground. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 135 | Engine House, Machine Shop and Warehouse Under Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 136-137 | Main Yard Under Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 138 | Engine House, Machine Shop and Power House Under Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 139-142 | Filter Plant During Various Stages of Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 143-147 | Cottrell Plant During Various Stages of Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 148-150 | Stack Foundation Excavation. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 151-157 | Cooling Pond and Dam Under Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 158 | Gravel Dump Trestle. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 159 | Tailings Pond Bridge. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 160 | Transfer Station Belt Conveyor Under Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 161 | Junction House Conveyor #8 and #9 Under Construction. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 162 | Brick Plant. Magma Copper Mine, Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 163 | Mine Buildings. Bisbee, Arizona, circa 1923 |
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| 164-166/PAN | Site Where Smelter is to be Constructed for the Magma Copper Mine. Superior, Arizona, 1922 |
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| 167-172/PAN | Excavation Work for Magma Copper Mine Smelter Works Construction. Superior, Arizona, 1923 |
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| 173-178/PAN | Magma Copper Mine Smelter Works under Construction. Superior, Arizona, 1923 |